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{{Belgrano Norte Line}}
The '''Belgrano Norte line''' is a commuter rail service in [[Buenos Aires]], [[Argentina]] run by the [[Privately held company|private company]] [[Ferrovías]] since 1 April 1994. This service had previously been run by the state-owned [[General Belgrano Railway]] since [[railway Nationalisation in Argentina|nationalisation]] of the railways in 1948. Ferrovías also formed part of the consortium Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia ([[Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia|UGOFE]]) which operated other commuter rail services in Buenos Aires.
The Belgrano Norte line service operates from [[Retiro Belgrano railway station|Retiro station]], in the centre of Buenos Aires, through the northern Buenos Aires suburbs to the town of Villa Rosa in [[Pilar Partido]]. The [[metre gauge]] line was built by the British-owned [[Córdoba Central Railway]] which was bought by the State in 1939 and was later integrated into [[Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano]] in 1948 when the [[Railway nationalisation in Argentina|entire Argentine railway network was nationalised]].
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===First steps and development===
[[File:Estación Retiro Belgrano Norte en 2013.JPG|thumb|left|170px|[[Retiro Belgrano railway station|Retiro]], terminus of the line
[[File:Provincia de Buenos Aires - Vicente López - Cochemotor Ganz sobre Avenida del Libertador.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Ganz Works]] [[railcar]] crossing [[Avenida del Libertador (Buenos Aires)|Avenida del Libertador]] in [[Vicente López Partido]]
[[File:English electric retiro 1959.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[English Electric]] locomotive in [[Retiro Belgrano railway station|Retiro]], 1959
[[File:Munro-bn.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Munro, Buenos Aires|Munro]] station
[[File:Padilla sign levelcross.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Railway signalling]] by [[General Railway Signal|GRS]] in M. Padilla, 2015
[[File:Estación de Villa Adelina (2010).jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Villa Adelina]] station and low level crossing
[[File:Provincia de Buenos Aires - Del Viso - Estación 1.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Del Viso]] station
The line was part of the [[Córdoba Central Railway]] (CCR), specifically the branch from the city of [[Rosario, Santa Fe|Rosario]] to [[Retiro Belgrano railway station|Retiro]], [[Buenos Aires]]. The CCR would become part of [[General Belgrano Railway]] network when the Government of Argentina [[railway Nationalisation in Argentina|nationalised French and British companies]] in 1948.
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===State-run services===
[[File:Emepa alerce padilla3.jpg|200px|thumbnail|A [[Trenes Argentinos]] [[Emepa Alerce]] railcar passing M. M. Padilla station
In March 2015, the [[Ministry of the Interior and Transport|Ministry of Transport]] announced the purchase of [[Emepa Alerce|Alerce]] trains manufactured by the [[Emepa Group]], the first train completely built in Argentina, to run on the Belgrano Norte Line. A fleet of 20 [[diesel multiple unit]]s were to be built and put into operation as an express service covering the Retiro-[[Boulogne Sur Mer]] section, with only two intermediate stops, Ciudad Universitaria and Aristóbulo del Valle. For a second phase of the project, the service would be extended to Pilar. Construction of the first train was completed in the Grupo Emepa's workshops at [[Chascomús]] in March 2015.<ref>[http://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201503/99169-randazzo-tren-fabricacion-nacional-belgrano-norte.html "Randazzo presentó un nuevo tren de fabricación nacional"], Télam, 25 Mar 2015</ref><ref>[http://www.diariopopular.com.ar/notas/220551-randazzo-presento-alerce-el-primer-tren-0-km-nacional "Randazzo presentó "Alerce", el primer tren 0 km nacional"], Diario Popular, 25 Mar 2015</ref>
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The service begins at [[Retiro Belgrano railway station]] and stops at the [[University of Buenos Aires]]' Ciudad Universitaria campus, Aristóbulo del Valle and terminates at [[Del Viso]] in [[Pilar Partido]] with prices ranging from [[Argentine Peso|AR$]] 1.50 to AR$17 with a [[SUBE card]] and AR$3 to AR$34 without a SUBE card.<ref>[http://misdiasenlavia1.blogspot.com.ar/2015/07/ferrovias-nuevo-servicio.html "Ferrovías: nuevo servicio"], MDV, 13 Jul 2015</ref> The service's route was altered from its original plans, skipping the Boulogne Sur Mer station and the proposed new station at [[Aeroparque Jorge Newbery]] airport that was not built.<ref>[http://enelsubte.com/noticias/cancelaron-estacion-aeroparque-por-recomendacion-de-anac-y-ausa/ Cancelaron estación Aeroparque por recomendación de ANAC y AUSA] - EnElSubte, 10 July 2015</ref>
In January 2024, a new station, "Cecilia Grierson" (named after [[Cecilia Grierson|the first woman to receive a Medical Degree in Argentina]] was opened in [[Pilar Partido]]. The station (which originally was given the name "Panamericana") is located on km 46 of [[Acceso Norte]] as an intermediate stop between Del Viso and Villa Rosa stations. The opening was delayed several times so works took more than 10 years. It is the first Belgrano Norte station since the inauguration of Tierras Altas in 1988, when the line was still operated by defunct company [[Ferrocarriles Argentinos]].<ref>[https://www.pilaradiario.com/politica/los-trenes-del-belgrano-norte-ya-se-detienen-la-nueva-estacion-cecilia-grierson-n5450670 Los trenes del Belgrano Norte ya se detienen en la nueva Estación Cecilia Grierson] on Pilar a Diario, 25 Jan 2024</ref>
=== Historic operators ===
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==Rolling stock==
<gallery class="center">
File:Vagón Emepa de Ferrovías.jpg|One of the line's carriages exhibited at [[Tecnopolis]]
File:Interior del vagón Emepa de Ferrovías.jpg|Interior of one of the carriages
File:Belgrano Norte Line.jpg|Diesel-Electric rolling stock
File:Ferrovias trains retiro.jpg|Trains in Retiro
File:Belgrano Norte Line train leaving Retiro.jpg|Train leaving Retiro station
</gallery>
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==Bibliography==
* ''Historia del Ferrocarril al Norte del Gran Buenos Aires: Ferrocarriles Mitre y Belgrano'' by Ariel Bernasconi
==References==
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