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Argentine North Eastern Railway
The Argentine North Eastern Railway (ANE) was a British-owned railway company, founded in 1887, that operated a railway network in the provinces of Entre Rios, Corrientes and Misiones in Argentina. When the company was nationalisation in 1948 it became part of the state-owned Ferrocarril General Urquiza.
The company was founded in 1887 to take over and complete two lines from Monte Caseros in Corrientes Province, the first to Corrientes , the provincial capital, and the second to Posadas , the capital of Misiones Province.
Construction of the line to Corrientes, completed as far as Curuzu Cuatia in 1890, was extended to Mercedes in 1898 and finally reached Corrientes later the same year. The Posadas line reached Paso de los Libres in 1894 and was extended to Santo Tome in 1901. Once the section from Santo Tome to Posadas was opened some years later in 1911 an international rail connection with Paraguay was established.
In 1907 the British-owned East Argentine Railway, which operated a line from Monte Caseros south to Concordia, was taken over by the ANE.
Two years later a branch line from San Diego to the port of Goya on the River Parana was completed and in 1915 the line from Concordia was extended south to the river port of Concepcion del Uruguay. Later that same year the ANE established a joint administration with the neighboring British-owned Entre Rios Railway (ER).
By the time Peron nationalised Argentinas railways in 1948 the ANE operated a 1212 km network which became part of the state-owned Ferrocarril General Urquiza.
References
Colin M. Lewis, British Railways in Argentina 1857-1914: A Case Study of Foreign Investment, Athlone Press , 1983.
H.R.Stones, British Railways in Argentina 1860-1948, P.E.Waters & Associates, Bromley, Kent, England, 1993.
Winthrop R. Wright, British-Owned Railways in Argentina Their Effect on Economic Nationalism, 1854-1948, , Univ. of Texas Press, London, 1974.
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