page_title: Buenos Aires Midland Railway
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Buenos Aires Midland Railway / History / Background
caption_attribution_description: Español: Foto de la comida realizada en Puente Alsina con motivo de la inauguración del servicio público de pasajeros del Ferrocarril Midland. English: Photo of the lunch held at Puente Alsina to celebrate the opening of Ferrocarril Midland's passenger train service.
context_page_description: The Buenos Aires Midland Railway was a British-owned railway company which operated in Argentina, where it was known as Ferrocarril Midland de Buenos Aires. The company built and operated the 1,000 mm gauge line between Puente Alsina and Carhué in Buenos Aires Province.
  In 1948, the railways of Argentina were nationalised, the BAM becoming part of Belgrano Sur Line; the company closed as a result. Today services on the line are operated by the state-owned company Trenes Argentinos, the concessionary of Puente Alsina-Marinos del Crucero General Belgrano branch.
context_section_description: In 1904, the Buenos Aires Province granted entrepreneur Enrique Lavalle a concession to build a metre gauge railway line between Puente Alsina and Carhué. The company and line were named "Buenos Aires Midland Railway", so the Lacroze Brothers registered the Spanish form "Ferrocarril Central de Buenos Aires". Works were led by ideologue Eduardo Casey, who had founded the city of Venado Tuerto some time before.
caption: Lunch held at Puente Alsina to celebrate the opening of the line to passengers, 1908.
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