Central Chubut Railway

Central Chubut Railway
Puerto Madryn terminus, c. 1930.
Overview
Native nameFerrocarril Central del Chubut
StatusDefunct
OwnerGovernment of Argentina
LocaleChubut
Termini
Service
TypeInter-city
Operator(s)Ferrocarriles Argentinos
Ridership197,936 (1948)
History
Opened1888; 136 years ago (1888)
Closed1958; 66 years ago (1958)
Technical
Track gauge750 mm (2 ft 5+12 in)
Old gauge1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge
Route map

The Central Chubut Railway (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central del Chubut) was a British-owned company that built and operated a 1,000 mm (3 ft 3+38 in) metre gauge railway line in the Argentine province of Chubut in the Patagonia region at the end of the 19th. century.