Tren al Desarrollo (in English: "Train to Development") is an

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service between the cities of Santiago del Estero (from the "Forum" station) and La Banda (with also a new building) in Santiago del Estero Province. Trains run on Mitre Railway tracks were disused. The line also crosses the ''Puente Negro'', a bridge that had been closed for over 40 years. In the beginning, the project only planned a 4 km-long line, then extended to 8 km. length to reach La Banda. The Rolling stock used is railbuses made by Argentine company

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. Each unit has a capacity of 100 passengers (70 seated). The journey time will be about 25 minutes. Santiago Centro terminus station was inaugurated in May 2015. A total of 3 new stations were projected to be built, "Botánico" (with access to the

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), "Parque Tecnológico" (in the

industrial park An industrial park (also known as industrial estate, trading estate) is an area zoned and planned for the purpose of industrial development. An industrial park can be thought of as a more "heavyweight" version of a business park or office park ...

of the city) and "Banda", the terminus of the line. The total path from Forum to Banda stations will be a 5,10 metre-high viaduct to avoid interfering with

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."En un año estaría concluido y listo para inaugurar Tren al Desarrollo"
Nuevo Diario web, 13 May 2015 A third phase of the project focuses on reaching the Termas de Río Hondo, one of the main attractions of the Province, although it could be extended to

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. In September 2016, the first section of 4-km length (from Santiago to Nodo Tecnológico) was inaugurated. The next section of La Banda is expected to be opened in March 2017."Claudia de Zamora inauguró el primer tramo del Tren al Desarrollo"
El Liberal, 19 Sep 2016

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