Sarratea is a

railway station Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport that transfers passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, which are incorporated in tracks. In contrast to road transport, where the vehicles run on a prep ...

located in the north of the city of Rosario, Santa Fe,

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. Although no longer active, the station is currently managed by

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Nuevo Central Argentino Nuevo Central Argentino S. A. (abbreviated NCA) is an Argentine company that utilises the operation and infrastructure of the national railway system of the former Mitre Railway division of Ferrocarriles Argentinos, by a concession granted on 23 ...

, which operates the line for

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services.

History

The station was opened about 1890 by the

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 ...

, a company that would be absorbed by the

Central Argentine Railway The Central Argentine Railway, referred to as CA below, (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Argentino) was one of the ''Big Four'' broad gauge, British companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. The company had been establis ...

in 1908. The railway ran north from the Patio Parada node and proceeded towards the city of Santa Fe, capital of the province. The station was named after

Manuel de Sarratea Manuel de Sarratea, (Buenos Aires, 11 August 1774 – Limoges, France, 21 September 1849), was an Argentine diplomat, politician and soldier. He was the son of Martin de Sarratea (1743–1813), of the richest merchant of Buenos-Aires and Tom ...

, an Argentine diplomat, politician and soldier who took part of the

May Revolution The May Revolution ( es, Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the terri ...

and was Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1820). After the entire Argentine railway network was nationalised in 1948, the station become part of the General Bartolomé Mitre Railway division of recently created

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 ...

. In 1977 Sarratea station was closed,"El tiempo pasa... el tren no (un poco de historia del ferrocarril en la ciudad de Rosario)"
16 Oct 2008 as almost all passenger services were eliminated.
Asociación Rosarina Amigos del Riel, 4 Feb 2009 (Archive) Like other stations of the former Ferrocarril Mitre, it is now maintained by freight rail company

(NCA).

Operators

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References

{{Railway stations in Argentina Railway stations in Rosario, Santa Fe Railway stations opened in 1890 Railway stations closed in 1977 Defunct railway stations in Argentina Railway stations in Argentina closed in the 20th century Railway stations in Argentina opened in the 19th century