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词条 Province of Buenos Aires Railway
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  1. History

     Project   Construction    Exploitation and Expansion    Decline and Closure  

  2. References

  3. External links

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The Province of Buenos Aires Railway (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Provincial de Buenos Aires - FCPBA) was a state-owned company that operated a 902 km {{RailGauge|1000mm|allk=on}} railway network in the Province of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Founded in 1907 as the "Ferrocarril Provincial del Puerto de La Plata al Meridiano V", the company changed its name to FCPBA in 1924, in 1951 it was taken into state ownership and in 1953 it was absorbed by the state-owned Belgrano Railway. The FCPBA should not confused with the similarly named French–owned Compañía General (CGBA) which also operated in the Province.

History

Project

By the end of 19th Century, railway lines in Buenos Aires Province were managed by two British companies, BA Great Southern and Argentine Great Western. Both companies had the monopoly of the market, apart from fixing the rates. Therefore, the Government of Buenos Aires thought of a railway transport which could work as an efficient alternative to the British-owned ones.

In 1897, the "Law of Agriculture and Economy Railway lines" was promulgated. This Law allowed any person to build (under some legal and technical requirements) {{RailGauge|3ft6in|lk=on}} gauge railway lines. Governor of Buenos Aires Province, Marcelino Ugarte, encouraged the construction of a regional railway line to compete against the dominant British companies. He considered that the appearance of a more economic railroad transport would make British companies to decrease the rates to keep their position in the market.

A provincial decree promulgated in September 1904 decided the construction of a railway line from Barracas al Sud to Carhué. This line was given to Buenos Aires Midland Railway in 1906. In March 1905 the other concession were given to French-owned Compañía General de Ferrocarriles en la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Both lines would be competing against Ferrocarril Provincial.

The lines to be built were determined as following:

  • Western line: From La Plata Port and Meridiano V, crossing the city of La Plata and Brandsen, Monte, Saladillo, 25 de Mayo, and 9 de Julio Partidos. This line had two branches:
    • A 270 km extension branch to Meridiano V, starting between a point to be determined between Monte and Saladillo stations.
    • Another branch from General Alvear to Olavarría.
  • South line: From some point between Brandsen and Monte to Mar del Plata, crossing Ranchos, Chascomús, Pila, Rauch, Ayacucho and Balcarce partidos. This line would be split into three branches:
    • From Pila to Tuyú, crossing Dolores, Gral. Conesa and Gral. Lavalle.
    • From Mar del Plata to General Alvarado
    • From Mar del Plata to Azul or Olavarría (to be determined), crossing Balcarce and Tandil

The main offeror for the project was "Societe Anonime Franco-Argentine de travaux publics", a Franco-Belgian society headed by Otto Bemberg. The society was formed by Bemberg & Cia, Louis Dreyfus and Emili Erlanger & Cia, and Dirks & Dates.

Construction

In August 1907 authorisation was given for the construction of the line, originally named "Ferrocarril Provincial del Puerto de La Plata al Meridiano V". Construction began in La Plata in June 1909 and the sections of the line were progressively opened as follows:

Opened
Projected lines
La Plata - Avellaneda and Mercado Central
Carlos Beguerie - Azul
C. Beguerie - Roque Pérez - Navarro - Mercedes - S.A. Giles - S.A. Areco - Zárate
Azul - Bahía Blanca
Azul - Mar del Plata
Azul - B. Juárez
Dolores - Gral. Conesa - Gral. Madariaga - San Clemente del Tuyú
Brandsen - Dolores - General Conesa - General Lavalle
El Trigo - Las Flores
25 de Mayo - Bragado - Junín
9 de Julio - Lincoln - Vedia
Vedia - Arenales - Rojas - Mitre - Santa Lucía - San Pedro

Exploitation and Expansion

The railway continue its expansion during the next years, reaching more towns in Buenos Aires Province. The cities joined by the train were as follows:[1]

Opened[2]

In 1935 the company acquired four railcars to Swiss company Sulzer Brothers to run services on La Plata–Meridiano V line. The four units served throughout the Provicinal extension, running an average of 100,000 km per year. The line where the Sulzer vehicles ran most was Avellaneda–La Plata (54 km length covered in 65 minutes). Those railcars would be put out of circulation in the 1960s.[3]

In the mid-1940s the Provincial Government decided to nationalise the Ferrocarril Depietri that run from San Pedro and Arrecifes. Eduardo Depietri, owner of the line, refused to give his company but the Government revoked the concession on November 1949 alleging breach of contract and the railway was expropriated.

Nevertheless, the San Pedro-Arrecifes service would not run anymore because the FCPBA never showed interests in 68 km of pathways that were far away from its own line. The Ferrocarril Belgrano (whose tracks intersected with the Depietri's railway) nor took interest in taking over the expropriated railway. The abandoned structure was depredated and the remained assets were returned to Depietri's company in 1967. The tracks were dismantled, the lands sold and the rest was sold as scrap.

On 31 December 1951 the company was transferred to state ownership as an independent entity under the control of the Empresa Nacional de Transportes (ENT) and in 1953 was absorbed by Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano, one of the six state-owned companies formed after the nationalisation of the entire railway network in 1948.

On 1 January 1954 the Ferrocarril Nacional Provincia de Buenos Aires (FNPBA) was formed by integrating the FCPBA, the CGBA and the Buenos Aires Midland Railway and was incorporated into the Ferrocarril Belgrano on 7 October 1957.

Decline and Closure

The lines between Etcheverry and Mira Pampa and Carlos Beguerie to Azul and Olavarría, together with their respective branch lines, were closed on 28 October 1961 during the Government of Arturo Illia. The line between Olavarría and La Plata was re-opened temporarily for freight traffic only from April 1964 to 1968. The track between Carlos Beguerie and Mira Pampa was removed in October 1974 and the passenger service on the branch from Avellaneda to La Plata was discontinued in July 1977.[4][5]

References

1. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20090202175459/http://porlosrielesdelsud.com.ar/provin1.html "Ferrocarril Provincial de Buenos Aires - Desarrollo"] (Archive)
2. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20090202183922/http://porlosrielesdelsud.com.ar/provin.html#Sintesis "Ferrocarril Provincial de Buenos Aires - Síntesis cronológica"] (Archive)
3. ^[https://portaldetrenes.com.ar/site/los-coches-motor-sulzer-del-provincial-buenos-aires/ Los coches motor Sulzer del Provincial Buenos Aires] by Oscar Rodríguez on Portal de Trenes, 4 Aug 2018
4. ^[https://web.archive.org/web/20090201010612/http://porlosrielesdelsud.com.ar/provin2.html "Ferrocarril Provincial de Buenos Aires: Ramal Avellaneda - La Plata"] (Archive)
5. ^"Ferrocarril Provincial" at Plataforma14 website

External links

  • "Estación Provincial" Cultural Centre
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20130304220155/http://www.puntaderiel.com.ar/provincial/galeria/provin.html Photos of the Railroad Museum at Punta de Riel website]
{{Commons category|Ferrocarril Provincial de Buenos Aires|Province of BA Railway}}{{Railway Companies in Argentina}}

5 : Defunct railway companies of Argentina|Railway companies established in 1912|Railway companies disestablished in 1977|Metre gauge railways in Argentina|1912 establishments in Argentina

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