Rosario Sur Station

Rosario Sur
Inter-city
Exterior view of the station, July 2015
General information
Other names	Juan Carlos Groenewold
Location	San Martín and Battle y Ordóñez, Rosario Argentina
Owned by	Government of Argentina
Operated by	Trenes Argentinos
Line(s)	Mitre
History
Opened	1981 (original station) 2015 (reopening) [1]

Rosario Sur is a railway station in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. The station, part of the Mitre Railway line, originally built and opened in 1981.

The station (officially named "Juan Carlos Groenewold" to honor a railway manager) ^[2] is located near the intersection of San Martín and Battle y Ordóñez Avenues, in the south of Rosario. Before its refurbishing and reopening in July 2015, the station was also referred as "Apeadero Sur". ^{[3] [4]}

History

The station was inaugurated in December 1981 by de facto Intendent of Rosario, Alberto Natale, and operated by State-owned company Ferrocarriles Argentinos until the early 1990s, when the entire railway network was privatised during Carlos Menem's Presidency. After the process finished, Ferrocarriles Argentinos was dissolved and the station entered into disuse. ^[2]

In February 2014 Rosario Sur was chosen to operate as terminus of a new passenger service to Rosario departing from Retiro and operated by State-owned Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado ("Trenes Argentinos"). ^[5] Rosario Sur building and platforms were completely rebuilt, replacing old 60-meter length platforms for new ones of 220-meter. ^{[6] [7]} Some homeless families that lived in the station were moved to other locations to finish works. ^[8]

Services were reestablished on April 1, 2015, running brand-new trains acquired to China CNR Corporation ^[9] to run express services exclusively, with a journey time of 6+1⁄2 hours. ^{[10] [11]} with the building still not finished.

Works were financed by the National and Provincial Governments, at a total cost of $ 80 million. A new station building was constructed, including a waiting room for 500 people, information and ticket sales offices, accessible toilettes, coffee houses, escalator and elevator. The railway platform were extended to 300 m (980 ft). ^[1]

Operators

Company	Period
Ferrocarriles Argentinos	1981–1993
Trenes Argentinos [note 1]	2015–present

Notes

1. Re-opened after refurbishment.

References

1. "Nueva estación Rosario Sur, de la línea Mitre". Prensa Argentina (in Spanish). 21 July 2015. Archived from the original on 24 July 2015.
2. "Apeadero Sur, otra vez abandonado". La Capital (in Spanish). 24 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
3. "Fein destacó junto a Randazzo los avances en las obras de la nueva estación Apeadero Sur". La Capital (in Spanish). 2 October 2014.
4. "Tren Rosario - Buenos Aires: planifican una tercera etapa del Apeadero Sur con dársenas para autos particulares y servicios públicos". Impulso Negocios (in Spanish).
5. "El Apeadero Sur es el sitio elegido para construir la estación del tren a Retiro". La Capital (in Spanish). February 2014.
6. "El tren Buenos Aires-Rosario estará en marcha en 2015". Infobae (in Spanish). 30 October 2014.
7. "Sonrisas por el avance de las obras". Página/12 (in Spanish). 31 October 2012.
8. "En dos meses relocalizarán a las familias del Apeadero Sur". Síntesis de la Región (in Spanish). 3 July 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
9. "Ramos: "El tren de pasajeros de Rosario a Buenos Aires inicia servicio regular el 1 de abril"". Crónica Ferroviaria (in Spanish). 2 March 2015.
10. "Partió el primer tren a Rosario y todavía hay pasajes para mañana". Clarín (in Spanish). 1 April 2015.
11. "Postales y anuncios de un día marcado por el histórico regreso del tren de pasajeros". La Capital (in Spanish). 2 April 2015.

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