page_title: Paso Mayor Train Station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Paso Mayor Train Station / History
caption_attribution_description: Vieja Estacion Ferroviaria de Paso Mayor.
context_page_description: Paso Mayor Train Station, just like many other train stations, takes its name from the village where it is located. It is in the Municipality of Coronel Rosales, in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
context_section_description: Its construction was completed on December 19. Constructed a French company known as:  "Compagnie de Chemins de Fer Rosario-Puerto Belgrano".
  Paso Mayor is located approximately 40 kilometers from Bahía Blanca and owes its name to a pass through a River called  "Sauce Grande" which the local people used to cross that River at the  time when there was no bridge to cross the river. The station is one of those which were classified as "Prime stations" because of their provisions for more services than other stations. For example Paso Mayor provided services including but not limited to : Passengers, Telegraph, Cargo, Livestock... 
  Originally, in this area there was a place combining both store and bar, locally known as "pulpería" which belonged to a man called Laporte. So the place was called "Pulpería de Laporte" meaning "Store and bar of Laporte"  Because the same place offered Horse services, that is ; travellers could have their tired horses changed for Fresh ones, the same place at times was called "Posta" of Paso Mayor. ("Posta" is a place where travellers change their tired horses for Fresh ones).  This place served as a place for rest and shopping centre for travellers and traders who came to buy Hides and Skins and Liquor (Gin).
  With the introduction of the Railway line, the "Posta" suffered a severe blow as Wagons and Carriages replaced Horses. The Pulperia became a tiny supermarket.
  The presence of the Railway line called for people to come and settle around the train station. As a result, the place became  a busy small town. But following the withdrawal of the Railway services in the seventies(1970s), the people abandoned the place and until now, it is a ghost town. 
  The station was never provided with electrical installation and the lighting was provided by wax candles or kerosene lamps..
  The state of the buildings at the station in general is bad, has been vandalized several times.
caption: Ruins of the station.
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