Posadas-Encarnación International Train
 Posadas-Encarnación International Train | |
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The train at Posadas station. | |
| Overview | |
| Service type | Commuter rail |
| Status | Active |
| Locale | Misiones Province |
| First service | 2014 |
| Current operator(s) | Casimiro Zbikoski S.A.[1] |
| Former operator(s) | Ferrocarriles Argentinos |
| Ridership | 8000 per day[2] |
| Route | |
| Start | Posadas, Misiones |
| Stops | 2 |
| End | Encarnación, Paraguay |
| Average journey time | 10 minutes |
| Service frequency | 30 minutes |
| Line used | General Urquiza Railway |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Electrification | Diesel |
| Track owner(s) | Government of Argentina |
The Posadas-Encarnación International Train is a standard gauge international service operated between Posadas in Argentina and Encarnación in Paraguay on the General Urquiza Railway. The service was opened in January 2014.[1][3]
Trains are run by private company Casimiro Zbikoski S.A. under an operation agreement with State-owned Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado (SOFSE).[1] The train crosses the San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge which joins the two countries together and has an average journey time of 10 minutes with a 30 minute frequency.[4]
The current rolling stock consists of two-carriage railcars built by Dutch company "Wadlope",[1] and have a capacity to carry 250 people. Those railcars had been previously used in the binational service Tren de los Pueblos Libres that joined Argentina and Uruguay,[5] having been active only for one year.[6] With passenger numbers increasing rapidly after the aperture of the service, the Argentine Ministry of the Interior and transport stated in March 2015 that it may have to evaluate adding more rolling stock and extending the length of the platforms.[2]
Customs officials are only present on the Argentine side of the railway, with entry into both countries managed from there.
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See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Tren Posadas-Encarnación, Satélite Ferroviario
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Misiones: “El tren Posadas-Encarnación, todos los días rompe récords de cantidad de pasajeros y se está llegando al límite operativo” - Cronica Ferroviaria, March 2015
- ↑ "Trenes: Randazzo inauguró el servicio que unirá Posadas y Encarnación", Minutuono, February 2015
- ↑ "Empezó a circular el tren que une Posadas y Encarnación", Territorio Digital, January 2015
- ↑ "Habilitan el tren de los pueblos libres", La Gazeta00, 30 Aug 2011
- ↑ "Un descarrilamiento anunciado", Portal Montevideo, 24 May 2012
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