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Ferrocarriles Argentinos Sociedad del Estado (FASE), which has superseded the now dissolved Trenes Argentinos (Sites in Spanish).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 Note that this may be out of date.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
Printed Maps
DETAILS
Web-based Maps
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 Maps.
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.
Electrification
600 V DC Overhead
Rule of the road
Right as a result of the configuration of the rolling stock second hand from the US.
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.
Obscure and Sparse Passenger Services
None known
