Rosario Central Córdoba railway station
- Rosario Central Córdoba railway station
The Rosario Central Córdoba Station is a former train station in Rosario, province of Santa Fe, Argentina. It is located at the junction of 27 de Febrero Boulevard and Juan Manuel de Rosas St., south of the city center.
The station served as a terminus of the Córdoba & Rosario Railway company, which laid down its first rails in 1888. The line went north to the city of Rafaela and then to Córdoba. In 1912, the company merged with the Córdoba Central Railway.[Asociación Rosarina Amigos del Riel. [http://www.arar.org.ar/CT_HTFC.html "Historia de los Ferrocarriles de Rosario"] (History of Rosario's Railways).] [La Capital, 10 April 2005. [http://www.lacapital.com.ar/2005/04/10/seniales/noticia_185404.shtml "Rieles que corren sobre la memoria y el porvenir"] .] ]The central block of the Rosario Central Córdoba Station was completely destroyed by a fire on 31 December 1921. The reconstruction of the building was started almost immediately. It ended in 1926 with the construction of a characteristic cupola (dome-shaped vault), which has been preserved until the present.
In 1949 the government of Juan Perón nationalised the Argentine railways and reconfigured the lines. The Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano company was left in charge of the Rosario Central Córdoba line; it shut down the passenger services handled by the Rosario Central Córdoba and other stations, concentrating all of it at Rosario Oeste Station.
Starting in 2005, the terrains surrounding the station were employed to create an urban park (Parque Hipólito Yrigoyen). As part of the renewal of the area, the station was restored. [Municipality of Rosario, municipal news. [http://www.rosario.gov.ar/sitio/noticias/buscar.do?accion=verNoticia&id=3420 "Se inauguró la primera etapa del Parque Hipólito Yrigoyen"] .]
As of 2007, the station's building is the seat of the "Asociación Rosarina Amigos del Riel" (Rosario's Friends of the Rail Association), a railway advocacy and research organization. [Asociación Rosarina Amigos del Riel. [http://www.arar.org.ar/CT_QUE.html "¿Qué es la A.R.A.R.?"] ]
References
H.R.Stones, British Railways in Argentina 1860-1948, P.E.Waters & Associates, Bromley, Kent, England, 1993.
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