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Ferrovías, the Glossary

Ferrovías S.A.C. is a privately owned company which, on 1 April 1994, took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, for the operation of the (metre gauge) Belgrano Norte Line commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina.^[1]

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Privately held companies of Argentina
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Air conditioning

Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature (sometimes referred to as 'comfort cooling') and in some cases also strictly controlling the humidity of internal air.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Argentine peso

The peso (established as the peso convertible) is the currency of Argentina since 1992, identified within Argentina by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using peso or dollar currencies.

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Belgrano Norte Line

The Belgrano Norte line is a commuter rail service in Buenos Aires, Argentina run by the private company Ferrovías since 1 April 1994. Ferrovías and Belgrano Norte Line are rail transport in Buenos Aires Province.

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Belgrano Sur Line

The Belgrano Sur line is an Argentine commuter rail service in the Greater Buenos Aires area, currently operated by state-owned enterprise Trenes Argentinos. Ferrovías and Belgrano Sur Line are rail transport in Buenos Aires Province.

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Boulogne Sur Mer

Boulogne Sur Mer is a town in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.

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Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires, officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, is the capital and primate city of Argentina.

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Carlos Menem

Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the president of Argentina from 1989 to 1999.

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Closed-circuit television

Closed-circuit television (CCTV), also known as video surveillance, is the use of closed-circuit television cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.

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Emepa Alerce

The Alerce is an Argentine railcar produced by the Emepa Group in Chascomús, Buenos Aires Province. Ferrovías and Emepa Alerce are Emepa Group.

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Emepa Group

Emepa Group S.A. (Grupo Emepa, an acronym for Empresa Metalúrgica Patricias Argentinas) by Diego Genoud on Letra P, Feb 2021 is an Argentine manufacturer of railway vehicles and owner of Ferrovías (which operates on the Belgrano Norte Line), with headquarters located in the city of Buenos Aires. Ferrovías and Emepa Group are railway companies of Argentina.

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FEMESA

Ferrocarriles Metropolitanos S.A. (also known for its acronym FEMESA) was a company set up by the Argentine government in 1991, during the presidency of Carlos Menem, to oversee the privatisation of commuter rail services within the city of Buenos Aires in Argentina.

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Greater Buenos Aires

Greater Buenos Aires (Gran Buenos Aires, GBA), also known as the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (Área Metropolitana de Buenos Aires, AMBA), refers to the urban agglomeration comprising the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the adjacent 24 partidos (districts) in the Province of Buenos Aires.

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Janes Information Services

Janes is a global open-source intelligence company specialising in military, national security, aerospace and transport topics, whose name derives from British author Fred T. Jane.

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Lima

Lima, founded in 1535 as the Ciudad de los Reyes (Spanish for "City of Kings"), is the capital and largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of the country, overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

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Lima and Callao Metro

The Lima and Callao Metro (Metro de Lima y Callao) is a rapid transit system that serves the cities of Lima and Callao, which make up the Lima metropolitan area. Ferrovías and Lima and Callao Metro are Emepa Group.

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Metre-gauge railway

Metre-gauge railways (US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.

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Metropolitano

Metropolitano S.A. was a privately owned consortium formed in 1994 to take over concessions granted by the Argentine government as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem for the operation of commuter rail services in the Buenos Aires Province. Ferrovías and Metropolitano are rail transport in Buenos Aires Province.

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Metrovías

Metrovías S.A. is an Argentine privately held company that operates the Metropolitan services of the Urquiza Line. Ferrovías and Metrovías are rail transport in Buenos Aires Province and railway companies of Argentina.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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Privately held company

A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets.

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Puerto Madero

Puerto Madero, also known within the urban planning community as the Puerto Madero Waterfront, is a ''barrio'' of Buenos Aires in the Central Business District.

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Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

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Railcar

A railcar (not to be confused with a railway car) is a self-propelled railway vehicle designed to transport passengers.

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Railway privatisation in Argentina

Railway privatisation in Argentina was a process which began in 1989 under the presidency of Carlos Menem, following a series of neoliberal economic reforms.

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Retiro Belgrano railway station

Retiro-Belgrano, or simply Retiro, is one of the six large mainline railway station termini in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Roca Line

The Roca line is a gauge commuter rail service in the Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, part of General Roca Railway network. Ferrovías and Roca Line are rail transport in Buenos Aires Province.

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San Martín Line

The San Martín line is a, 22-station commuter rail service in the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ferrovías and San Martín Line are rail transport in Buenos Aires Province.

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Transport

Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional movement of humans, animals, and goods from one location to another.

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Tranvía del Este

The Tranvía del Este, also known as the Puerto Madero Tramway, was a 12-block "demonstration" light rail line in the Puerto Madero neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, in operation from 2007 to 2012.

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Trenes de Buenos Aires

Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA) (In English: Trains of Buenos Aires) was a private company that operated commuter rail services over the broad gauge Sarmiento and Mitre lines of Buenos Aires. Ferrovías and Trenes de Buenos Aires are rail transport in Buenos Aires Province.

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Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia

Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia (UGOFE) was a temporary consortium of Argentine companies formed on 7 January 2005 by Ferrovías, Metrovías and Trenes de Buenos Aires to take over the running of commuter railway services in Buenos Aires after concessions granted to Metropolitano in 1994 for the operation of these services were revoked. Ferrovías and Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia are rail transport in Buenos Aires Province.

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Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is a family of wireless network protocols based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrovías

Ferrovías, the Glossary

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See also

Emepa Group

Privately held companies of Argentina

Rail transport in Buenos Aires Province

Railway companies of Argentina

References