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Argentina Permanently Ends Buenos Aires–Bahía Blanca Passenger Train as Rail Emergency Shrinks Service

Officials cite unsafe track conditions under the national rail emergency.

Overview

  • Trenes Argentinos confirmed the discontinuation, citing severely degraded track and prohibitive rehabilitation costs.
  • Ticket sales for November are open only for four long‑distance routes: Mar del Plata, Rosario, Junín and Bragado.
  • Roughly a dozen passenger services remain suspended across the network, including corridors to Córdoba, Tucumán, Villa María and Justo Daract.
  • Bahía Blanca Sud station has been effectively closed after the station chief’s removal, with reports of at least 17 job losses tied to the route.
  • The corridor had been halted after derailments near Olavarría, and court rulings assigned safety upgrades to the State and the freight concessionaire FerroExpreso.