Santa Fe (Mitre) railway station explained

Santa Fe
Type:	Inter-city
Address:	Zavalla and Gral. López, Santa Fe
Country:	Argentina
Coordinates:	-31.6542°N -60.7242°W
Owned:	Government of Argentina
Line:	Mitre
Distance:	468km (291miles) from Buenos Aires
Platforms:	2
Opened:	1891

Santa Fe is a railway station located in the city of Santa Fe, Argentina in the province of the same name, Argentina. The station is no longer used for railway services since 2007, when defunct company Trenes de Buenos Aires cancelled its services to Santa Fe.

History

The station was originally built by British-owned Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway in 1889, being inaugurated two years later. In 1908 it became part of also British Central Argentine Railway when it took over the BA&RR.^[1]

When the whole Argentine railway network was nationalised during Juan Perón's presidency, the Santa Fe station came to be operated by Mitre Railway, one of the six divisions of state-owned Ferrocarriles Argentinos.

On March 10, 1993, president Menem signed the decree for which all the long distance passenger services were definitely closed, with Santa Fe being included among them.

Trenes de Buenos Aires (that had taken over the operation of Mitre Line in 1995) started to run long-distance trains to Santa Fe Province. With services initially serving only Rosario Sur, TBA added a train to Santa Fe (that also crossed Rosario Norte) in September 2003.^{[2] [3]} Services to Santa Fe ceased in 2007 and Following a commuter train accident on February 22, 2012, at Once Station, Buenos Aires, in which 51 people died and at least 703 people were injured,^[4] TBA was placed under federal intervention on February 28; its concessions to operate the Mitre and Sarmiento lines were ultimately revoked on May 24.^[5]

In 2008, the Municipality of Santa Fe announced that the station building would be used to host all the street fairs of the city,^[6] although it was also used for cultural activities.^[7]

In 2014, the state-owned Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado took over passenger services in Argentina, reestablishing some services to Santa Fe Province but only to Rosario Sur^{[8] [9] [10]} and Rufino^{[11] [12]} stations. As of June 2015, there are no plans to reactivate Santa Fe station as a railway stop.

Operators

width=200px	Company	Period
	1891–1908
	1908–1948
	1948–1993
	1995–2007

Notes and References

1. Web site: Reflexiones sobre la estación única. El Litoral. April 1, 2010. es. Andrés Alejandro. Andreis.
2. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20040606055853/http://www.tbanet.com.ar/servicios/default.asp. Líneas & Servicios. TBA. June 6, 2004. es.
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20070125104727/http://www.tbanet.com.ar/sitioasp/archivosdescargas/TBA_Horarios_Rosario-StaFe.pdf. Retiro-Rosario-Santa Fe, Línea Mitre - servicio interurbano. TBA. January 25, 2007.
4. News: Argentina train crash in Buenos Aires kills dozens. BBC News. February 23, 2012. February 23, 2012.
5. Web site: Finalmente, el Gobierno le sacó las concesiones del Sarmiento y del Mitre a TBA. Clarín. es.
6. Web site: Ponen en valor la Estación Mitre para el funcionamiento de ferias. Government of Santa Fe. October 15, 2008. es.
7. Web site: El Birri se quedará 12 años más en la ex Estación Mitre. Uno. November 5, 2013. es.
8. Web site: Estatizaron los trenes de pasajeros de larga distancia. Clarín. November 8, 2014. es.
9. Web site: Resolución 1093/2013 - Asignación de servicios y administración de infraestructura. Official Bulletin of Argentina. es.
10. Web site: Ramos: 'El tren de pasajeros de Rosario a Buenos Aires inicia servicio regular el 1 de abril'. Crónica Ferroviaria. March 2, 2015. es.
11. Web site: Un tren de pasajeros volverá a unir Buenos Aires y Rufino. Infobae. February 6, 2015. es.
12. Web site: Horarios tren de pasajeros Nros. 565 y 566 Retiro - Rufino. Crónica Ferroviaria. February 23, 2015. es.