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Mitre Line

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The Mitre line is an Argentine broad gauge commuter rail service in Buenos Aires Province as part of Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre. [1]

56 relations: Acassuso, Anti-lock braking system, Argentina, Béccar, British Thomson-Houston, Buenos Aires Northern Railway, Buenos Aires Province, Capilla del Señor, Carlos Menem, Central Argentine Railway, Central Station (Buenos Aires), China, Commuter rail, Corredores Ferroviarios, Crossbuck, CSR Corporation Limited, CSR EMU (Argentina), Damping ratio, Diesel locomotive, Electric multiple unit, Emprendimientos Ferroviarios, FEMESA, Fernando de la Rúa, Ferrocarriles Argentinos, Fiat Materfer 7131, Ganz Works, General Bartolomé Mitre Railway, Government of Argentina, Juan Perón, La Lucila, Materfer CMM 400-2, Núñez, Buenos Aires, Olivos, Buenos Aires, Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado, Palermo, Buenos Aires, Rail transport in Argentina, Railcar, Railway electrification system, Railway nationalisation in Argentina, Railway privatisation in Argentina, Railway signalling, Retiro Mitre railway station, Sarmiento Line, State-owned enterprise, The Smurfs, Tigre, Buenos Aires, Toshiba, Trenes de Buenos Aires, Unidad de Gestión Operativa Mitre Sarmiento, United States dollar, ..., Victoria, Buenos Aires, Villa Ballester, Virreyes, Buenos Aires, Zárate, Buenos Aires, 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster, 5 ft 6 in gauge railway. Expand index (6 more) »

Acassuso

Acassuso is a localidad in San Isidro Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

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Anti-lock braking system

An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks and buses.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic (República Argentina), is a federal republic located mostly in the southern half of South America.

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Béccar

Beccar is a town located north of the Buenos Aires metropolitan area in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

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British Thomson-Houston

British Thomson-Houston (BTH) was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, based at Rugby, Warwickshire, England and founded as a subsidiary of the General Electric Company (GE) of Schenectady, New York, USA.

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Buenos Aires Northern Railway

The Buenos Aires Northern Railway (BANR) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril del Norte de Buenos Aires) was a British-owned company that operated a broad gauge railway line in Argentina, in the second half of the 19th century.

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Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires (Provincia de Buenos Aires; English: "good airs") is the largest and most populous Argentinian province.

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Capilla del Señor

Capilla del Señor (Chapel of the Lord), is a city located in the northern part of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

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Carlos Menem

Carlos Saúl Menem Akil (born July 2, 1930) is an Argentine politician who was President of Argentina from July 8, 1989 to December 10, 1999.

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Central Argentine Railway

The Central Argentine Railway (CA) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Central Argentino) was one of the Big Four broad gauge, British companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina.

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Central Station (Buenos Aires)

The Central Station (in Spanish: Estación Central) was a railway station of Buenos Aires, terminus of all the railway lines existing by then and owned by the Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Commuter rail

Commuter rail, also called suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates between a city centre and middle to outer suburbs beyond 15 km (10 miles) and commuter towns or other locations that draw large numbers of commuters—people who travel on a daily basis.

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Corredores Ferroviarios

Corredores Ferroviarios was an Argentine private company that operated the Mitre and San Martín railway services in Buenos Aires Province for about one year until the Government of Argentina rescinded the agreement with the company in March 2015.

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Crossbuck

A crossbuck is a sign composed of two slats of wood or metal of equal length, fastened together on a pole in a saltire formation (resembling the letter X).

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CSR Corporation Limited

CSR Corp., Ltd., formerly known as China South Locomotive & Rolling Stock Corp., Ltd. was a Chinese manufacturer of locomotive and rolling stock.

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CSR EMU (Argentina)

The CSR EMU is a series of electric multiple unit cars manufactured by CSR Corporation Limited for use on Buenos Aires' commuter rail network.

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Damping ratio

Damping is an influence within or upon an oscillatory system that has the effect of reducing, restricting or preventing its oscillations.

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Diesel locomotive

A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the prime mover is a diesel engine.

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Electric multiple unit

An electric multiple unit or EMU is a multiple-unit train consisting of self-propelled carriages, using electricity as the motive power.

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Emprendimientos Ferroviarios

Emprendimientos Ferroviarios S.A. (Emfer) is an Argentine rolling stock manufacturer based in San Martín, Buenos Aires.

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FEMESA

Ferrocarriles Metropolitanos S.A. (FEMESA) was a company set up by the Argentine government in 1991, during the presidency of Carlos Menem, to oversee the privatisation of commuter rail services within the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina.

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Fernando de la Rúa

Fernando de la Rúa (born September 15, 1937) is an Argentine retired politician of the Radical Civic Union (UCR) who served as President of Argentina from December 10, 1999, to December 21, 2001.

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Ferrocarriles Argentinos

Ferrocarriles Argentinos (FA) (in English: Argentine Railways) was a state-owned company that managed the entire Argentine railway system for nearly 45 years.

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Fiat Materfer 7131

The 7131 was an Argentine diesel railcar, first produced in Italy by Fiat Ferroviaria, then licensed to Argentine company Materfer to continue the manufacturing.

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Ganz Works

The Ganz Works or Ganz (or Ganz Művek, Ganz enterprises or Ganz companies) was a group of companies operating between 1845 and 1949 in Budapest, Hungary.

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General Bartolomé Mitre Railway

The General Bartolomé Mitre Railway (FCGBM) (native name: Ferrocarril General Bartolomé Mitre), named after the former Argentine president Bartolomé Mitre, is one of the six state-owned Argentine railway lines formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948 and one of the largest of Argentina.

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Government of Argentina

The government of Argentina, within the framework of a federal system, is a presidential representative democratic republic.

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Juan Perón

Juan Domingo Perón (8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine army lieutenant general and politician.

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La Lucila

La Lucila is a town of the Vicente López Partido in the northern suburbs of Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Materfer CMM 400-2

The CMM 400-2 is a diesel multiple unit produced by Materfer in Córdoba Province, Argentina.

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Núñez, Buenos Aires

Núñez is a barrio or neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Olivos, Buenos Aires

Olivos is a city in Vicente López Partido in the Province of Buenos Aires and a suburb within the Greater Buenos Aires metro area.

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Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado

Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado (abbreviated SOFSE; trading name: Trenes Argentinos Operaciones) is an Argentine State-owned company created in 2008 to operate passenger services in Argentina.

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Palermo, Buenos Aires

Palermo is a neighborhood, or barrio of the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires.

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Rail transport in Argentina

The Argentine railway network consisted of a network at the end of the Second World War and was, in its time, one of the most extensive and prosperous in the world.

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Railcar

A railcar, in British English and Australian English, is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers.

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Railway electrification system

A railway electrification system supplies electric power to railway trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or local fuel supply.

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Railway nationalisation in Argentina

In 1948, during President Juan Perón's first term of office, the seven British-owned and three French-owned railway companies then operating in Argentina, were purchased by the state.

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Railway privatisation in Argentina

Railway privatisation in Argentina was a process which began in 1993 under the presidency of Carlos Menem, following a series of neoliberal economic reforms.

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Railway signalling

Railway signalling is a system used to direct railway traffic and keep trains clear of each other at all times.

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Retiro Mitre railway station

Retiro Station (Mitre Railway) (Estación Retiro (Ferrocarril Mitre) in Spanish) is a large railway terminus located in the district of Retiro of the city of Buenos Aires.

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Sarmiento Line

The Sarmiento line is a broad gauge commuter rail service in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, run by the state-owned Trenes Argentinos since 11 Sep 2013.

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State-owned enterprise

A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business enterprise where the state has significant control through full, majority, or significant minority ownership.

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The Smurfs

The Smurfs (Les Schtroumpfs; De Smurfen) is a Belgian comic franchise centered on a fictional colony of small, blue, human-like creatures who live in mushroom-shaped houses in the forest.

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Tigre, Buenos Aires

Tigre (Tiger) is a town in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, situated in the north of Greater Buenos Aires, north of Buenos Aires city.

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Toshiba

, commonly known as Toshiba, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.

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Trenes de Buenos Aires

Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA) (In English: Trains of Buenos Aires) was a private company that operated commuter rail services over broad gauge Sarmiento and Mitre lines of Buenos Aires.

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Unidad de Gestión Operativa Mitre Sarmiento

Unidad de Gestión Operativa Mitre-Sarmiento (UGOMS) was a temporary consortium of Argentine companies formed on 24 May 2012 by Ferrovías and Metrovías to take over the running of the Sarmiento and Mitre commuter rail lines, after concessions granted to Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA) in 1995 for the operation of these services were revoked.

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United States dollar

The United States dollar (sign: $; code: USD; also abbreviated US$ and referred to as the dollar, U.S. dollar, or American dollar) is the official currency of the United States and its insular territories per the United States Constitution since 1792.

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Victoria, Buenos Aires

Victoria is a city in San Fernando Partido of the urban agglomeration of Greater Buenos Aires.

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Villa Ballester

Villa Ballester is a city located in the northern Greater Buenos Aires urban area and it is part of the General San Martín Partido in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

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Virreyes, Buenos Aires

Virreyes is a town located in the San Fernando Partido of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

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Zárate, Buenos Aires

Zarate, Argentina is 1hr and 15 minutes away from Argentina's capital Buenos Aires.

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2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster

The 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster, also known as the Once Tragedy, occurred on 22 February 2012, when a train crashed at Once Station (Estación Once de Septiembre) in the Balvanera neighbourhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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5 ft 6 in gauge railway

is the size of a broad track gauge commonly used in India, Pakistan, western Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Argentina, Chile, and on the BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Redirects here:

Linea Mitre (Buenos Aires), Línea Mitre (Buenos Aires), Mitre Line (Buenos Aires).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitre_Line

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