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Central Station (Buenos Aires)

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trains to Tigre departed at that time (4.30), being them amongst the main services of Northern Railway. Facilities for passengers existed in duplicate, on a side facilities for BAGSR passengers and on the other side, for the BAN. They don't even mingle to drink a whisky so there were two bars, two ladies' room, and so on. Facilities for employees included two post offices at both ends of the station, and, in the middle of the building, a ticket office with a passage on the North side and another on the South side for their respective services. Under one of the stairs stayed a telegraph office, and under the other stair there was a post office. In conclusion, nothing else was necessary there. Chief Inspector and his other two inspectors could use the entire platform as their offices
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It was a real 'central' station, with a platform over the main line and other two for unused tracks, with a capacity for 4 or 5 trains. The first of them named "Vía Belgrano" because it was generally used for services to the city of Belgrano (...) The other one named "Four and a half track", because
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was inaugurated in 1897, the railway tracks blocked the lands and the access from the city to the port of Buenos Aires, therefore many people opposed the railway transit across the city of Buenos Aires. During the 1890s the National Government considered moving the Central Station to the Puerto
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On February 14, 1897, the station was completely destroyed by fire. The next day, the company built some wood shacks to sell tickets as a replacement of the destroyed station, but they were removed by the Government of the city. On March 19 the
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and a little tower with a clock and a dome on the top. The station had a platform over the main track and other two. Its structure also included two coffeehouses and two ladies rooms.
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was inaugurated in 1897, the railway tracks of the Central Station blocked the access from the city to the port, and after a fire in 1897 use of the station was abandoned.
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ordered to remove all tracks from Casa Amarilla to Retiro, also forbidding Central Station was reconstructed. Finally, on July 1, the line was closed.
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thus allowing passengers to connect conveniently between them. It was built in 1872 and located by what was then the shores of the
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with its loading bay was located in the south end of the station, and at the north end was the entrance to the passenger pier.
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station to Victoria street (the current Hipólito Yrigoyen street). The route of the viaduct would later be used to build the
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When the Central Station was opened, the tracks ran from north to south directly alongside what was then the shores of the
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of their railway lines originating in Buenos Aires. Eventually, however they managed to reach an agreement to share a
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of over 200 hectares (500 acres) of underwater land from the Rio de la Plata off the station. When the
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began to connect the city of Buenos Aires with the surrounding cities and ports. All the different
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Railway network of the city of Buenos Aires in the 1880s where Central Station can be seen.
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Historia del Ferrocarril al Norte del Gran Buenos Aires: Ferrocarriles Mitre y Belgrano
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The new station was inaugurated on 12 August 1872 in a ceremony attended by the
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To allow for access to the Central Station, on 1 October 1872 the
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then operating in Argentina initially opened each their own
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existing by then, and functioned as terminus of most of the
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As a result, the railway companies existing by then (
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The Central Station served as terminus not only for
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At right, the 646:A sudden economic and population boom led the new 482:on the corner of Paseo de Julio Avenue (currently 868: 744: 708: 16:Former railway station in Buenos Aires, Argentina 1259: 322:of Buenos Aires shared by most of the separate 854: 537:with the passenger pier and customs entrance. 1278:Railway stations in Argentina closed in 1897 1273:Railway stations in Argentina opened in 1872 509:from Barracas al Norte station (the current 386:prior to the opening of the Central Station. 667:Madero, although it was never carried out. 861: 847: 642:Central Train Station seen from the north. 556:The front facade seen from the north side. 637: 585: 551: 528: 461: 419: 373: 756: 474:The Central Station was located by the 256: 223: 1260: 816: 803: 750: 738: 726: 714: 519:Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway 505:(BAGS) also opened a short connecting 468:Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway 437:Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway 415:Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway 353:and a little tower with a clock and a 1283:Defunct railway stations in Argentina 842: 1210: 806:"Cuando los trenes llegaban al Bajo" 690:) had to leave the place, moving to 490:on tall columns, that extended from 315:, which operated from 1872 to 1897. 503:Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway 13: 576:(then a British colony). 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Commuter rail

Christiano Junior
Buenos Aires
Argentina
BA & Ensenada
BA & Ensenada
Western
BA & Pacific
BA & Rosario
BA & Northern
Central Argentine
Central Station is located in Buenos Aires
Central Station is located in Argentina
Spanish
railway station
Buenos Aires
Argentina
union station
railway companies
railway lines
Rio de la Plata
Casa Rosada
station building
Great Britain
slate
mansard roof
dome
Puerto Madero

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