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Ferrocarriles Argentinos Sociedad del Estado (FASE), which has superseded the now dissolved Trenes Argentinos (Sites in Spanish).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.
Other passenger service operators
- Ferrovias is a private company that operate services in Buenos Aires for 55km on the Belgrano Norte line from Retiro Belgrano to Villa Rosa.
Passenger Services
Argentina - Passenger Railway Services
Timetables
- Online: Official timetables are all published on the Trenes Argentinos website.
- 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 Note that this may be out of date.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.
Buenos Aires local services. To identify routes see passenger services in previous section.
- Linea Mitre
- Linea San Martin
- Linea Belgrano Norte A journey planner can be found here
- Linea Sarmiento
- Linea Belgrano Sur
- Linea Roca
Rosario area local service to Cañada de Gómez was cancelled before May 2025. Long distance trains between Buenos Aires and Córdoba traverse this route albeit at night.
Chaco province regional services
Regional services were extended from 7 April 2025. Five trains of the Mondays to Fridays service between Resistencia and Cacuí are extended west of Cacuí to Puerto Tirol. Note this is a branch off the northern Belgrano line from Cacuí, not off the southern Belgrano passenger line from Cacuí to Los Amores.
Neuquén province regional services
Salta province regional services
Córdoba province regional services
Entre Ríos province regional services
Argentina to Paraguay International Services
Maps
Web-based Maps
A downloadable PDF map of rail lines is at Argentina train map dated April 2021.
Map of passenger railway lines in Greater Buenos Aires is here
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 USA. Also Left around Buenos Aires.
Tourist Lines
- Tren del Fin del Mundo (Train at the End of the World) - Runs 7km from Estación del Fin del Mundo (about 7km from Ushuaia) to Estación El Parque (in the Tierra del Fuego national park).
- Trensolar de la Quebrada is a tourist railway running 42km from Volcán to Purmamarca, Maimará and Tilcara. Trains run not Wednesdays.
- Tren Ecológico de la Selva or Tren de las Cataratas is a 600 mm narrow gauge train that runs 3.7km through the forest inside Iguazú National Park between Central and Garganta
- The Tren a las Nubes (English: Train to the Clouds) departs San Antonio de las Cobres station in Salta province for the 21.8km trip to the western end of the Viaducto la Polvorilla.
- The Tren de la Costa is a suburban line in Greater Buenos Aires and runs 15.5km from Av. Maipú (connection from Buenos Aires Mitre line) to Delta
- La Trochita The Old Patagonian Express operates as two separate sections: Esquel - Nahuelpan and El Maiten - km228 - Ñorquincó
- Tranvía Histórico (Caballito historic tramway) is a historic tram/streetcar line in Buenos Aires. It runs a 2km loop in Caballito on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. The stop is at Emilio Mitre 500.
- Rosario. A historic tram operated by the Association of Friends of the Rail of Rosario might operate on limited dates - although the state of the tracks and overhead don't support this. This runs on rails, the previous 'tram services' ran on rubber tyres.
Updated June 2025
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 17km 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.
- Premetro is a 7.4km light rail line that runs along the outskirts of Buenos Aires, connecting with the Buenos Aires Metro line E at Plaza de los Virreyes station and the suburban line at Presidente Illia to General Savio, with a short branch to Centro Cívico. See also Subte de Buenos Aires under Metros.
Recent and Future Changes
Recent Changes (most recent at the top)
Passenger services ceased between Hospital neonatal and Alta Córdoba from 02 June 2025 (or possibly earlier as the last timetable showing the service running is dated 14 April 2025).
The long distance connecting service between Gral. Guido and Divisadero de Pinamar ceased running between 01 April 2025 and 19 April 2025.
Another regional service was extended from 07 April 2025. Five trains of the Mondays to Fridays service between Resistencia and Cacuí are extended west of Cacuí to Puerto Tirol. Note this is a branch off the northern Belgrano line from Cacuí, not off the southern Belgrano passenger line from Cacuí to Los Amores.
On a more positive note Neuquén Central to Cipolletti reopened on 03 February 2025. This cross province suburban service ceased some years ago.
According to newspaper reports the last train from Bragado to Pehuajó ran on 27 October 2024. Services remain 3x weekly from Buenos Aires Once to Bragado.
Tren Solar de la Quebrada was officially launched on 18 June 2024 and inaugurated over the 35 km, between Volcán, Tumbaya, Purmamarca and Maimará, on 19 June 2024. The final 7km northern section, Maimará to Tilcara, opened 13 August 2024.
The passenger service between Junín and Justo Daract ceased sometime between 05 April 2024 and 17 July 2024. Passenger trains still operate between Buenos Aires Retiro and Junín.
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.
On 12 September 2022 the passenger service between Posada and Encarnación (Paraguay) reopened to passengers. This is Argentina's only international passenger train service.
Updated June 2025
Lines with Obscure or Sparse Passenger Services
See Argentina - Lines with Obscure or Sparse passenger services.
Border Crossings
Argentina - Paraguay
There has only been a single rail crossing between the countries.
Posadas AR - Encarnación PY
The passenger service across the Paraná River bridge was ceremonially reopened on 12 September 2022. The frequent service using a Trenes Argentinos DMU runs Mondays to Fridays every 30 minutes from each end with passport inspections done at the stations before boarding and after disembarkation. The single tickets can be bought using cash, either currency at both stations, and have a QR code to operate the barriers in Argentina.
