Argentina

Country Details

Argentine Republic: Federal Presidential Constitutional Republic, República Argentina [Spanish].

Language: Spanish (Official) plus 7 Co-official languages including Welsh.

Currency: Argentine Peso (ARS); $.

See Wikipedia

National Railway System

UIC code

alpha AR

National Railway Operator

Ferrocarriles Argentinos Sociedad del Estado (FASE), which has superseded the now dissolved Trenes Argentinos (Sites in Spanish).

FASE has four Divisions;

• Trenes Argentinos Operaciones (Site in Spanish) for passenger services covering local, long distance and international operations .
• Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura - ADIFSE - see below
• Trenes Argentinos Cargas (site in Spanish) for freight traffic.
• Capital Humano - Hunan Resources.

Timetable

• Online: unofficial timetable information is available at Fahrplancenter. Note that this may be out of date.
• Printed: summary timetables are available in some editions of the European Rail Timetable.

Summary information is also available at the Man in Seat 61.

Maps

Web-based Maps

A downloadable PDF map of rail lines is at Argentina train map dated April 2021.

Some basic diagrammatic route maps for regional and international services are at Mapa de servicos regionales e internacional.

Some basic diagrammatic route maps for long distance services are at Mapa de servicosde de larga distancia.

Some web based maps for freight and logistic operations are located at Trenes Argentinos Cargas Mapas.

Ticketing

Some ticketing information for regional and long distance services is at Venta de pasajes (in Spanish).

Infrastructure

Infrastructure Authority

Administración de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias Sociedad del Estado (ADIFSE) (site in Spanish) trading as Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura.

Gauges

• 1,676 mm (5 foot 6 in).
• 1,435 mm (4 foot 8 1⁄2 inches) Standard.
• 1,000 mm (3 foot 3 3⁄8 inches) Metre.
• 500 mm (19 3⁄4 inches) for Tren del Fin del Mundo tourist line.

Electrification

• 550 and 600 V DC Third Rail
• 600, 750 and 1500 V DC Overhead

Rule of the road

Right as a result of the configuration of the rolling stock second hand from the US.

Tourist Lines

• Tren del Fin del Mundo (Train at the End of the World) - site in Spanish.
• Trensolar de la Quebrada is a tourist railway running 42km from Volcán to Purmamarca, Maimará and (when opened) Tilcara.

Metros

Subterráneos de Buenos Aires S. E. (SBASE) trading as Subte de Buenos Aires (SUBTE) (site in Spanish) with six lines along with premetro line [P] and the Urquiza suburban line.

Trams/LRT

The 17 km Metrotranvía Mendoza (STM) light rail line is built along the former railway corridor of the Ferrocarril General San Martín (FCGSM) and opened in 2012.

See official Sociedad de Transporte de Mendoza (STM) site (in Spanish) for timetables and more information.

Recent and Future Changes

Recent Changes

Tren Solar de la Quebrada was offiaclly launched on 18 June 2025 and inaugurated over the 35 km, between Volcán, Tumbaya, Purmamarca and Maimará, on 19 June 2024.

From 16 November 2023, Tren de las Sierras regional services, in the northern city of Córdoba, have been extended 34 km to serve Capilla del Monte, following the completion of renovation work on the metre-gauge line from Valle Hermoso.

According to newspaper reports the last train from Bragado to Pehuajó ran on Sunday 27 October 2024. Services remain 3x weekly from Buenos Aires Once to Bragado.

The 42km tourist line marketed as Trensolar de la Quebrada opened between Volcán and Maimará on 18 June 2024 with 'connections' to Tilcara, presumably a bus until the section opens.

Lines with Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services

See Argentina - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services.