Emepa Group S.A. ( es, Grupo Emepa, an acronym for Empresa Metalúrgica Patricias Argentinas)Gabriel Romero, el mítico surfer radical de la Hidrovía
by Diego Genoud on Letra P, Feb 2021 is an

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...

manufacturer of

railway 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 pre ...

vehicles and owner of

Ferrovías Ferrovías S.A.C. is a privately owned company which, on 1 April 1994, took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of the 1,000 mm (3 ...

(which operates on the

Belgrano Norte Line The Belgrano Norte line is a commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina run by the private company Ferrovías since 1 April 1994. This service had previously been run by the state-owned General Belgrano Railway since nationalisation of the ...

), with headquarters located in the city of

Buenos Aires Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...

. It had formerly owned

Ferrocentral Ferrocentral was an Argentine private railway company, with a name formed by a combination of the Spanish words for "Central Rail". It operated long-distance passenger trains from its base at Retiro station in Buenos Aires to several locations i ...

, which ran services from Buenos Aires to Córdoba and

San Miguel de Tucumán San Miguel de Tucumán (; usually called simply Tucumán) is the capital and largest city of Tucumán Province, located in northern Argentina from Buenos Aires. It is the fifth-largest city of Argentina after Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Rosario an ...

on the Mitre Network, however the state-owned company SOFSE took over these services in 2014 and the subsidiary now remains inactive.

Overview

Emepa currently produces ''Alerce'' trains at the company's workshop in

Chascomús Chascomús is the principal city in Chascomús Partido in eastern Buenos Aires Province of Argentina, located south of the capital Buenos Aires. In 2001, the city had a population of 30,670. History The city was founded as a fort (the ''Fortí ...

. Current models are

diesel multiple unit A diesel multiple unit or DMU is a multiple-unit train powered by on-board diesel engines. A DMU requires no separate locomotive, as the engines are incorporated into one or more of the carriages. Diesel-powered single-unit railcars are also ...

s which are being phased into the Belgrano Norte Line in

Greater Buenos Aires Greater Buenos Aires ( es, Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area ( es, Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjac ...

with 20 two-carriage trains on order, however electric models will be made available in the future for other lines. The trains are made using 90% of the raw materials needed from Argentina and have a capacity for 240 people. In June 2015 it was announced that Emepa would produce a broad gauge variant of the ''Alerce'' for use on local service on the

General Roca Railway The General Roca Railway (FCGR) (native name: Ferrocarril General Roca) is a broad gauge railway in Argentina which runs from Constitución station in Buenos Aires to the south of the country through the provinces of Buenos Aires, La Pampa, ...

. Over the years the company has also restored and refurbished older rolling stock in Argentina, particularly for the

Buenos Aires Underground The Buenos Aires Underground ( es, Subterráneo de Buenos Aires, links=no), locally known as Subte (), is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first section of this network (Plaza de Mayo–Plaz ...

. Some examples include modernised versions of the La Brugeoise cars and modernised versions of the

Siemens-Schuckert Orenstein & Koppel The Siemens-Schuckert Orenstein & Koppel (normally abbreviated to Siemens O&K) is an underground car formerly used on the Buenos Aires Underground first built by Siemens-Schuckert and Orenstein & Koppel in 1934, 1937 and 1944 with a smaller numbe ...

rolling stock with

Alstom Alstom SA is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer operating worldwide in rail transport markets, active in the fields of passenger transportation, signalling, and locomotives, with products including the AGV, TGV, Eurostar, Avelia ...

. The group owned both

and

. Ferrovías still operates the Belgrano Norte Line, while Ferrocentral formerly operated services from Buenos Aires to

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 ...

, Córdoba and Tucumán as well as the

Tren de las Sierras Tren de las Sierras (technically known as the "A-1" branch of the General Belgrano Railway) is a regional rail line in Córdoba Province of Argentina. The line runs from Alta Córdoba to Cosquín, being currently operated by state-owned com ...

in Córdoba Province - services which were gradually taken over by Trenes Argentinos (SOFSE) in 2014 and 2015. The company had also owned

Argentren Argentren S.A. was an Argentine private company that operated the Belgrano Sur and Roca railway services in Buenos Aires Province for about one year until the Government of Argentina rescinded the agreement with the company in March 2015. ...

, which operated the Roca and Belgrano Sur lines until they were also re-nationalised by the government in 2014. Through Ferrovías, the company also operates the

Lima Metro The Lima Metro ( es, Metro de Lima) is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the cities of Lima and Callao, both of which make up the Lima metropolitan area, currently linking the district of Villa El Salvador in the south of Lima wi ...

. In the 1990s, Emepa (associated with Belgian company

Jan de Nul Jan De Nul Group is a Belgian family-owned company, with the financial headquarters in Luxembourg, that provides services relating to the construction and maintenance of maritime infrastructure on an international basis. Its main focus is dredging ...

) granted a concession to operate the Paraguay-Paraná Waterway.El Estado ya maneja la hidrovía, pero Jan de Nul y Emepa no se van
by Antonio Rossi on Letra P, 14 Sep 2021

Gallery

File:Vagón Emepa de Ferrovías.jpg, Coach produced for

File:Emepa Alerce train.jpg, Alerce DMU in Padilla station File:EMEPA-La Brugeoise.jpg, EMEPA-La Brugeoise underground coach File:Refurbished Siemens O&K 4.jpg, A

reformed by Emepa for the

File:Inauguracion Est Las Heras (23).JPG, Interior of the Siemens-Emepa car File:Refurbished Siemens O&K 2.jpg, Siemens interior, company logo can be seen on dashboard

References

External links

Official website
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