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Mitre Line

January 01, 1970

This article is about the commuter rail line. For the national railway company, see General Bartolomé Mitre Railway.

The Mitre line is an Argentine broad gauge commuter rail service in Buenos Aires Province and is part of the Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre division. The service is currently operated by the State-owned company Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado after the Government of Argentina rescinded its contract with Corredores Ferroviarios in March 2015.

Mitre Line
Overview
Service typeCommuter rail
StatusActive
LocaleBuenos Aires Province
PredecessorCentral Argentine
First service1948; 76 years ago (1948)
Current operator(s)SOFSE
Former operator(s)Corredores Ferroviarios
WebsiteMitre Line
Route
TerminiRetiro
List
Stops57
Distance travelled180 km (110 mi)
Average journey time
List
Service frequency
List
Technical
Rolling stockCSR EMUs (electric)
Materfer CMM 400-2 (diesel)
Track gauge1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)
Track owner(s)Government of Argentina
Route map

History edit

Background edit

 
Old Retiro station, c. 1890s. Current building was inaugurated in 1915

The first line was built and operated by the Buenos Aires Northern Railway, a British-owned company that ran trains from Central Station (then from Retiro) to Tigre, joining both cities in 1857. The company was then taken over by the Central Argentine Railway in 1888 due to financial problems.

In 1891, Victoria station was inaugurated. Trains to Zelaya and Capilla del Señor departed from Victoria for the first time one year later. In 1916, the Retiro-Tigre line was electrified, becoming the first electrified railway system in South America. New British Thomson-Houston (BTH) multiple units were acquired to run on the line. The CAR also installed the first crossbuck and manually-operated gates on the many existing level crossings.

During successive years, several new stations were built by the company, including Beccar (1913), La Lucila (1933), Acassuso (1934) and Virreyes (1938).

Ferrocarriles Argentinos edit

 
A Metropolitan Vickers in B. Mitre (1990).

When the Government of Argentina led by Juan Perón nationalised British and French railway companies in 1948, the state-owned company Ferrocarriles Argentinos took over all the railway lines in the country.

In 1962, the FIAT 7131, a railcar manufactured by FIAT Concord, made its debut in the Villa Ballester-Zárate and Victoria-Capilla del Señor sections of Ferrocarril Mitre, then managed by Ferrocarriles Argentinos (FA). These light railcars replaced Ganz Works railcars that had run on those lines since 1938.[1]

The lack of maintenance of the FIAT 7131 coaches meant that some of them went out of service, so in 1987 Ferrocarriles Argentinos acquired new light railcars for the Zárate and Capilla del Señor branches. The company bought 8 units made by Materfer which were soon nicknamed Pitufos (a Spanish translation for "Smurfs" due to their small size). Nevertheless, the limited seating capacity and poor damping of those units mean that the 7131 coaches continued to be used.[1]

Privatisation: TBA edit

 
Toshiba multiple unit at Colegiales.
 
A Materfer railcar (Pitufo) in Garín.

FA operated the trains until 1991 when FEMESA temporarily took over all the urban services prior to the services being privatised. After the Government of Carlos Menem privatised the urban railways services private company Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA) took over the Mitre Line.

When the Government of Argentina decided to privative all the urban railway services in 1992, the Mitre Line was given the concession for TBA (which also took over Sarmiento Line) through Decree N° 730/95.

During the first two years of the concession, TBA met the requirements specified in the contract regarding the frequency of service, with an average of 98%. By February 1999 the consortium had invested US$200 million including the reconstruction of 220 Toshiba wagons, and the remodelling of 13 stations and workshops. In addition, a new ticket selling system was introduced with the installation of vending machines.

One of the most notable improvements was the introduction of "Puma" coaches on the Retiro-Tigre branch. These coaches were built by local factory Emprendimientos Ferroviarios S.A. (EMFER) and featured air conditioning, ABS brakes and computer-supervising systems.[2]

In 1997 the Government decided to modify the contracts of concession with a plan of modernisation worth US$2.5 billion. The future investments included acquiring 492 brand-new electric multiple units, the refurbishing of more than 100 km of existing tracks, and the installation of new signalling, among other improvements.

Nevertheless, the Government of Fernando De la Rúa (which had come to power in 1999) made changes to the original project, reducing the amount of the budget to US$1.3 billion. The State granted subsidies to TBA (and the rest of the private operators) as a way to compensate for the losses arising from the change in plans and to avoid fare increases.

Due to the lack of investment in the Mitre Line, the quality of the service decreased considerably. TBA operated the line until the 2012 Once station rail disaster happened. As a result, the National Government revoked the concession granted to TBA and gave the Mitre and Sarmiento lines to the State operator UGOMS, that then ran the lines until 2014 when it was transferred under concession to Corredores Ferroviarios.[3][4][5]

New concession edit

 
Martínez station with new CSR rolling stock.

On 12 February 2014, the Government of Argentina granted the operation of the line to the private company Corredores Ferroviarios.[3][4][5] That same year the Government announced the acquisition of new coaches to increase the Mitre Line's rolling stock. The coaches were manufactured by the Chinese company CSR Corporation Limited, with the first coaches arriving in June 2014.[6][7]

In November 2014, the Retiro-Tigre section of Mitre Line renewed its fleet of electric trains, adding a total of 12 brand new trains for that service. The CSR trains replaced the old Toshiba cars that had been brought to Argentina in the 1960s for the Mitre and Sarmiento lines. The purchase cost $250 million was paid by the National Government.[8][9]

The branch line to José L. Suárez's fleet was renewed completely with the same Chinese trains in January 2015.[10][11]

Renationalisation edit

State-owned company Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado took over the Mitre line (operated by Corredores Ferroviarios) on 2 March 2015 after the Government of Argentina rescinded the contracts that had been signed with the company. The contract terms specified that the concession could be cancelled with no right to claim compensation.[12] The agreements had been signed in February 2014 and had committed Argentren and Corredores Ferroviarios to operate the lines.[13][14][15]

Current works edit

In 2017, the Ministry of Transport announced the construction of a viaduct for the Retiro–Tigre branch of Mitre Line in Buenos Aires. The viaduct would extend from Dorrego Avenue in Palermo to Congreso Avenue in Núñez for 3.9 kilometres. Works began in September 2017. The project also included a total refurbishment of Lisandro de la Torre and Belgrano C stations.[16] The viaduct was opened to traffic on 10 May 2019 by President Mauricio Macri leading to the removal eight level crossings.

Historic operators edit

Companies that have operated the Sarmiento Line since it was established after the 1948 nationalisation are:

Operator Period
Ferrocarriles Argentinos 1948–1991
FEMESA 1991–1995
Trenes de Buenos Aires 1995–2012
UGOMS 2012–2013
SOFSE 2013–2014
Corredores Ferroviarios 2014–2015
Trenes Argentinos 2015–present

Train services edit

Mitre Line services as of February, 2015:

Start End Km. Type
Retiro Tigre 30 Electric
B. Mitre 15
José León Suárez 27
Victoria Capilla del Señor 60 Diesel
Villa Ballester Zárate 75

Gallery edit

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b Retiro-Tigre
  2. ^ a b Retiro-B.Mitre
  3. ^ a b Retiro-J.L. Suárez
  4. ^ a b J.L. Suárez-Zárate
  5. ^ a b Victoria-Capilla del Señor

References edit

  1. ^ a b Historia del Ferrocarril al Norte del Gran Buenos Aires: Ferrocarriles Mitre y Belgrano by Ariel Bernasconi - Dunken Editorial (2012) - ISBN 978-9870257691
  2. ^ (Archive)
  3. ^ a b "Trenes: le dan a Roggio el Mitre y el San Martín y a Emepa, el Roca y el Belgrano Sur", La Nación, 12 Feb 2014
  4. ^ a b "Las privadas volverán a operar la mayoría de las líneas ferroviarias", Clarín, 12 Feb 2014
  5. ^ a b "El Gobierno estableció un nuevo régimen de operaciones de las líneas ferroviarias", Telam, 12 Feb 2014
  6. ^ "CSR fleet enters service in Buenos Aires", Railway Gazette International, 10 June 2013
  7. ^ "Ya está en viaje la primera de las 25 formaciones para la línea Sarmiento", Telam, 7 Jan 2014
  8. ^ "Llega el nuevo tren Mitre: en diez días ya circularán doce formaciones chinas", La Nación, 16 Nov 2014
  9. ^ Clarin.com "Los nuevos trenes del Mitre: asombro en los pasajeros y viajes más cómodos", Clarín, 26 Nov 2014
  10. ^ "A partir de hoy, el Mitre ramal Suárez tiene trenes nuevos", Infobae, 26 Jan 2015
  11. ^ "Desde hoy corren trenes nuevos en el ramal Suárez del Mitre", Clarín, 26 Jan 2015
  12. ^ "Ya está lista la ley que prevé más control estatal sobre los trenes", Clarín, 5 Mar 2015
  13. ^ "Estado rescindió contrato de trenes a privados y avisó que no pagará indemnizaciones", Ambito Financiero, 2 Mar 2015
  14. ^ "Buenos Aires commuter routes renationalised", Railway Gazette, 3 Mar 2015
  15. ^ Resolution N° 171/2015 - Official Bulletin of Argentina 2015-07-21 at the Wayback Machine
  16. ^ Cómo es la obra del viaducto Mitre que eliminará ocho barreras en Belgrano, Núñez y Palermo, La Nación, 5 Sep 2017

External links edit

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mitre Line.
  • Official website  
  • Horarios del Tren Mitre on Trenes Argentinos.net
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This article is about the commuter rail line For the national railway company see General Bartolome Mitre Railway The Mitre line is an Argentine broad gauge commuter rail service in Buenos Aires Province and is part of the Ferrocarril General Bartolome Mitre division The service is currently operated by the State owned company Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado after the Government of Argentina rescinded its contract with Corredores Ferroviarios in March 2015 Mitre LineCSR electric multiple units in Retiro February 2015 OverviewService typeCommuter railStatusActiveLocaleBuenos Aires ProvincePredecessorCentral ArgentineFirst service1948 76 years ago 1948 Current operator s SOFSEFormer operator s Corredores FerroviariosWebsiteMitre LineRouteTerminiRetiroList Tigre B Mitre Jose L Suarez Zarate Capilla del SenorStops57Distance travelled180 km 110 mi Average journey timeList 75 a 50 b 65 c 120 d 70 e Service frequencyList 20 a 30 b 20 c 70 d 7 trains per day e TechnicalRolling stockCSR EMUs electric Materfer CMM 400 2 diesel Track gauge1 676 mm 5 ft 6 in Track owner s Government of ArgentinaRoute map Contents 1 History 1 1 Background 1 2 Ferrocarriles Argentinos 1 3 Privatisation TBA 1 4 New concession 1 5 Renationalisation 1 6 Current works 1 7 Historic operators 2 Train services 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 External linksHistory editBackground edit nbsp Old Retiro station c 1890s Current building was inaugurated in 1915 The first line was built and operated by the Buenos Aires Northern Railway a British owned company that ran trains from Central Station then from Retiro to Tigre joining both cities in 1857 The company was then taken over by the Central Argentine Railway in 1888 due to financial problems In 1891 Victoria station was inaugurated Trains to Zelaya and Capilla del Senor departed from Victoria for the first time one year later In 1916 the Retiro Tigre line was electrified becoming the first electrified railway system in South America New British Thomson Houston BTH multiple units were acquired to run on the line The CAR also installed the first crossbuck and manually operated gates on the many existing level crossings During successive years several new stations were built by the company including Beccar 1913 La Lucila 1933 Acassuso 1934 and Virreyes 1938 Ferrocarriles Argentinos edit nbsp A Metropolitan Vickers in B Mitre 1990 When the Government of Argentina led by Juan Peron nationalised British and French railway companies in 1948 the state owned company Ferrocarriles Argentinos took over all the railway lines in the country In 1962 the FIAT 7131 a railcar manufactured by FIAT Concord made its debut in the Villa Ballester Zarate and Victoria Capilla del Senor sections of Ferrocarril Mitre then managed by Ferrocarriles Argentinos FA These light railcars replaced Ganz Works railcars that had run on those lines since 1938 1 The lack of maintenance of the FIAT 7131 coaches meant that some of them went out of service so in 1987 Ferrocarriles Argentinos acquired new light railcars for the Zarate and Capilla del Senor branches The company bought 8 units made by Materfer which were soon nicknamed Pitufos a Spanish translation for Smurfs due to their small size Nevertheless the limited seating capacity and poor damping of those units mean that the 7131 coaches continued to be used 1 Privatisation TBA edit nbsp Toshiba multiple unit at Colegiales nbsp A Materfer railcar Pitufo in Garin FA operated the trains until 1991 when FEMESA temporarily took over all the urban services prior to the services being privatised After the Government of Carlos Menem privatised the urban railways services private company Trenes de Buenos Aires TBA took over the Mitre Line When the Government of Argentina decided to privative all the urban railway services in 1992 the Mitre Line was given the concession for TBA which also took over Sarmiento Line through Decree N 730 95 During the first two years of the concession TBA met the requirements specified in the contract regarding the frequency of service with an average of 98 By February 1999 the consortium had invested US 200 million including the reconstruction of 220 Toshiba wagons and the remodelling of 13 stations and workshops In addition a new ticket selling system was introduced with the installation of vending machines One of the most notable improvements was the introduction of Puma coaches on the Retiro Tigre branch These coaches were built by local factory Emprendimientos Ferroviarios S A EMFER and featured air conditioning ABS brakes and computer supervising systems 2 In 1997 the Government decided to modify the contracts of concession with a plan of modernisation worth US 2 5 billion The future investments included acquiring 492 brand new electric multiple units the refurbishing of more than 100 km of existing tracks and the installation of new signalling among other improvements Nevertheless the Government of Fernando De la Rua which had come to power in 1999 made changes to the original project reducing the amount of the budget to US 1 3 billion The State granted subsidies to TBA and the rest of the private operators as a way to compensate for the losses arising from the change in plans and to avoid fare increases Due to the lack of investment in the Mitre Line the quality of the service decreased considerably TBA operated the line until the 2012 Once station rail disaster happened As a result the National Government revoked the concession granted to TBA and gave the Mitre and Sarmiento lines to the State operator UGOMS that then ran the lines until 2014 when it was transferred under concession to Corredores Ferroviarios 3 4 5 New concession edit nbsp Martinez station with new CSR rolling stock On 12 February 2014 the Government of Argentina granted the operation of the line to the private company Corredores Ferroviarios 3 4 5 That same year the Government announced the acquisition of new coaches to increase the Mitre Line s rolling stock The coaches were manufactured by the Chinese company CSR Corporation Limited with the first coaches arriving in June 2014 6 7 In November 2014 the Retiro Tigre section of Mitre Line renewed its fleet of electric trains adding a total of 12 brand new trains for that service The CSR trains replaced the old Toshiba cars that had been brought to Argentina in the 1960s for the Mitre and Sarmiento lines The purchase cost 250 million was paid by the National Government 8 9 The branch line to Jose L Suarez s fleet was renewed completely with the same Chinese trains in January 2015 10 11 Renationalisation edit State owned company Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado took over the Mitre line operated by Corredores Ferroviarios on 2 March 2015 after the Government of Argentina rescinded the contracts that had been signed with the company The contract terms specified that the concession could be cancelled with no right to claim compensation 12 The agreements had been signed in February 2014 and had committed Argentren and Corredores Ferroviarios to operate the lines 13 14 15 Current works edit In 2017 the Ministry of Transport announced the construction of a viaduct for the Retiro Tigre branch of Mitre Line in Buenos Aires The viaduct would extend from Dorrego Avenue in Palermo to Congreso Avenue in Nunez for 3 9 kilometres Works began in September 2017 The project also included a total refurbishment of Lisandro de la Torre and Belgrano C stations 16 The viaduct was opened to traffic on 10 May 2019 by President Mauricio Macri leading to the removal eight level crossings Historic operators edit vteMitre Line Legend Retiro nbsp nbsp nbsp A Illia Highway nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp San Martin line nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp L de la Torre nbsp nbsp Tres de Febrero Belgrano C nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp M Carranza nbsp Nunez nbsp nbsp Colegiales Rivadavia nbsp nbsp Belgrano R nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp L M Drago Coghlan nbsp nbsp nbsp General Urquiza nbsp Saavedra nbsp nbsp nbsp Pueyrredon nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Avenida General Paz Belgrano Norte line nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Miguelete nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp San Martin Vicente Lopez nbsp nbsp nbsp Juan B Justo Florida nbsp nbsp nbsp San Andres Olivos nbsp nbsp nbsp Dr Cetrangolo Maipu nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Bartolome Mitre nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Malaver Tren de la Costato Delta nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp La Lucila nbsp nbsp Villa Ballester Martinez nbsp nbsp Acassuso nbsp nbsp Chilavert nbsp Provincial Route 4 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Jose Leon Suarez San Isidro C nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Provincial Route 4 Beccar nbsp nbsp nbsp Camino del Buen Ayre Branch toCapilla del Senor nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Victoria nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Belgrano Norte line Virreyes nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp National Route 9 to Tigre San Fernando C nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Bancalari Carupa nbsp nbsp nbsp Dr Schweitzer Tigre nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Reconquista River nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp El Talar General Pacheco nbsp nbsp Lopez Camelo Benavidez nbsp nbsp nbsp National Route 9 Ingeniero Maschwitz nbsp nbsp Garin Escobar nbsp nbsp Maquinista Savio Rio Lujan nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Matheu Rio Lujan nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Rio Lujan Ingeniero Otamendi nbsp nbsp Zelaya Campana nbsp nbsp Los Cardales Kilometre 83 nbsp nbsp nbsp Provincial Route 6 nbsp National Route 12 nbsp nbsp nbsp Capilla del Senor FC Urquiza to Posadas nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Zarate nbsp nbsp nbsp end of suburban service nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Lima nbsp nbsp to Vagues and Pergamino Baradero nbsp San Pedro nbsp Ramallo nbsp San Nicolas nbsp Arroyo del Medio nbsp EmpalmeVilla Constitucion nbsp Arroyo Saladillo nbsp Groenewold nbsp Rosario Norte nbsp to Santa Fe nbsp Companies that have operated the Sarmiento Line since it was established after the 1948 nationalisation are Operator Period Ferrocarriles Argentinos 1948 1991 FEMESA 1991 1995 Trenes de Buenos Aires 1995 2012 UGOMS 2012 2013 SOFSE 2013 2014 Corredores Ferroviarios 2014 2015 Trenes Argentinos 2015 presentTrain services editMitre Line services as of February 2015 Start End Km Type Retiro Tigre 30 Electric B Mitre 15 Jose Leon Suarez 27 Victoria Capilla del Senor 60 Diesel Villa Ballester Zarate 75Gallery edit nbsp Saavedra station nbsp New Tigre station opened in 1995 nbsp Facade of Retiro station nbsp Interior of Retiro station nbsp EMU arriving at Retiro nbsp Materfer CMM 400 2 used for diesel servicesSee also editMitre Railway Trenes Argentinos Corredores FerroviariosNotes edit a b Retiro Tigre a b Retiro B Mitre a b Retiro J L Suarez a b J L Suarez Zarate a b Victoria Capilla del SenorReferences edit a b Historia del Ferrocarril al Norte del Gran Buenos Aires Ferrocarriles Mitre y Belgrano by Ariel Bernasconi Dunken Editorial 2012 ISBN 978 9870257691 Detalle de los coches Puma en sitio web de EMFER Archive a b Trenes le dan a Roggio el Mitre y el San Martin y a Emepa el Roca y el Belgrano Sur La Nacion 12 Feb 2014 a b Las privadas volveran a operar la mayoria de las lineas ferroviarias Clarin 12 Feb 2014 a b El Gobierno establecio un nuevo regimen de operaciones de las lineas ferroviarias Telam 12 Feb 2014 CSR fleet enters service in Buenos Aires Railway Gazette International 10 June 2013 Ya esta en viaje la primera de las 25 formaciones para la linea Sarmiento Telam 7 Jan 2014 Llega el nuevo tren Mitre en diez dias ya circularan doce formaciones chinas La Nacion 16 Nov 2014 Clarin com Los nuevos trenes del Mitre asombro en los pasajeros y viajes mas comodos Clarin 26 Nov 2014 A partir de hoy el Mitre ramal Suarez tiene trenes nuevos Infobae 26 Jan 2015 Desde hoy corren trenes nuevos en el ramal Suarez del Mitre Clarin 26 Jan 2015 Ya esta lista la ley que preve mas control estatal sobre los trenes Clarin 5 Mar 2015 Estado rescindio contrato de trenes a privados y aviso que no pagara indemnizaciones Ambito Financiero 2 Mar 2015 Buenos Aires commuter routes renationalised Railway Gazette 3 Mar 2015 Resolution N 171 2015 Official Bulletin of Argentina Archived 2015 07 21 at the Wayback Machine Como es la obra del viaducto Mitre que eliminara ocho barreras en Belgrano Nunez y Palermo La Nacion 5 Sep 2017External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mitre Line Official website nbsp Horarios del Tren Mitre on Trenes Argentinos net Tren Mitre com ar Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mitre Line amp oldid 1220264855, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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