Ferrobaires

Unidad Ejecutora del Programa Ferroviario Provincial (UEPFP)
Ferrobaires
Company typePublic
IndustryRailway
PredecessorFerrocarriles Argentinos
Founded15 January 1993 in La Plata, Argentina[1]
FounderGovernment of Buenos Aires Province
Defunct15 March 2018[2]
FateDefunct[3]
SuccessorTrenes Argentinos[3]
Headquarters,
Area served
Buenos Aires Province
Key people
Héctor Dotti[4]
(General Administrator)
ServicesRail transport
Decrease $A 60 million (2016)[5]
OwnerBuenos Aires Province

The Unidad Ejecutora del Plan Ferroviario Provincial (UEPFP) (in English: "Executive Unit of the Provincial Railway Plan"), mostly known under its trade name Ferrobaires, was a public railway company which operated extensive long-distance passenger trains throughout the Buenos Aires Province in Argentina. The company was primarily owned and funded by the Buenos Aires provincial government led by Eduardo Duhalde. The name "Ferrobaires" is a combination of the Spanish words for "Rail Buenos Aires."

From its base in the city of Buenos Aires, Ferrobaires rail lines extended south and west across the province. The company transported approximately 1.5 million passengers annually and operated from all three major rail termini in the city of Buenos Aires: Retiro (San Martín), Constitución, and Once, running trains on its 5,500 km of rail tracks.[6]

  1. ^ Decreto n° 99/93: CRÉASE LA UNIDAD EJECUTORA DEL PROGRAMA FERROVIARIO PROVINCIAL on Government of Buenos Aires website
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  4. ^ "Vidal removió al titular de Ferrobaires", Ambito.com, 23 Feb 2016
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  6. ^ ""Ferrobaires: La idea que no fue" on Portal de Trenes website". Archived from the original on 2015-04-03. Retrieved 2015-01-12.