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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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