Ferrocarril de San Cristóbal a Tucumán
| San Cristóbal to Tucumán Railway | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Native name | Ferrocarril San Cristóbal a Tucumán | ||
| Status | Defunct company; rail line active | ||
| Locale | Santa Fe, Tucumán | ||
| Termini | |||
| Service | |||
| Type | Inter-city | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1891 | ||
| Closed | 1896 (acquired by Central Northern Railway) | ||
| Technical | |||
| Track gauge | 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) | ||
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The San Cristóbal to Tucumán Railway (in Spanish: Ferrocarril San Cristóbal a Tucumán) was a French-owned railway company founded in 1888 which built a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in) metre gauge railway from San Cristóbal to Tucumán in Argentina.
History
Originally granted in concession to Portalis frères, Charbonnier & Co. on October 21, 1887,[1] it was transferred to Fives-Lille company one year later and transferred again to "Compagnie française des Chemins de Fer en Argentine" (colloquially known as La Francesa)[2] in July 1889, which finally built the rail line.[3]
The section from San Cristóbal in Santa Fe Province to Fortín Inca, just over the border in Santiago del Estero Province, was opened on 27 April 1891.[4] From there construction continued across the province and into neighbouring Tucumán Province where San Miguel de Tucumán, the provincial capital, was reached on 6 July 1892.[5][6] A 13-km branch line from Colombres to Guzmán and another from Pacará to Rio Salí were opened later the same year.
In 1896 the company was bought by the state and became part of Central Northern Railway.[5][7][8]
See also
Bibliography
- Historia de los Ferrocarriles en la Provincia de Santa Fe by Oscar Ensinck - Ed. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Sociales de Rosario (1980)
References
- ^ "La historia en tren: Línea General Belgrano", Laguna Paiva web
- ^ "Huanqueros, San Cristóbal: Historia y cultura", Government of Santa Fe website
- ^ "Travesía por la Llanura Chaqueña: Gral. Pinedo–San Cristóbal–Rafaela" by Fede Pallés, Satélite Ferroviario, 2004
- ^ "Los ferrocarriles, agentes organizadores" by Blanca Gioria, Universidad del Salvador
- ^ a b "La crearon los franceses, pasó a manos inglesas y estatales, ahora es inoperable", La Gazeta of Tucumán, 1 Jul 2012
- ^ "Los talleres de Tafí Viejo del ferrocarril Central Norte en Tucumán. Los orígenes de su construcción 1900-1910" by María B. Blanco, Asoc. Argentina de Historia Económica, Sep 2008
- ^ "Cianotipos del Ferrocarril de Santa Fe: 1890-1892", Ciencia en Línea website
- ^ "Los Ferrocarriles del Estado en Argentina y su contribución a la ciencia" by Elena Salerno
