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The C&R was founded in 1889 to acquire a concession, granted to
William Temple in 1886 by the province of Santa Fe, for the construction of a line, 222 km long, from the river port of
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via San
Francisco and Córdoba in conjunction with the Córdoba Central. Once the CC had completed the construction of a line from
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Close collaboration between the two companies led finally to the purchase of the Córdoba & Rosario by the CC in 1913.
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by Colin M. Lewis, Athlone Press (for the
Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London) (1983)
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which would provide a link with the CC which had completed the building of a line from
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in 1912 through trains could reach Tucumán from the capital for the first time.
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by H.R. Stones - P.E. Waters & Associates, Bromley, Kent - England (1993)
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British
Railways in Argentina 1857-1914: A Case Study of Foreign Investment
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172:) was a British-owned railway company, founded in 1889, that operated a
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British-owned railway company that operated in
Argentina
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252:Finally the Córdoba Central would be added to
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804:Defunct railway companies of Argentina
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227:to San Francisco the previous year.
814:Rail transport in Santa Fe Province
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230:The section from San Francisco to
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809:Metre gauge railways in Argentina
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692:Compañía General de Buenos Aires
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312:Railway companies in Argentina
208:. The company was sold to the
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727:Rosario & Puerto Belgrano
170:Ferrocarril Córdoba y Rosario
166:Córdoba & Rosario Railway
50:Ferrocarril Córdoba y Rosario
22:Córdoba & Rosario Railway
137:; 111 years ago
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334:Ferrocarriles Argentinos SE
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747:Villa María & Rufino
488:Ferrocarriles Argentinos
732:San Cristóbal a Tucumán
632:Argentine Great Western
561:Corredores Ferroviarios
210:Córdoba Central Railway
168:(C&R) (in Spanish:
62:Córdoba Central Railway
687:Córdoba & Rosario
682:Córdoba North Western
637:Bahía Blanca & NW
379:Ferroexpreso Pampeano
556:Buenos Aires Central
254:Ferrocarril Belgrano
473:Corrientes Economic
200:railway network in
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458:Comodoro Rivadavia
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498:Patagónicos
483:Ferrobaires
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344:Operaciones
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197:metre gauge
155:Line length
60:(merged to
47:Native name
36:, terminus.
798:Categories
697:Entre Ríos
438:BA Western
113:Inter-city
546:Argentren
539:Argentine
394:Metrovías
389:Ferrovías
260:in 1948.
206:Argentina
150:Technical
773:Category
566:Depietri
192: in
77:Santa Fe
64:in 1913)
42:Overview
783:Commons
707:Midland
620:Foreign
532:Private
508:SEFECHA
372:Private
318:Current
244:Rosario
236:Tucumán
232:Rafaela
225:Córdoba
217:Rosario
187:⁄
140: (
119:History
104:Service
95:Rafaela
83:Termini
73:Córdoba
611:TUFESA
586:Ocampo
478:FEMESA
428:Andean
412:Former
349:Cargas
132:Closed
124:Opened
75:&
69:Locale
55:Status
523:UGOMS
518:UGOFE
164:The
142:1913
135:1913
127:1890
109:Type
627:ALL
606:TEA
601:TBA
551:BAP
399:NCA
242:to
219:to
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