Rosario Sur Station

Rosario Sur
Inter-city

Exterior view of the station, July 2015.
Other names Juan Carlos Groenewold
Location San Martín and Battle y Ordóñez, Rosario,
Argentina
Owned by Government of Argentina
Operated by Trenes Argentinos
Line(s) Mitre
History
Opened 1981 (original station)
2015 (reopening)[1]

Rosario Sur is a railway station in Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina. The station, part of the Mitre Railway line, originally built and opened in 1981.

The station (officially named "Juan Carlos Groenewold" to honor a railway manager)[2] is located near the intersection of San Martín and Battle y Ordóñez Avenues, in the south of Rosario. Before its refurbishing and reopening in July 2015, the station was also referred as "Apeadero Sur".[3][4]

History

The station was inaugurated in December 1981 by de facto Intendent of Rosario, Alberto Natale, and operated by State-owned company Ferrocarriles Argentinos until early 1990s, when the entire railway network was privatised during the Carlos Menem's Presidency. After the process finished, Ferrocarriles Argentinos was dissolved and the station entered into disuse.[2]

In February 2014 Rosario Sur was chosen to operate as terminus of a new passenger service to Rosario departing from Retiro and operated by State-owned Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado ("Trenes Argentinos").[5] Rosario Sur building and platforms were completely rebuilt, replacing old 60-meter length platforms for new ones of 220-meter.[6][7] Some homeless families that lived in the station were moved to other locations to finish works.[8]

Services were reestablished on April 1, 2015, running brand-new trains acquired to China CNR Corporation[9] to run express services exclusively, with a journey time of 6 and a half hours.[10][11] with the building still not finished.

Works were financed by the National and Provincial Governments, at a total cost of $ 80 million. A new station building was constructed, including a waiting room for 500 people, information and ticket sales offices, accessible toilettes, coffee houses, escalator and evelator. The railway platform were extended to 300 m (980 ft).[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Nueva estación Rosario Sur, de la línea Mitre", Prensa Argentina, 21 Jul 2015
  2. 1 2 "Apeadero Sur, otra vez abandonado", La Capital, 24 Jan 2011
  3. ↑ "Fein destacó junto a Randazzo los avances en las obras de la nueva estación Apeadero Sur", La Capital, 2 Oct 2014
  4. ↑ "Tren Rosario - Buenos Aires: planifican una tercera etapa del Apeadero Sur con dársenas para autos particulares y servicios públicos", Impulso Negocios
  5. ↑ "El Apeadero Sur es el sitio elegido para construir la estación del tren a Retiro", La Capital, Feb 2014
  6. ↑ "El tren Buenos Aires-Rosario estará en marcha en 2015", Infobae, 30 Oct 2014
  7. ↑ "Sonrisas por el avance de las obras", Página/12, 31 Oct 2021
  8. ↑ "En dos meses relocalizarán a las familias del Apeadero Sur", Síntesis de la Región, 3 Jul 2014
  9. ↑ "Ramos: "El tren de pasajeros de Rosario a Buenos Aires inicia servicio regular el 1 de abril", Crónica Ferroviaria, 2 Mar 2015
  10. ↑ "Partió el primer tren a Rosario y todavía hay pasajes para mañana", Clarín, 1 Apr 2015
  11. ↑ "Postales y anuncios de un día marcado por el histórico regreso del tren de pasajeros", La Capital, 2 Apr 2015
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Coordinates: 33°00′36″S 60°38′59″W / 33.0100°S 60.6497°W / -33.0100; -60.6497

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