Belgrano Cargas

Belgrano Cargas S.A.
Company typeS.A.
IndustryRailway
PredecessorFerrocarriles Argentinos
Founded1999
FounderGovernment of Argentina
Defunct2013; 11 years ago (2013)
SuccessorTrenes Argentinos Cargas
Headquarters,
Area served
Centre and North of Argentina
ServicesFreight transport
OwnerGovernment of Argentina

Belgrano Cargas S.A. was an Argentine State-owned company which operated the 10,841 km (6,736 mi) 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge gauge freight rail network built by Central Northern and Province of Santa Fe Railways, which became part of Belgrano Railway network after railway nationalization of 1948.

The network operated by Belgrano Cargas extended through the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Mendoza, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, La Rioja, Catamarca, Tucumán, Chaco, Formosa, Salta and Jujuy. The line also reached all the Argentina's neighbouring countries, such as Bolivia, Uruguay, Brazil, Chile and Paraguay.

In more recent years, the name Belgrano Cargas is often erroneously used by the Argentine government and press to refer to the entirety of the country's freight network, and more specifically those parts operated by Belgrano Cargas y Logística. The name has stuck despite the fright network encompassing numerous other Argentine railways, of which the General Belgrano Railway is only one.[1]