Estación Federico Lacroze Federico Lacroze Station
City		Buenos Aires Buenos Aires Buenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent... , Argentina Argentina Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
Location		Av. Federico Lacroze 4181 Barrio Chacarita Chacarita Chacarita is a barrio or district in the north-central part of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Located between Colegiales, Palermo, Villa Crespo, La Paternal and Villa Ortúzar, this is a quiet neighbourhood with tree-lined streets, a combination of vintage rowhouses and apartment buildings...
Year of Opening		1957
Management		?
Aerial Photo		Google Maps
Served by:		TEA Trenes Especiales Argentinos Trenes Especiales Argentinos is a private railway company in Argentina set up during railway privatisation from 1991.From its base at Federico Lacroze Station in Buenos Aires, TEA operates long-distance passenger rail services into northern Argentina to the city of Posadas in Misiones Province on... Metrovías Metrovías Metrovías S.A. is a privately owned company which, on 1 January 1994, took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of the standard gauge Urquiza Line commuter rail service in Buenos Aires,... Line B Metro

Federico Lacroze railway station (Estación Federico Lacroze in Spanish)

Spanish language

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 is a passenger railway terminus

Terminal Station

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 in Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires

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, Argentina

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. The station is located in the city's outlying barrio (neighborhood) of Chacarita in a predominantly residential area. It is just a short distance north of the Cementerio de la Chacarita, the city's largest cemetery. The station is named after Federico Lacroze, a prominent 19th century Argentine railroad and transportation pioneer who obtained the concession for building the Ferrocarril Central de Buenos Aires

Ferrocarril Central de Buenos Aires

The Ferrocarril Central Buenos Aires was a railway company in the Buenos Aires Province of Argentina, which built and operated a railway line from Buenos Aires to 4 de Febrero....

 in 1884. When the Argentine railway network was nationalisation

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...

 in 1948 the station became the Buenos Aires terminus for the lines that became part of the Ferrocarril General Urquiza

Ferrocarril General Urquiza

Ferrocarril General Urquiza , named after the Argentine general and politician Justo José de Urquiza, was one of the six state-owned Argentine railway companies formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948...

 (FCGU).

Services

The station functions primarily as a commuter rail terminus but also handles some long-distance services. The local transit company Metrovías

Metrovías

Metrovías S.A. is a privately owned company which, on 1 January 1994, took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of the standard gauge Urquiza Line commuter rail service in Buenos Aires,...

, which also manages the Buenos Aires Metro

Buenos Aires Metro

The Buenos Aires Metro , locally known as Subte is a mass-transit system that serves the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. The first station of this network opened in 1913, the first of its kind in South America, the Southern Hemisphere and the entire Spanish-speaking world...

 subway system, operates regular electric commuter train services every 10-20 minutes into the nearby Buenos Aires suburbs along its Urquiza Line. Stations on this line include Villa Devoto

Villa Devoto

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, Martín Coronado (which also serves Ciudad Jardín

Ciudad Jardín Lomas del Palomar

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), Hurlingham

Hurlingham, Buenos Aires

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 and San Miguel

San Miguel, Buenos Aires

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 amongst others.

In addition, the private rail company Trenes Especiales Argentinos

Trenes Especiales Argentinos

Trenes Especiales Argentinos is a private railway company in Argentina set up during railway privatisation from 1991.From its base at Federico Lacroze Station in Buenos Aires, TEA operates long-distance passenger rail services into northern Argentina to the city of Posadas in Misiones Province on...

 (TEA) operates long-distance passenger services to the city of Posadas

Posadas, Misiones

Posadas is the capital city of the Argentine province of Misiones, located at the south of the province, on the left-hand shore of the Paraná River, opposite Encarnación, Paraguay. The city has an area of 965 km² and a population of 323,739 ....

 in Misiones Province

Misiones Province

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 on the border with Paraguay

Paraguay

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 in northern Argentina. This train stops at many places on the way including Zárate

Zárate, Buenos Aires

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 in Buenos Aires Province

Buenos Aires Province

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, Basavilbaso

Basavilbaso

Basavilbaso is a town in the center region of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina, about from Concepción del Uruguay. It has about 9,400 inhabitants as per the . Locals often shorten the name to Basso....

 and Villaguay

Villaguay

Villaguay is a city in the province of Entre Ríos in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 48,000 inhabitants as of the , and is the head town of the department of the same name....

 in Entre Ríos Province

Entre Ríos Province

Entre Ríos is a northeastern province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires , Corrientes and Santa Fe , and Uruguay in the east....

, Monte Caseros

Monte Caseros, Corrientes

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 and Santo Tomé

Santo Tomé, Corrientes

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 in Corrientes Province

Corrientes Province

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. There are twice weekly services in each direction for this one-day journey.

Estación Federico Lacroze is accessible from the B line

Line B (Buenos Aires)

Line B of the Buenos Aires Metro runs from Leandro N. Alem to Los Incas/Parque Chas . Line B opened to the public on 17 October 1930....

of the Buenos Aires metro system and by several local public bus services.

External links

• Metrovías English website
• Trenes Especiales Argentinos web site
• Google Maps Satellite Photo
• Estudio | Artes | Oficios (Spanish)