Retiro is the name of a railway station complex in

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, that includes three main terminal train stations ( Retiro-Mitre, Retiro-Belgrano and Retiro-San Martín) and two terminal subway stations ( Retiro of Line C and Retiro of Line E). The complex is named after the neighborhood where it is located, Retiro. It is close to Retiro Bus Terminal Station, the country´s biggest bus terminal.

Overview

The stations are very close to the

Retiro bus station Retiro bus station ( es, Terminal de Ómnibus de Retiro) is the main bus terminal in Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is situated in the Retiro district, two blocks north of Retiro railway station. Overview The station was commissioned in 1980 by ...

(''Terminal de Omnibus''), the principal long-distance bus terminal in Buenos Aires. The complex is also accessible by the C line of the

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system and by numerous local public bus services. The stations will also be accessible by both Line E and Line H of the metro once their extensions are complete. Three stations are located opposite Plaza San Martín, a large park.

Services

Commuter rail

Retiro is the largest railway complex in Buenos Aires and more commuter trains arrive and depart from here than in any other station in the city. As of 2015, the following companies operate regular services to the suburbs of Buenos Aires along three principal lines: *

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service calling at José León Suárez (

General San Martín Partido General San Martín Partido is a partido in the Gran Buenos Aires urban area, immediately to the north-west of the Capital federal in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of 422,830 inhabitants in an ar ...

), Tigre, and Bartolomé Mitre along its three branches.

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services to Rosario and Tucumán cities. Both operated by

Trenes Argentinos Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado (abbreviated SOFSE; trading name: Trenes Argentinos Operaciones) is an Argentine state-owned company created in 2008 to operate passenger services in Argentina. It is a subsidiary of the Ferrocarriles Ar ...

. * Belgrano Norte service to Villa Rosa (

Pilar Partido Pilar Partido is a partido in the northern part of Greater Buenos Aires in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The provincial subdivision has a population of about 232,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Pilar, which is around ...

). Operated by

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Ferrovías Ferrovías S.A.C. is a privately owned company which, on 1 April 1994, took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of the 1,000 mm ...

. * San Martín service calling at

Villa Devoto Villa Devoto is a neighborhood or district located in the northwestern area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Its administrative limits are defined by Lope de Vega, General Paz, San Martín, and Francisco Beiró Avenues; and Joaquín V. Gonz� ...

, El Palomar, Caseros and Pilar, amongst others. Operated by Trenes Argentinos.

Long-distance

In addition to its status as the hub of an extensive commuter railway network, Retiro stations are also the terminus of a few long-distance passenger services which provide access to cities in the north and west of the country. As of 2015, state-owned

manages long-distance services to the cities of Córdoba, Tucumán and Rosario. Those services had been run by defunct company

Ferrocentral Ferrocentral was an Argentine private railway company, with a name formed by a combination of the Spanish words for "Central Rail". It operated long-distance passenger trains from its base at Retiro station in Buenos Aires to several locations in ...

. From the Retiro San Martín station trains depart to Rufino station in

Santa Fe Province The Province of Santa Fe ( es, Provincia de Santa Fe, ) is a province of Argentina, located in the center-east of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise Chaco (divided by the 28th parallel south), Corrientes, Entre R� ...

."Después de más de dos décadas volvió el tren de pasajeros a Rufino"
Cronica Ferroviaria, 2 March 2015
''La Capital'', 27 Feb 2015

Gallery

File:Terminal Retiro de Ferrocaril.jpg, Mitre File:Retiro. Vista del hall central.jpg File:Retiro, Belgrano Norte.jpg, Belgrano File:Buenos Aires - Retiro - Retiro Belgrano.jpg, Belgrano File:RetiroSM.JPG, San Martín File:Retiro San Martín (5).jpg, San Martín

References

External links

{{DEFAULTSORT:Retiro railway station Railway stations in Buenos Aires Railway stations opened in 1915