Rosario Oeste railway station
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Rosario Oeste is a
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in
Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous ci ...
,
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of Santa Fe,
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. It is located in the west of the city, on the junction of Paraná St. and 9 de Julio streets. The station, part of the
Belgrano Railway The General Manuel Belgrano Railway (FCGMB) (Spanish: Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano), named after the Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, is a railway and the longest of the Argentine system. It was one of the six ...
network, is currently operated by
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Trenes Argentinos Cargas Belgrano Cargas y Logística S.A., trading as Trenes Argentinos Cargas, is an Argentine State-owned company which operates a freight rail network that includes Belgrano, Urquiza and San Martín railways. It is a subsidiary of Trenes Argenti ...
that runs
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trains to the north of Argentina.


History

The site of the station was originally only a stop for the line that led west to Córdoba, operated by the
Córdoba Central Railway The Córdoba Central Railway (CCR) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Córdoba) was a British-owned railway company, founded in 1887, that operated a railway network in Argentina which extended from Buenos Aires, north west via Rosario and C ...
company. It was established in 1917 under the name ''Kilómetro 302'' (i.e. 302 km measured from
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). In 1939 the State Railway Administration renamed it to "Rosario Oeste". During the mid-1940s the existing building (a wooden construction) was demolished and the new station was built, in a modern rationalist style (unlike other, older stations which followed British or French models). Rosario Oeste was designated as the local stop of all
meter gauge Metre-gauge railways are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre. The metre gauge is used in around of tracks around the world. It was used by European colonial powers, such as the French, British and German Empires. In Europe, la ...
long-distance trains that arrived in Rosario, avoiding the complicated process of entering and backing up at Rosario Central Córdoba Station."Historia de los Ferrocarriles de Rosario"
, Asociación Rosarina Amigos del Riel
"El Cercano Oeste"
''La Capital'', 14 May 2006
In 1949 the government of
Juan Perón Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labour and Vice President of a military dictatorship, he was elected P ...
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the railways and attempted to optimize them. The Central Córdoba Railway, which had been taken over by the Argentine government in 1939, was now merged with other companies into the
General Manuel Belgrano Railway The General Manuel Belgrano Railway (FCGMB) (Spanish: Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano), named after the Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, is a railway and the longest of the Argentine system. It was one of the six ...
, which concentrated all of the passenger services at Rosario Oeste, closing down other termini. In September 1969 the popular uprising known as the ''
Rosariazo The Rosariazo () was a protest movement that consisted in demonstrations and strikes, in Rosario, , between May and September 1969, during the military dictatorial rule of ''de facto'' President General Juan Carlos Onganía. The Rosariazo was c ...
'' caused grave damages to the transport infrastructure of the city. Rosario Oeste Station was
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and set on fire; it was the only station to be rebuilt later. As the Argentine railway system declined (most of the remaining passenger services being cancelled in 1977, and the cargo services privatized and downsized in the 1990s), the station, like most others, fell into abandon. Rosario Oeste was intended from the beginning to be a convenient stop for long-distance trains, located in the periphery so that trains would not have to enter the central part of the city. As such, it is usually considered again for this role every time that a possible revamping of the railway system is discussed. In 2006, the municipality announced the site of Rosario Oeste was a likely alternative to build the terminus of the projected Buenos Aires-Rosario-Córdoba high-speed railway, as it was "accessible and presented low urbanistic impact". The official Urban Plan for the period 2007–2017, however, shifted the site to the railway maneuver area known as
Patio Parada Patio Parada is a rail yard in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is an important part of the railway system of the city and has been designed as the future site of a multi-modal public transport terminus. Rosario/12, 4 March 2007''La ...
, closer to the city center (west of
Rosario Norte Station Rosario Norte is a railway station in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located on Aristóbulo del Valle Avenue, at the junction with Callao St., north of the city centre, in the neighbourhood known as Barrio Pichincha. The station ...
)."La transformación de la ciudad"
''Página/12, Rosario/12, 4 Mar 2007


Operators

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Bibliography

* ''British Railways in Argentina 1860-1948'' by H.R.Stones, P.E. Waters & Associates, Bromley, Kent, England, 1993


References


External links


Trenes Argentinos Cargas y Logística
operator {{Railway stations in Argentina Railway stations opened in 1917 Railway stations in Rosario, Santa Fe