Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado
Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE) is the national railway of Chile.
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[edit] Track gauge
The track gauge is Indian gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) in the south and metre gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) in the north.
[edit] History
The company was created on January 4, 1884 by means of the purchase of the companies that exploited the longitudinal routes and the Santiago - Valparaíso route. Since then the company acquired the railways of the sodium nitrate mining companies in the north of Chile. From 1913 on the network of the EFE extends from Iquique to Puerto Montt. (more translation from es:Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado#Historia to come)
A stable political and economic climate allowed EFE to complete its largest-ever investment programme in December 2005. This involved spending of US$1bn in 2003-05 to increase capacity on commuter networks and improved long-distance services.[1]
[edit] Subsidiaries
[edit] Passenger rail
- Metro Regional de Valparaíso (MERVAL S.A.): Commuter rail on the Valparaíso Region
- Operates the Valparaíso Metro, the commuter service trains between on the Valparaíso Region.
- Ferrocarriles Suburbanos de Concepción (Fesub Concepción S.A.): Commuter rail on the Biobío Region and Araucanía Region
- Operates the Biotren, the commuter service trains between on the Biobío Region.
- Operates the Corto del Laja, the commuter service trains between Talcahuano and Laja, on the Biobío Region.
- Operates the Regional Train Victoria - Temuco, the commuter service train on the Araucanía Region.
- Trenes Metropolitanos: Commuter rail between the Santiago Metropolitan Region and the O'Higgins Region.
- Operates the Metrotrén, the commuter service trains between Santiago and San Fernando.
- Servicio de Trenes Regionales Terra: Inter-city rail between the Santiago Metropolitan Region and the Biobío Region.
- Operates the TerraSur, the Inter-city rail service between Santiago and Chillán.
- Operates the Regional Train Talca - Constitución, on the Maule Region
[edit] Freight services
- Ferrocarril del Pacífico (FEPASA): Cargo between the Valparaíso Region and the Los Lagos Region.
- Transporte Ferroviario Andrés Pirazolli (TRANSAP): Cargo on the Santiago Metropolitan Region, O'Higgins Region and the Biobío Region.
[edit] Special tourist services
- Tren de la Araucanía
[edit] Rail links with adjacent countries
Bolivia - same gauge 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) - from Arica to La Paz, Bolivia and from Antofagasta to Uyuni, Bolivia
Argentina - Transandine Railway - abandoned 1984 – 100 km of mountain railway of 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) gauge with rack railway sections - break of gauge 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)/1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) at either end. Concession planned to re-open line.[1][2]
Peru - a single 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) gauge connection between the northern Chilean city of Arica and Tacna in Southern Peru.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b John Kolodziejski (2006-04-01). "Record investment boosts EFE's passenger business". Railway Gazette International. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//record-investment-boosts-efe39s-passenger-business.html.
- ^ Thomas Salt (2006-04-01). "Automation gets the most out of mining railway infrastructure". Railway Gazette International. http://www.railwaygazette.com/news/single-view/view//automation-gets-the-most-out-of-mining-railway-infrastructure.html.
[edit] External links
- EFE official website (in Spanish)
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