You can find on this page the Argentina trains map to print and to download in PDF. The Argentina railways map presents the rail network and shows high speed rails routes of Argentina in South America.
The Argentina rail map shows all the railway stations and lines of Argentina trains. This train map of Argentina will allow you to easily travel by train in showing the major rail routes and high speed rail routes of Argentina in South America. The Argentina rail map is downloadable in PDF, printable and free.
Formerly the country of Argentina primary form of long distance travel, the Ferrocarriles Argentinos rail network was privatized in the 1990s. As a result of this move and the improvement of the road infrastructure, the rail service was downsized and has become less popular over time. There is currently approximately 34,000 Km of track as you can see in Argentina rail map. There is a Tren de Alta Velocidad (TAVe) line planned from Buenos Aires to Cordoba via Rosario. The project is currently 'on hold' owing to the ongoing financial crisis.
The Argentine railway system was born in 1857 and, over 100 years, consolidated one of the most important networks in the world, occupying eighth place in extension as its mentioned in Argentina rail map. The Argentine state, some provinces and numerous companies of British and French origin built the large network that covered most parts of the country. The progress of rail was sustained, complex and controversial, but its imprint on territorial, productive and demographic structuring was decisive in the construction of the Argentine nation – it created towns and cities, generated production, provided education and technical training to thousands of people, established the country first organised ports and the first heavy industries through its workshops. It also generated a major private industry supplier and exporter of railway equipment.
The Argentine Institute of Railways (Instituto Argentino de Ferrocarriles – IAF) is a professional private railway organisation that contributes to Argentine rail development by advising government authorities, companies and universities. It also carries out research tasks and proposals for plans and projects. The IAF also participates as a partner in the Ferrocarril Unión Pacífico (FCUP) project, which is working to generate a new traffic corridor of more than 1,400km of extension as its shown in Argentina rail map. Currently, of the 34,000km of network in operation since 1989, approximately 75 per cent (25,500km) is in regular or poor condition, or has closed or impassable sectors. The remaining 25 per cent can be considered in two separate parts, some 8,000km each. It has deficiencies that can be classified as regular state or barely good state (allowing for speeds between 20 and 70km/hr) and about 500km is in a good or acceptable state for speeds up to 80 or 90km/hr.