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The Santa Fe and Córdoba Great Southern Railway ( es, Gran Ferrocarril del Sud de Santa Fe y Córdoba) was a British-owned railway company that built and operated a
broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...
railway network in the Argentine provinces of Santa Fe and Córdoba.


History

On 2 October 1886 a concession was granted to build a railway from
Villa Constitución Villa Constitución is a city in the Provinces of Argentina, province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe, Argentina, and the head town of the Constitución Department, Santa Fe, Constitución Department. It is located on the south-western banks of the ...
in Santa Fe Province to La Carlota in Córdoba Province. In 1889 the concession was transferred to the SF&CGS who opened the first section of the line from Villa Constitución to San Urbano (
Melincué Melincué is a town (''comuna'') in the south of the , 287 km from the provincial capital. It has about 2,200 inhabitants as per the and it is the head town of the General López Department. It was founded in 1872 and recognized officially a ...
) on 30 April 1890. The line was extended to
Venado Tuerto Venado Tuerto () (Spanish for ''One Eyed Deer'') is a city in the south-west of the , 322 km from the provincial capital. It has about 76,000 inhabitants (). History Venado Tuerto was founded on April 26, 1884 by Eduardo Casey, born in L ...
on 8 July 1890 and to La Carlota on 24 February 1891. A branch line from
Venado Tuerto Venado Tuerto () (Spanish for ''One Eyed Deer'') is a city in the south-west of the , 322 km from the provincial capital. It has about 76,000 inhabitants (). History Venado Tuerto was founded on April 26, 1884 by Eduardo Casey, born in L ...
to Rufino was opened on 11 March 1899.LOS FERROCARRILES, AGENTES ORGANIZADORES DEL TERRITORIO SANTAFESINO
by Blanca Gioria at Universidad del Salvador On 20 September 1900 the company was bought by the British-owned
Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway The Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway (BA&R) was a British-owned railway company that built and operated a broad gauge railway network in Argentina, where it was known as the "Ferrocarril Buenos Aires y Rosario". Originally thought as a line from B ...
(BA&R). The sale included a concession already granted to the SF&CGS for the extension of the line from La Carlota to Río Cuarto which the BA&R opened on 26 March 1902.


See also

*
Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway The Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway (BA&R) was a British-owned railway company that built and operated a broad gauge railway network in Argentina, where it was known as the "Ferrocarril Buenos Aires y Rosario". Originally thought as a line from B ...
* Mitre Railway


Bibliography

* ''British Railways in Argentina 1857-1914: A Case Study of Foreign Investment'' by Colin M. Lewis - Athlone Press (for the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London, 1983)


References

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