| General Urquiza Railway | |||
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| Overview | |||
| Native name | Ferrocarril General Urquiza | ||
| Status | Active | ||
| Owner | Government of Argentina | ||
| Locale | Buenos Aires Entre Ríos Corrientes Misiones | ||
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| Service | |||
| Type | Inter-city | ||
| Operator(s) | Trenes Argentinos | ||
| History | |||
| Opened | 1948 | ||
| Technical | |||
| Line length | 2,765 km (1,718 mi) | ||
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge | ||
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The General Urquiza Railway (FCGU) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril General Urquiza), named after the Argentine general and politician Justo José de Urquiza, is a standard gauge railway of Argentina which runs approximately northwards from Buenos Aires to Posadas, with several branches in between. It was also one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948. The six companies were managed by Ferrocarriles Argentinos which was later broken up during the process of railway privatisation beginning in 1991 during Carlos Menem's presidency.
The FCGU incorporated the British-owned 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge Entre Ríos Railway and Argentine North Eastern Railway companies, as well as the standard gauge segments of the Argentine State Railway, and its principal lines departed from Federico Lacroze railway terminus in Buenos Aires to the north east through the provinces of Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Corrientes, and Misiones.
Today, the Urquiza Railway (Ferrocarril Urquiza) name is used to refer to the standard gauge railway network in Argentina and the services which run on it, rather than the state railway company.