Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado
Sarmiento Line, one of the services operated by the company. | |
Trenes Argentinos Operadora Ferroviaria | |
State-owned | |
Industry | Railway |
Predecessor |
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Founded | 2008 |
Founder | Government of Argentina |
Headquarters | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Area served | National |
Services | Railway transport and maintenance |
Owner | Nuevos Ferrocarriles Argentinos |
Website | www.sofse.gob.ar |
The Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado[1][2] (abbreviated SOFSE, DBA Trenes Argentinos Operadora Ferroviaria) is an Argentine State-owned company created in 2008 to operate passenger and freight railway services in Argentina, including the mainteaneance of the infrastructure.
Since March 2015, SOFSE also operates Buenos Aires' commuter rail system corresponding to Mitre, San Martín, Roca and Belgrano Sur lines that had been previously operated by private companies.[3][4]
History
Background
After the Railway privatisation in Argentina at the beginning of the 1990s the railway assets that had not given in concession were taken over by Ferrocarriles Argentinos before being dissolved.
From 1996 to 2000 those assets were administered by "Ente Nacional de Administración de Bienes Ferroviarios" (ENABIEF) created through a National Decree promulgated by the Presidency of Argentina. On June 1, 2000, ENABIEF merged to Dirección Nacional de Bienes del Estado.
From then on, the "Organismo Nacional de Administración de Bienes" (ONABE) began its activities as an organism created to manage the assets not directly affected to State activities.[5]
Law 26.352 promulgated in 2008 re-organized the railway operations in Argentina creating two State organisms, the "Administración de Infraestructuras Ferroviarias" (ADIF) and the Operadora Ferroviaria (SOFSE). Decree N° 752/08 regulated the activities by the recently established company since then.
Further operations
Although having been established in 2008, SOFSE became active two years later, when the organism took over the railway services in Chaco Province left by Servicios Ferroviarios del Chaco (SEFECHA). In 2011 the organism added the regional services of Salta and Buenos Aires Provinces. When Minister of Transport was created in 2012, SOFSE took over all the urban services not granted in concession of Greater Buenos Aires. The society also began to operate interuban services such as train services to Córdoba, Tucumán cities and other services previously operated by the Government of Entre Ríos Province.
On June 2013, SOFSE took over the Tren de la Costa when the Government decided the company would be managed by the Argentine State after revoking the contract with Sociedad Comercial del Plata.[6]
On September 2013, the Government of Argentina designed SOFSE to operate the Mitre and Sarmiento lines, after their contracts of concession were revoked to Trenes de Buenos Aires. This decision was officially promulgated through Resolution N° 1083/13.[7][8][9][10][11]
SOFSE operated temporarily the Mitre line until the Government of Argentina re-privatised it, giving the line in concession to "Corredores Ferroviarios S.A." (a private company part of Grupo EMEPA) on February 12, 2014.[12][13][14]
In December 2014, brand new trains acquired by the Government of Argentina to Chinese company CNR Dalian, started to run luxury services from Constitución to Mar del Plata.[15][16] Classic service continued to be operated by Ferrobaires.[17]
In February 2015, services from Buenos Aires to Rufino, Santa Fe were reestablished after 22 years. The service runs with brand-new trains acquired to China on Ferrocarril San Martín tracks. Trains make stops at Chacabuco, Junín, Vedia and Alberdi, among other stations.[18][19][20]
Renationalisation
Operadora Ferroviaria took over Belgrano Sur and Roca (operated by Argentren) and Mitre and San Martín (operated by Corredores Ferroviarios) lines after the Government of Argentina rescinded the contracts signed with both companies on March 2, 2015. The contract terms specified that the concession could be cancelled with no right to claim compensation.[3] The agreements had been signed in February 2014, committing Argentren and Corredores Ferroviarios to operate the lines.[4][21][22]
Services operated
The following is a list of services operated by Operadora Ferroviaria in Argentina. The list includes urban railways such as Mitre, San Martín, Roca and Belgrano Sur lines previously managed by private companies. The Binational service Posadas-Encarnación is run by Casimiro Zbikoski S.A. through an operation agreement with SOFSE.[23]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Estimated distance between cities.
- ↑ Only for luxury services. Regular services are still operated by Ferrobaires.[17]
References
- ↑ Resolution 163/2015 - Infoleg (Spanish)
- ↑ Licitación Pública Nacional 05/2015 - Trenes Argentinos Operadora Ferroviaria (Spanish)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Ya está lista la ley que prevé más control estatal sobre los trenes", Clarín, 5 Mar 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Estado rescindió contrato de trenes a privados y avisó que no pagará indemnizaciones", Ambito Financiero, 2 Mar 2015
- ↑ "Historia del organismo" at ONABE website
- ↑ "Trenes: el Gobierno reestatizó una línea de carga y otra de pasajeros", Infobae, 4 Jun 2013
- ↑ "Transfirieron a SOFSE la Línea Mitre y Sarmiento", Rieles.com, 13 Sep 2013
- ↑ "El gobierno nacional estatizó los ferrocarriles Sarmiento y Mitre", Infobae, 11 Sep 2013
- ↑ "Avanza la estatización de trenes: se suman Sarmiento y Mitre", Diario Popular, 12 Sep 2013
- ↑ "El Sarmiento ya es estatal", Página/12, 26 Oct 2013
- ↑ Resolution N° 1083/13, Official Bulletin of Argentina, 11 Sep 2013
- ↑ "Trenes: le dan a Roggio el Mitre y el San Martín y a Emepa, el Roca y el Belgrano Sur", La Nación, 12 Feb 2014
- ↑ "Las privadas volverán a operar la mayoría de las líneas ferroviarias" Clarín, 12 Feb 2014
- ↑ "El Gobierno estableció un nuevo régimen de operaciones de las líneas ferroviarias", Telam, 12 Feb 2014
- ↑ "Los nuevos trenes a Mar del Plata funcionarán desde este viernes" on Telam, 19 Dec 2014
- ↑ "Realizará su primer viaje el tren chino que unirá Buenos Aires con Mar del Plata" on MinutoUno, 21 Nov 2014
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Horarios - Mar del Plata" on Satélite Ferroviario website
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "", Infobae, 6 Feb 2015
- ↑ "Después de más de dos décadas volvió el tren de pasajeros a Rufino", Cronica Ferroviaria, 2 March 2015
- ↑ "Mañana vuelve el tren a Rufino", La Capital, 27 Feb 2015
- ↑ "Buenos Aires commuter routes renationalised", Railway Gazzette, 3 Mar 2015
- ↑ Resolution N° 171/2015 - Official Bulletin of Argentina
- ↑ Operación directa / Acuerdos de operación on Trenes Argentinos website
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "Operación" on SOFSE.gob.ar website, 21 Oct 2014
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 "Estatizaron los trenes de pasajeros de larga distancia", Clarín, 8 Nov 2014
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 "Resolución 1093/2013 - Asignación de servicios y administración de infraestructura", Official Bulletin of Argentina
- ↑ Retiro Córdoba on Satélite Ferrovario
- ↑ Once - Gral. Pico por Realicó on Satelite Ferroviario, 21 Oct 2014
- ↑ Once - Gral. Pico por Trenque Lauquen, Satélite Ferroviario, 22 Oct 2014
- ↑ Once - Santa Rosa - Satelite Ferroviario, 22 Oct 2014
- ↑ "Ramos: 'El tren de pasajeros de Rosario a Buenos Aires inicia servicio regular el 1 de abril'", Crónica Ferroviaria, 2 Mar 2015
- ↑ "Horarios tren de pasajeros Nros. 565 y 566 Retiro - Rufino" on Crónica Ferroviaria
- ↑ Puerto Vilelas - Servicio local: Resistencia - Puerto Tirol - Satelite Ferroviario
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 Trenes Argentinos - Informe de Gestión - Primer Trimestre (pag 21-25)
- ↑ Roque Sáenz Peña - Chorotis - Satelite Ferroviario
- ↑ Resistencia - Cacuí - Los Amores - Satelite Ferroviario
- ↑ Córdoba - Villa María on Satélite Ferroviario
- ↑ Servicio local: Paraná a Oro Verde, V. Fontana y C. Avellaneda - Satelite Ferroviario
- ↑ Basavilbaso at Satélite Ferroviario
- ↑ "Sofse: Parece que la solución vino rápida y el tren de pasajeros ahora llega hasta Concordia" at Crónica Ferroviaria, 4 Apr 2014
- ↑ Paraná - Concepción del Uruguay - Satelite Ferroviario
- ↑ Salta - Güemes - Satelite Ferroviario
- ↑ Las Distancias.com
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