Sarratea railway station

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Sarratea
Inter-city
Estacion Sarratea 1.jpg
Sarratea station (facing south) in 2007.
General information
LocationGallo 1200
Rosario
Argentina
Coordinates 32°53′29″S60°41′58″W / 32.89139°S 60.69944°W / -32.89139; -60.69944
Owned by Government of Argentina
Operated by NCA
Line(s) Mitre
Platforms1
Tracks2 [1]
History
Opened1890
Closed1977;47 years ago (1977) (passenger services)

Sarratea is a railway station located in the north of the city of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. [2] Although no longer active, the station is currently managed by private company Nuevo Central Argentino, which operates the line for freight services.

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History

The station was opened about 1890 by the Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway, a company that would be absorbed by the Central Argentine Railway in 1908. The railway ran north from the Patio Parada node and proceeded towards the city of Santa Fe, capital of the province. [3] The station was named after Manuel de Sarratea, an Argentine diplomat, politician and soldier who took part of the May Revolution and was Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1820).

After the entire Argentine railway network was nationalised in 1948, the station become part of the General Bartolomé Mitre Railway division of recently created Ferrocarriles Argentinos. In 1977 Sarratea station was closed, [4] as almost all passenger services were eliminated. [5] Like other stations of the former Ferrocarril Mitre, it is now maintained by freight rail company Nuevo Central Argentino (NCA).

Operators

CompanyPeriod
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg BA & Rosario 1890–1908
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Central Argentine 1908–1948
Flag of Argentina.svg Ferrocarriles Argentinos 1948–1977
Flag of Argentina.svg Nuevo Central Argentino [note 1] 1993–present
Notes
  1. Freight services only, the station does not have passenger trains since 1977.

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References

  1. Estación Sarratea on El Ferroviario website, 22 Jun 2009
  2. "Tren a Retiro: Rosario Norte suena como estación principal", El Ciudadano, 21 Nov 2013
  3. "Estación Sarratea" on Rosario y su Zona, 22 Aug 2012
  4. "El tiempo pasa... el tren no (un poco de historia del ferrocarril en la ciudad de Rosario)", 16 Oct 2008
  5. "Historia Ferroviaria de Rosario", Asociación Rosarina Amigos del Riel, 4 Feb 2009 (Archive)