Bahía Blanca Sud railway station

Bahía Blanca Sud (English: Bahía Blanca South) is a railway station of the Argentine rail network, part of the General Roca Railway. Originally built and operated by the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway, it is located in the city of Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires Province. In November 2014 the station was declared National Historical Monument by the Argentine government.[1]

Bahía Blanca Sud
Inter-city rail
The station in 2018
General information
LocationAv. General Cerri 750,
Bahía Blanca
Argentina
Owned byGovernment of Argentina
Operated by
Line(s)Roca
Distance637 km (396 mi)
Platforms6
History
Opened26 April 1884 (1884-04-26)
Rebuilt19 December 1911 (1911-12-19)

Bahía Blanca Sud station was the seat of the Sport Museum ("Museo del Deporte") of the city,[2] until 2015, when it was moved to "Torre del Bicentenario".[3]

History
Two images of the original station building in 1906 and 1910

Bahía Blanca Sud was built by the British-owned Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway company and inaugurated on 26 April 1884. The station was named "Bahía Blanca Sud" to differentiate it from the other railway stations in the town, Bahía Blanca Noroeste, built by the British-owned Bahía Blanca and North Western Railway and Bahía Blanca of the French-owned Rosario and Puerto Belgrano Railway.[4]

Bahía Blanca was one of the few BAGSR stations that included a coffeehouse (opened with the station in 1884), along with Ayacucho, Azul, Empalme Lobos, Ingeniero White, Las Flores, La Plata, Mar del Plata, Plaza Constitución, Tandil and Tres Arroyos.[5]

In July 1903, the BAGSR announced the construction of a new building, which began in 1909.[6] The remodeling included the enlargement of the installations and the construction of a new main building. The new station was inaugurated on 19 December 1911.

When the entire Argentine railway network was nationalised in 1948, the station became part of General Roca Railway, one of the six divisions of state-owned company Ferrocarriles Argentinos. After its privatisation under Carlos Menem's administration, which resulted in the effective cessation of all long distance passenger services in Argentina, in 1993 the national Government transferred the operation of several lines in Buenos Aires to the provincial government, including the Roca line from Constitución to Bahía Blanca.[7]

Train at the station in 2015

In 2009 the Municipality began works to remodel the station facilities, including its coffeehouse,[8] that were finished one year later.[9] The restoration was executed by the Ministry of Infrastructure of the Province of Buenos Aires and funded by the Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services.[10] Between 2011 and 2012 the station clock, dating to 1880, was also restored.[11][12]

In November 2014, by Decree 2181/2014, the station was declared a National Historical Monument.[13][14]

Nowadays, state-owned Trenes Argentinos Operaciones (which took over the service after the demise of Ferrobaires in 2016) runs services between Constitución and Bahía Blanca Sud twice a week.[15]

Historic operators
Operator Period
United Kingdom Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway1884–1948
Argentina Ferrocarriles Argentinos1948–1993
Argentina Ferrobaires1993–2016
Argentina Trenes Argentinos Operaciones2017–present

References
  1. "Monumentos Históricos Nacionales" [Historic National Monuments]. Municipalidad de Bahía Blanca.
  2. "La Municipalidad informó que el Museo del Deporte reabrió sus puertas". La Nueva. 12 March 2013.
  3. "El Museo del Deporte funcionará en la Torre del Bicentenario". Government of Bahía Blanca. 20 July 2015.
  4. "El tren sanitario y cultural atiende en la Estación Sud". La Nueva. 4 November 2014.
  5. "FCS Confitería estación Bahía Blanca". Caminos de hierro en Bahía Blanca. 10 March 2012.
  6. "Estación Sud". La Nueva Provincia. 13 July 2007.
  7. "El ferrocarril en Bahía Blanca desde 1948". RiaNet.com. 7 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015.
  8. "Comenzó la recuperación de la confitería de la Estación Sud". La Nueva. 9 July 2009.
  9. "Inauguran obras de remodelacion de estacion sud de trenes". Terra. 19 July 2010. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  10. "Reacondicionamos la Estación Sud de Bahía Blanca". Ministerio de Infraestructura de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. 19 July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  11. "Andrés Romero: El tiempo en las alturas". TEDx Bahía Blanca. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014.
  12. "Dos relojes, dos presentes diferentes". La Nueva. 9 December 2012.
  13. "Decree n° 2181/14: Declaraciones de Monumentos Históricos Nacionales". 19 November 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014.
  14. Pedrueza, Lic. Jorgelina. "Ratificación de declaratoria para diversos bienes ferroportuarios en Bahía Blanca". 0291.com.ar. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014.
  15. Buenos Aires - Bahía Blanca: horarios y tarifas at Trenes Argentinos, 21 Jun 2023
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