Retiro-San Martín, or simply Retiro, is one of the six large mainline railway
station termini in
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
,
Argentina
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. Located in the neighborhood of
Retiro, it serves as terminal station for the
San Martín Line that runs local trains to the northwestern suburbs of the
Buenos Aires metropolitan area
Greater Buenos Aires ( es, Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area ( es, Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjac ...
. It also functions as terminal station for the national train
General San Martín Railway
The General San Martín Railway (FCGSM) (Spanish: Ferrocarril General San Martín), named after the former Argentine general José de San Martín, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's ...
.
Overview
Retiro San Martín is the terminus for the
San Martín Railway, and lies between
Retiro Belgrano station and
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.
Retiro San Martín is accessible by the
C line of the
Buenos Aires Metro
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system and by numerous local public bus services. The station will also be accessible by both
Line E and
Line H of the metro once their extensions are complete.
History
The station was inaugurated in 1912 by the
Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway
The Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway (BA&P) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Buenos Aires al Pacífico) was one of the ''Big Four'' broad gauge, , British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina.
The original concession wa ...
(BAP), as part of the extension of the service from
Palermo
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through the city with brick bridges. The building built then and currently stands, consisted of a pre-assembled structure of iron, wood and metal that should work provisionally until the construction of a
masonry
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building of monumental appearance, similar to other
station building
A station building, also known as a head house, is the main building of a passenger railway station. It is typically used principally to provide services to passengers. A station building is a component of a station, which can include tracks, ...
s in the area. However, this building was never built.
Services
The station is the terminus of commuter and suburban trains to Dr. Domingo Cabred (in
Luján Partido), and Alberdi (in
Leandro N. Alem Partido
Leandro N. Alem Partido is a partido in the north of Buenos Aires Province in Argentina.
The provincial subdivision has a population of about 16,000 inhabitants in an area of , and its capital city is Vedia, which is from Buenos Aires.
Name
Th ...
); both in the north-western area of
Buenos Aires Province
Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
. The line to Alberdi, via
Junín, is 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 ...
.
Until 10 March 1993, the year of abolition of long-distance services of
Ferrocarriles Argentinos
Ferrocarriles Argentinos (abbreviated as FA; ) was a state-owned company that managed the entire Argentine railway system for nearly 45 years. It was formed in 1948 when all the private railway companies were nationalised during Juan Perón's fir ...
, the long-distance trains departing from Retiro San Martín reached
San Luis,
Mendoza,
San Juan San Juan, Spanish for Saint John, may refer to:
Places Argentina
* San Juan Province, Argentina
* San Juan, Argentina, the capital of that province
* San Juan, Salta, a village in Iruya, Salta Province
* San Juan (Buenos Aires Underground), ...
and
Villa Dolores
Villa Dolores is a city in the province of Córdoba, Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , makin ...
.
"Ten Years without Ferrocarriles Argentins"
(article on "Plataforma 14")
Gallery
File:Estacion Retiro Alternativa.jpg, Secondary station entrance
File:Retiro San Martín (7).jpg, Platforms 2 and 3
File:Retiro San Martín (3).jpg, Platform 5
File:Retiro San Martín buses.jpg, Passengers waiting for buses outside the station
See also
* Retiro railway station
*Retiro Belgrano railway station
Retiro-Belgrano, or simply Retiro, is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located in the neighborhood of Retiro, it serves as terminal station for the Belgrano Norte Line that runs local trains to t ...
*Retiro Mitre railway station
Retiro-Mitre, or simply Retiro, is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located in the neighborhood of Retiro, it serves as terminal station for the Mitre Line that runs local trains to the northern ...
*Rail transport in Argentina
The Argentine railway network consisted of a network at the end of the Second World War and was, in its time, one of the most extensive and prosperous in the world. However, with the increase in highway construction, there followed a sharp decl ...
*Retiro (Line C Buenos Aires Underground)
Retiro is a station on Line C of the Buenos Aires Underground and is the current terminus. The station is a part of the larger Retiro railway station which connects to the Mitre, San Martín and Belgrano railways, as well as their correspondi ...
*Retiro (Line E Buenos Aires Underground)
Retiro is the terminus station on Line E of the Buenos Aires Underground. The station is part of the larger Retiro railway station which connects to the Mitre, San Martín and Belgrano railways, as well as their corresponding commuter rail line ...
References
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Retiro (San Martin)
Railway stations opened in 1912
1912 establishments in Argentina