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The Compañía General de Ferrocarriles en la Provincia de Buenos Aires (CGBA) (in French: "Compagnie générale de chemins de fer dans la Province de Buenos Aires") was a French–owned company, formed in 1904, which operated a metre-gauge railway network in
The company always faced tough competition from the various large British-owned railway companies operating in the Province who had already built lines in those areas where most profit was to be made. As a result of this competition, plans to build a line between Buenos Aires and 
Although some branches would be re-opened later, those reopenings were temporary, as most of them were finally closed in 1977 by the de facto government in power in Argentina at the time.
Of those branches, only G remained active but only to González Catán. During the railway privatisation in Argentina in 1992, the line was taken over by Metropolitano, that operated the line until the contract of concession was revoked by the Government of Argentina in 2007. As a result, the Buenos Aires-González Catán branch was operated by the consortium UGOFE until February 2014 when the whole
File:Las marianas.jpg, Las Marianas
File:Mercedes cgba.jpg, Mercedes platform
File:Mercedes station fcbelgrano.jpg, Mercedes building
File:Angel etcheverry.jpg, Angel Etcheverry
File:La verde.jpg, La Verde
File:Moll.jpg, Moll
Amigos del Ferrocarril Belgrano
a civil association dedicated to recover Ferrocarril Belgrano's tracks and stations * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrocarril Compania General En La Provincia De Buenos Aires c c c c c c c
Argentina
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History
In 1904 the company took over a concession to build lines between the ports ofBuenos Aires
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and Rosario
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, and to La Plata
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, together with other branch line
A branch line is a secondary railway line which branches off a more important through route, usually a main line. A very short branch line may be called a spur line. Branch lines may serve one or more industries, or a city or town not located ...
s in the west and south of Buenos Aires Province
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. These lines were built as detailed below:
The company always faced tough competition from the various large British-owned railway companies operating in the Province who had already built lines in those areas where most profit was to be made. As a result of this competition, plans to build a line between Buenos Aires and Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca (; English: ''White Bay''), colloquially referred to by its own local inhabitants as simply Bahía, is a city in the Buenos Aires Province, Buenos Aires province of Argentina, centered on the northwestern end of the eponymous Blanc ...
and other branch lines were abandoned.
When the Government of Juan Domingo Perón took over the railways in 1948, the CGBA became part of Ferrocarril Belgrano. In 1961 the Government of Arturo Illia decided to close all the lines that were running in loss and many branches were closed, such as the CGBA's G3 (to Port of La Plata
La Plata () is the capital city of Buenos Aires province, Argentina. According to the 2022 Argentina census, census, the La Plata Partido, Partido has a population of 772,618 and its metropolitan area, the Greater La Plata, has 938,287 inhabit ...
), G4 (to General Villegas), G5 (to Victorino de la Plaza) and G6 (to Vedia).
Although some branches would be re-opened later, those reopenings were temporary, as most of them were finally closed in 1977 by the de facto government in power in Argentina at the time.
Of those branches, only G remained active but only to González Catán. During the railway privatisation in Argentina in 1992, the line was taken over by Metropolitano, that operated the line until the contract of concession was revoked by the Government of Argentina in 2007. As a result, the Buenos Aires-González Catán branch was operated by the consortium UGOFE until February 2014 when the whole Belgrano Sur Line
The Belgrano Sur line is an Argentina, Argentine commuter rail service in the Greater Buenos Aires area, currently operated by state-owned enterprise Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado, Trenes Argentinos. The Belgrano Sur runs over track ...
was re-privatised and given in concession to private company "Argentren" of Emepa Group. UGOFE was therefore dissolved.
Gallery
See also
*Belgrano Sur Line
The Belgrano Sur line is an Argentina, Argentine commuter rail service in the Greater Buenos Aires area, currently operated by state-owned enterprise Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado, Trenes Argentinos. The Belgrano Sur runs over track ...
Notes
References
*External links
Amigos del Ferrocarril Belgrano
a civil association dedicated to recover Ferrocarril Belgrano's tracks and stations * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrocarril Compania General En La Provincia De Buenos Aires c c c c c c c