Ferrocarriles Argentinos (FA) was a public company that managed the entire Argentine railway system for nearly 45 years. A government-owned corporation, state-owned enterprise or government business enterprise is a legal entity created by a Government to undertake commercial For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Argentina topics. "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. It was formed in 1948 when all the private railway companies were nationalisation during Perón's first presidential term, and transformed into the Empresa de Ferrocarriles del Estado Argentino (EFEA) (in English: Argentine State Railways Company). Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1948 during President Peron ’s first term of office the seven British-owned and three French-owned railway companies then operating in Argentina, were purchased by the Juan Domingo Perón (October 8 1895 &ndash July 1 1974 was an Argentine Colonel and Politician, elected three times as President of Argentina The President of Argentina (full title President of the Argentine Nation, Spanish: Presidente de la Nación Argentina) is the Head of state The FA comprised the following 6 divisions:
During the FA era, the Argentine railway system featured its maximum extension, being the biggest in Latin America, with over 45,000 kilometres (28,000 mi) of railways. The Ferrocarril Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (FCDFS named after the former Argentine president statesman educator and author Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, was one of the six Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre (FCGBM, named after the former Argentine president Bartolomé Mitre, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano (FCGMB, named after the Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway Ferrocarril General Roca (FCCR, named after the former Argentine president Julio Argentino Roca, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed Ferrocarril General San Martín (FCGSM, named after the former Argentine general José de San Martín, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies Ferrocarril General Urquiza (FCGU named after the Argentine general and politician Justo José de Urquiza, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies A logo ( Greek el λογότυπος = el-Latn logotypos is a graphical element ( Ideogram, Symbol, Emblem, Icon, Sign) The kilometre ( American spelling: kilometer) symbol km is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to one thousand A mile is a unit of Length, usually used to measure Distance, in a number of different systems including Imperial units United States However, under the military junta of the Proceso (1976–1983) and the following democratic Alfonsín administration, FA entered a recessive period that ended with its total privatisation beginning in 1992, as part of Menem's neoliberal reforms. A military junta is a government ruled by a committee of military leaders The National Reorganization Process (in Spanish, Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, often simply El Proceso) was the name used by its leaders Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Raúl Ricardo Alfonsín Foulkes (born 13 March 1927 in Chascomús) is an Argentine politician who was the President of Argentina Following a prolonged period of hyperinflation in the 1980s accompanied by a steep increase in fiscal deficit and a sharp fall in reserves the Argentine government under the presidency of Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Carlos Saúl Menem Akil (born July 2, 1930) was President of Argentina from July 8, 1989 to December 10, 1999 Originally coined by its critics and opponents " neoliberalism " is a label referring to the recent reemergence of Economic liberalism or Classical liberalism
In 1991 it was divided, with the Buenos Aires metropolitan services being grouped in Ferrocarriles Metropolitanos S. A. (FEMESA). Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is geographically located on the southern shore of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern Ferrocarriles Metropolitanos SA (FEMESA was a company set up by the Argentine government in 1991 during the presidency of Carlos Menem, to oversee the privatisation The major freight line, the Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano, was kept by the state until it was given to the railway workers' trade union, the Unión Ferroviaria and renamed the Belgrano Cargas. Cargo (or freight) refers to goods or produce transported generally for Commercial gain by ship, aircraft, train, Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano (FCGMB, named after the Argentine politician and military leader Manuel Belgrano, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway A trade union or labour union is an organization of workers who have banded together to achieve common goals in key areas such as wages hours and working conditions forming Belgrano Cargas SA is a company which operates a gauge freight rail network in Argentina, built by the state-owned Ferrocarril Central Norte and the French-owned The second biggest line, the Mitre Cargas, was granted by concession in December 1992 to Nuevo Central Argentino S. A. (NCA). Nuevo Central Argentino S A (usually NCA) is an Argentine company that exploits the operation and infrastructure of the national railway system The Railroad Development Corporation is another concessionary, under the name of América Latina Logística (ALL). Railroad Development Corporation is a railroad Holding company based in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.