Barrio Vila railway station

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Barrio Vila
Inter-city
Estacion Barrio Vila 1.jpg
Station building and platform (2006).
General information
Location Rosario
Argentina
Coordinates 32°56′29.26″S60°42′27.79″W / 32.9414611°S 60.7077194°W / -32.9414611; -60.7077194
Owned by Government of Argentina
Operated by Central Argentine Railway (1891–1948)
Ferrocarriles Argentinos (1948–1977)
Line(s) Mitre
History
OpenedApril 1891 (1891-04)
Closed1977;48 years ago (1977) [1]
Location
Barrio Vila railway station

Barrio Vila is a former train station in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located in the west of the city, in the neighbourhood of Belgrano. Private company Nuevo Central Argentino which runs freight trains on the line, but the station does not have operation since its closure in 1977. [2]

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History

Nicasio Vila. Nicasio vila portrait.jpg
Nicasio Vila.

The station was opened in April 1891 in the Eloy Palacios town by British-owned Central Argentine Railway, as part of the line from Ludueña (Rosario) to Peyrano (at the border with Buenos Aires Province). The town had been founded by Nicasio Vila, an entrepreneur owner of "Compañía de Tramways del Oeste", a horse tramway company. [3] The tramway company built the line from Rosario with Eloy Palacios. [4]

In 1906, the municipality of Rosario changed the town's name to "Barrio Vila", the same than the railway station built by the Central Argentine. [4]

After the railway nationalization in 1949, the station was managed by the General Bartolomé Mitre Railway division of Ferrocarriles Argentinos. [4]

In 1977 Barrio Vila station was closed, as almost all passenger services were eliminated. [1] Freight company Nuevo Central Argentino runs services on the line.

Historic operators

CompanyPeriod
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Central Argentine 1891–1948
Flag of Argentina.svg Ferrocarriles Argentinos 1948–1977

References

  1. 1 2 "Historia Ferroviaria de Rosario: Los Pioneros (1854-1889)". Asociación Rosarina Amigos del Riel. Archived from the original on 16 September 2009.
  2. ↑ Desmalezar la estación Vila on La Capital, 5 Dec 2009
  3. ↑ "Homenaje a los Pioneros" (PDF). Rosario Cultura.
  4. 1 2 3 "Estación Barrio Vila". Horizonte Ferroviario. 28 June 2015.
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