Ferrobaires
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."
A Ferrobaires train to Junín in 2000 | |
Trade name | Ferrobaires |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public |
| Industry | Railway |
| Predecessor | Ferrocarriles Argentinos |
| Founded | 15 January 1993 in La Plata, Argentina |
| Founder | Government of Buenos Aires Province |
| Defunct | 15 March 2018 |
| Fate | Defunct |
| Successor | Trenes Argentinos |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Buenos Aires Province |
Key people | Héctor Dotti (General Administrator) |
| Services | Rail transport |
Net income | $A 60 million (2016) |
| Owner | Buenos Aires Province |
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.