Metrovías
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| Company type | Sociedad Anónima |
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| Predecessor | Subterráneos de Buenos Aires (SBA) |
| Founded | 1994 [1] |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | City of Buenos Aires |
Key people | Benito Roggio, owner |
| Services | Maintenance, repair and operations |
| Owner | Grupo Roggio |
Number of employees | 4,500 [1] |
| Parent | Grupo Roggio |
| Website | Metrovías |
Metrovías S.A. is an Argentine privately owned company that operates the Buenos Aires Underground and the Metropolitan services of Urquiza Line.[2][3] 90% of Metrovías' shares are held by Grupo Roggio.[4][5]
History
On 1 January 1994, Metrovías took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of the standard gauge Urquiza Line commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This service had previously been run by the state-owned Ferrocarriles Argentinos as part of the General Urquiza Railway since nationalisation of the railways in 1948. In addition Metrovías took over the management of the Buenos Aires Underground system and the Buenos Aires PreMetro when they were privatised in 1994.
The Urquiza Line operates from Federico Lacroze railway station to General Lemos and, when combined with the Underground, have a total of 108 stations, 72.9 kilometres of track, with 692 carriages that transport 283.8 million passengers per year. The company has approximately 3,000 employees.
From 2004 to 2013 the company also formed part of UGOFE, a consortium with Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA) and Ferrovías, which took over the running of commuter rail services on the Belgrano Sur Line, Roca Line and San Martín Line after concessions granted to Metropolitano S.A. for the operation of these services were revoked.
See also
References
- ^ a b ¿Qué es Metrovías? - company information
- ^ "Trenes: le dan a Roggio el Mitre y el San Martín y a Emepa, el Roca y el Belgrano Sur", La Nación, 12 Feb 2014
- ^ "Las privadas volverán a operar la mayoría de las líneas ferroviarias", Clarín, 12 Feb 2014
- ^ "Transporte" at Grupo Roggio website (Archive)
- ^ Inversores, Metrovías website
