page_title: General Bartolomé Mitre Railway
section_title: Nationalisation
hierarchical_section_title: General Bartolomé Mitre Railway / History / Nationalisation
caption_attribution_description: English: An electric multiple unit by Metropolitan Vickers stopped at Bartolomé Mitre station of FA's homonymous division. Español: Una formación de tren eléctrico Metropolitan Vickers, de origen británico, detenida en la estación Bartolomé Mitre, perteneciente al ferrocarril homónimo. Estos coches fueron construidos en carrocería íntegramente en acero en 1931.
context_page_description: The General Bartolomé Mitre Railway, named after the former Argentine president Bartolomé Mitre, is one of the six state-owned Argentine railway lines formed after President Juan Perón's nationalisation of the railway network in 1948 and one of the largest of Argentina. The six divisions, managed by Ferrocarriles Argentinos were later broken up during the process of railway privatisation beginning in 1991 during Carlos Menem's presidency.
  The FCGBM incorporated the British-owned 5 ft 6 in broad gauge company, Central Argentine Railway, and the northern section of the French-owned broad gauge Rosario and Puerto Belgrano Railway.
  The principal lines departed from Retiro railway terminus in Buenos Aires to the north through the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Santiago del Estero and Tucumán.
  The Ferrocarril Mitre also has a branch that extends from Villa Gobernador Gálvez in Santa Fe Province to Puerto Belgrano, south of the Buenos Aires Province. This branch was part of the Rosario and Puerto Belgrano Railway although it is out of use nowadays.
context_section_description: After the World War II finished, British and French-owned railway companies in Argentina began proceedings with the purpose of selling their railways due to financial problems to operate those services. Finally on March 1, 1948, all the foreign railway companies in Argentina were nationalised under the Juan Perón's administration, creating the State-owned company "Empresa de Ferrocarriles del Estado Argentino (EFEA)", then renamed to Ferrocarriles Argentinos, taking over all the railway lines of Argentina, including passenger and freight services.
  The following broad gauge railway companies were added to Ferrocarril Mitre network
  Notes:
   The Central Argentine had previously acquired the BA Northern (1888), BA & Rosario (1902) and Santa Fe Western (1900) railway companies.
   The north section of the R&PBR (from Rosario to Ingeniero Beaugey) only.
caption: A train with Metropolitan Vickers wagons acquired in the 1910s. They were in use until the 1990s.
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