Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway

The Ferrocarril Buenos Aires al Pacífico, also known by its acronym BAP, was a British-owned company that operated a wide-gauge (1,676 mm) railway network in Argentina during the last part of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century. . As its name indicates, its objective was to unite the City of Buenos Aires with the Pacific Ocean, crossing the provinces of Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Córdoba, San Luis and Mendoza. There, in the provincial capital, there was a transfer with the Trans-Andean Railroad headquartered in the Chilean city of Los Andes, from where it was transferred again to reach the port of Valparaíso, Chile. The BAP played a key role in the emergence of dozens of towns and cities, in agricultural activity and -especially- in the wine industry in the province of Mendoza, providing transportation to the rest of the country and to the Port of Buenos Aires.
Category:Railways
Category:Argentina
Category:South America
Category:Defunct Railways