page_title: Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway
section_title: The Ensenada & Port railway
hierarchical_section_title: Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway / History / The Ensenada & Port railway
caption_attribution_description: English: The Quilmes train station, after being remodeled by the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (in Spanish: "Ferrocarril del Sud"). Originally part of the Buenos Aires &amp; Ensenada Port Railway, the railway line would be later acquired by the BAGSR in 1898. The image also displays the manually-operated gate of the level crossing.
context_page_description: The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway was one of the Big Four broad gauge, 5 ft 6 in, British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina. The company was founded by Edward Lumb in 1862 and the first general manager was Edward Banfield after whom the Buenos Aires suburban station of Banfield was named, when it opened in 1873. After president Juan Perón nationalised the Argentine railway network in 1948 it became part of the state-owned company Ferrocarril General Roca.
context_section_description: In 1866 the Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway opened its services to public. The project was to build a new port to replace the Port of Buenos Aires but this project was cancelled and the port never built. The foundation of the city of La Plata in 1882 brought with it the construction of a new railroad with the terminus station in that city. The works were carried out by the Buenos Aires Western Railway, then owned by the Government of Buenos Aires. The construction of a new railroad limited the possibility of expansion of the BAEPR.
  One of the branches built by the BAWR extended from Tolosa to Magdalena, acquired by the BAEPR in 1888. The company also tried to expand its business acquiring the Brandsen-Ringuelet branch. The BAEPR also built a line from Bartolomé Bavio (a small town near to Magdalena, at the South of Buenos Aires Province) to Álvarez Jonte, opened in 1892. The following year the branch extended to Atalaya, Magdalena Partido.
  The fire that destroyed the Estación Central of Buenos Aires in 1897, obligated the BAEPR to move the terminus station to Casa Amarilla in La Boca district. As a result, the viaduct used by the BAEPR trains to run over Paseo Colón Avenue was no longer in use (being later dismantled). Therefore, the number of passengers carried by the company (and the profits) decreased considerably.
  On July 1, 1898, the Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway was acquired by the Great Southern Railway.
caption: Quilmes station after being remodeled by the BAGSR, c. 1900.
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