Transport in Argentina

File:Buenos Aires Metrobus Av 9 Julio 2.jpg station in central Buenos Aires.]]

A majority of people use public transport rather than personal cars to move around in the cities, especially in common business hours, since parking can be both difficult and expensive{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}. Cycling is becoming increasingly common in big cities as a result of a growing network of cycling lanes in cities like Buenos Aires and Rosario.[http://blogs.worldbank.org/latinamerica/es/el-sistema-mas-humano-de-bicicletas-compartidas-esta-en-buenos-aires El sistema más humano de bicicletas compartidas está en Buenos Aires] World Bank, July 2013.[http://www.rosario.gov.ar/sitio/deporte/calle_recreativa1.jsp Cambiá el aire! Calle Recreativa] Municipalidad de Rosario

The Colectivo (urban bus) cover the cities with numerous lines. Fares might be fixed for the whole city, or they might depend on the destination. Colectivos often cross municipal borders into the corresponding metropolitan areas. In some cases there are diferenciales (special services) which are faster, and notably more expensive. Bus lines in a given city might be run by different private companies and/or by the municipal state, and they might be painted in different colours for easier identification. The city of Buenos Aires has in recent years been expanding its Metrobus BRT system to complement its existing Underground network and it is estimated that, along with other measures, it will increase the city's use of public transport by 30 percent.[http://www.buenosairesherald.com/article/138441/metrobus-south-opens-23km-added-to-city-bus-network Metrobus South opens, 23km added to City bus network] Buenos Aires Herald, August 2014.

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Taxis are very common and relatively accessible price-wise. They have different colours and fares in different cities, though a highly contrasted black-and-yellow design is common to the largest conurbations. Call-taxi companies (radio-taxis) are very common, while the remisse is another form of hired transport: they are very much like call-taxis, but do not share a common design, and trip fares are agreed beforehand instead of using the meter.{{Cite web|title = Argentina-Buenos-Aires-getting-around-taxis-buses-trains-public-transport|url = http://travel-tourist-information-guide.com/Argentina-Buenos-Aires-getting-around-taxis-buses-trains-public-transport|website = travel-tourist-information-guide.com|access-date = 2015-10-11|archive-date = 2018-08-21|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180821093919/http://travel-tourist-information-guide.com/Argentina-Buenos-Aires-getting-around-taxis-buses-trains-public-transport|url-status = dead}} Although, there are often fixed prices for common destinations.{{Citation needed|date=March 2015}}

File:Ferrocarril Mitre EMUs at Retiro.jpg operated by Trenes Argentinos at Retiro railway station.]]

{{main|Rail transport in Argentina#Commuter networks}}

Suburban trains connect Buenos Aires city with the Greater Buenos Aires area, (see: Buenos Aires commuter rail network). Every weekday, more than 1.4 million people commute to the Argentine capital for work and other business.[http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/noticias/los-detalles-de-un-obra-impactante Detalles del proyecto para conectar todos los ferrocarriles urbanos debajo del Obelisco] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150612111257/http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/noticias/los-detalles-de-un-obra-impactante |date=2015-06-12 }} - Buenos Aires Ciudad, 12 May 2015. These suburban trains work between 4 AM and 1 AM. The busiest lines are electric, several are diesel powered, while some of these are currently being electrified, while the rolling stock is being replaced across the city.[http://espanol.cntv.cn/2014/11/24/VIDE1416800044905189.shtml Red ferroviaria argentina se moderniza con trenes chinos] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124422/http://espanol.cntv.cn/2014/11/24/VIDE1416800044905189.shtml |date=2015-04-02 }} CCTV, November 2014 Until recently, Trenes de Buenos Aires, UGOFE, Ferrovías and Metrovías were some of the private companies which provided suburban passenger services in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area. However, with the modernisation and re-nationalisation of these services, many of these companies have had their contracts terminated or have been absorbed into Trenes Argentinos (the state railway operator), though as of 2015 some private operators such as Metrovías (Urquiza Line) do remain.[http://wwwcronicaferroviaria.blogspot.com.ar/2015/03/se-instruye-la-sociedad-operadora.html Se instruye a la sociedad Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado para que instrumente las medidas necesarias a los efectos de rescindir los Acuerdos de Operación] Crónica Ferroviaria, March 2015

Other cities in Argentina with a system of suburban trains include Resistencia, Paraná and Mendoza, which is home to the Metrotranvía Mendoza - an urban light rail network.{{cite web|url=http://www.sateliteferroviario.com.ar/horarios/local_parana.htm|title=Tren local Paraná - Oro Verde - Cnia. Avellaneda ::: SATELITE FERROVIARIO|website=www.sateliteferroviario.com.ar|access-date=2015-03-17|archive-date=2018-09-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917131637/http://www.sateliteferroviario.com.ar/horarios/local_parana.htm|url-status=dead}} A commuter rail network for Córdoba is planned to complement the existing Tren de las Sierras which currently runs through the city and to nearby towns and villages.[http://impulsonegocios.com/contenidos/2013/07/02/Editorial_26140.php Buscan reflotar el proyecto de tren urbano en la ciudad de Córdoba] Impulso, July 2013.

{{main|Buenos Aires Underground}}

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As of 2015, Buenos Aires is the only Argentine city with an underground metro system, nonetheless there is a project to build a system in the city of Córdoba (Córdoba Metro) making it the second underground system in Argentina.{{cite news |url=http://www2.lavoz.com.ar/07/12/15/secciones/grancordoba/nota.asp?nota_id=144390 |title=El municipio empieza a estudiar la factibilidad de un subte en Córdoba |newspaper=LaVoz.com.ar |language=es |trans-title=The municipality begins to study the feasibility of a subway in Cordoba |date=15 December 2007 |access-date=2014-04-26 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120629220738/http://www2.lavoz.com.ar/07/12/15/secciones/grancordoba/nota.asp?nota_id=144390 |archive-date=29 June 2012 }} The Buenos Aires Underground (Subterráneo de Buenos Aires) has currently six lines, each labelled with a letter from A to H, though 3 more lines are planned.[http://enelsubte.com/noticias/confirman-proyecto-para-desviar-la-linea-f-a-facultad-de-derecho/ Confirman proyecto para desviar la línea F a Facultad de Derecho] - EnElSubte, 25 November 2014.[http://enelsubte.com/noticias/cancelaron-las-negociaciones-los-chinos-la-linea-g-1733/ Cancelaron las negociaciones con los chinos por la línea G] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518105805/http://enelsubte.com/noticias/cancelaron-las-negociaciones-los-chinos-la-linea-g-1733/ |date=2015-05-18 }} - 24 January 2012[http://enelsubte.com/noticias/bodart-el-metrobus-como-reemplazo-de-la-linea-i-es-una-estafa-transversal/ Bodart: El Metrobús como reemplazo de la línea I es "una estafa transversal"] - EnElSubte, 16 April 2015. A modern tram line (PreMetro) line E2 works as a feeder to Underground Line E at their outer terminus as well as the Urquiza Line for Underground Line B in Chacarita. Daily ridership is 1.3 million and on the increase. Most of the lines of the Buenos Aires Undergrounds connect the city centre (Micro-centro) with areas in the outskirts of the city proper, though none go outside the city limits to Greater Buenos Aires.

In recent years, the Underground has seen a gradual expansion, with lines H, B and A seeing extensions. As of 2015, the extension of lines E and H are under construction, with work commenced on the new line F and two additional lines (G and I) planned.[http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/subte/planes-e-inversiones/plan-de-expansion Plan de Expansion] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502172802/http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/subte/planes-e-inversiones/plan-de-expansion |date=2015-05-02 }} Buenos Aires Ciudad Similarly, the rolling stock has been gradually replaced in recent years and there are further plans to modernise.[http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/subte/planes-e-inversiones/plan-de-material-rodante Plan De Material Rodante] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504034126/http://www.buenosaires.gob.ar/subte/planes-e-inversiones/plan-de-material-rodante |date=2015-05-04 }} Buenos Aires Ciudad

{{See also|Trams in Buenos Aires}}

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Trams (streetcars), once common, were retired as a form of public transport in the 1960s but are now in the stages of a slow comeback.

In 1987 a modern tram line was opened as a feeder for the underground system. A modern light rail line between the Bartolomé Mitre suburban railway station and Tigre (Tren de la Costa) inaugurated in 1996 operates in the northern suburbs. A 2-kilometre tram known as the Tranvía del Este (Eastern Tram) was inaugurated 2007 in the Puerto Madero district of Buenos Aires using loaned French Alstom Citadis trams,[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/979883-francia-quiere-una-red-de-tranvias-en-buenos-aires Francia quiere una red de tranvías en Buenos Aires] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416024829/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/979883-francia-quiere-una-red-de-tranvias-en-buenos-aires |date=2015-04-16 }} - La Nacion, 18 January 2008. but plans for its extension never came to fruition, and declining patronage led the line's closure in 2012.

Trams were once extremely common in Buenos Aires, with the city having a large 875 km tramway network and the largest tramway-to-population ratio the world, which gained it notoriety as "the city of trams" across the world.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20151208120410/http://donsdepot.donrossgroup.net/dr711.htm Trams Of Argentina]}} - Don Ross Group, 7 November 2014.[http://www.elarcadigital.com.ar/modules/revistadigital/articulo.php?id=651 Historia del tranvía en Buenos Aires] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150410144246/http://www.elarcadigital.com.ar/modules/revistadigital/articulo.php?id=651 |date=2015-04-10 }} - Revista Digital ead[http://www.eldiario.es/viajarahora/viaje-historia-ciudad-viejo-Tramway-tranvia-Caballito-Buenos-Aires-Horario-recorrido-telefono-mail-parada-subte-colectivo-transporte-gratis-viajar-guia-barrio-restaurantes-comer-barato_0_368863117.html Un viaje por la historia de la ciudad en el viejo Tramway] - ElDiario.es, 21 March 2015. The first trams began operating in the 1860s, however by the 1960s the network was dismantled and replaced by buses.[http://www.busarg.com.ar/agosto06/modelos_leyland.htm Leyland Urbanos en los '60.] - BusARG[http://www.tranvia.org.ar/tranvias/ciudaddebsas.htm APUNTES SOBRE LA HISTORIA DEL TRANVÍA EN BUENOS AIRES] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728175332/http://www.tranvia.org.ar/tranvias/ciudaddebsas.htm |date=2013-07-28 }} - Biblioteca Popular Federico Lacroze There is a Heritage Tramway maintained by enthusiasts that operates a large collection of vintage trams on weekends, near the Primera Junta Underground Line A station in the Caballito neighbourhood.[http://enelsubte.com/noticias/la-aat-celebra-un-festival-los-150-anos-del-tranvia-2715/ La AAT celebra con un festival los 150 años del tranvía] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518105452/http://enelsubte.com/noticias/la-aat-celebra-un-festival-los-150-anos-del-tranvia-2715/ |date=2015-05-18 }} - EnElSubte, 12 July 2013

The city of Mendoza also has its own tram system called the Metrotranvía Mendoza which has 16 stations and connects the city with its conurbation. Other Argentine cities with tram systems are Paraná and La Plata, both using the nationally built TecnoTren railbuses. The city of Santiago del Estero is constructing an elevated light rail system to connect itself with its metropolitan area. Trolleybuses are operated in Córdoba, Mendoza and Rosario.

{{See also|List of highways in Argentina}}

Image:Avenida General Paz entre Cabildo y Panamericana.jpg beltway freeway was first opened to the public in 1941.]]

Since Argentina is almost 4,000 kilometres long and more than 1,000 km wide, long distance transportation is of great importance. Several toll expressways spread out from Buenos Aires, serving nearly half the nation's population. The majority of Argentine roads, however, are two-lane national and provincial routes and, though they are spread throughout the country, less than a third of Argentina's 230,000 km (145,000 mi){{cite web|url=http://www.adefa.com.ar/anuarios/anuario_2007/fscommand/complementary_data.pdf|title=ADEFA|website=adefa.com.ar}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} of roads are currently paved.

Though, by 1929, Argentina was already home to over 400,000 vehicles,{{cite web|url=http://www.cocheargentino.com.ar/varios/cronologia.htm|title=Coche Argentino - Cronología|website=cocheargentino.com.ar|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081029041831/http://www.cocheargentino.com.ar/varios/cronologia.htm|archive-date=2008-10-29}}The World Almanac (1929), p.327. virtually all long-distance travel was done on the nation's vast railways. Argentina, then, lacked a road-building program until 1932, when the National Highway Directorate was established. Paid for at first with an excise tax on gasoline, the bureau could claim some important accomplishments, like the 1951 opening of the 200 km Santa Fe-Rosario expressway.

Argentina is home to around 9.2 million registered cars, trucks and buses;{{cite web|url=http://www.dnrpa.gov.ar/bolesta1/boletin1021/pagina11.htm|title=DNRPA|website=gov.ar|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124191729/http://www.dnrpa.gov.ar/bolesta1/boletin1021/pagina11.htm|archive-date=2009-01-24}} on a per capita basis, it has long had Latin America's widest accessibility to motor vehicles.Encyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year, Statistical Appendix; various editions since 1948. Left-lane drivers until 1945, Argentine motorists have since been driving on the right-hand side. The Vehicle registration plates of Argentina are based on a three letters-three numbers per car (with the exception of some trucks) system.

Expressways have been recently doubled in length (to nearly)http://www.grupopayne.com.ar/archivo/01/0112/011211/institucionales/institucionales{{Dead link|date=August 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. html and now link most (though not all) important cities. The most important of these is probably the Panamerican National Route 9 Buenos Aires – Rosario – Córdoba freeway. The longest continuous highways are National Route 40, a 5000-km stretch along the Andes range and the 3000-km sea-side trunk road National Route 3, running from Buenos Aires to Ushuaia.

Argentine long distance buses are fast, affordable and comfortable; they have become the primary means of long-distance travel since railway privatisations in the early 1990s greatly downsized Argentina's passenger rail service and plane tickets are more expensive. Competing providers differ little on their time-honoured formula, offering three different services regarding the number of stops and type of seats: the Regular, Semi-cama (semi-bed), and Cama (bed), with Cama being similar to an airline's business class but the names vary. They may also be called Ejecutivo, Cama-vip, Cama-suite and some other names. Some services, usually the ones that are more expensive, have also on-board dining, while others stop at restaurants by the road. Long and middle-distance buses cover almost all paved-accessible cities, towns and villages.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

{{main|Rail transport in Argentina}}

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Services on Argentina's passenger railway system, once extensive and prosperous, were greatly reduced in 1993 following the break-up of Ferrocarriles Argentinos (FA), the state railway corporation.[http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2007/08/7661/argentina_sets_a_new_course.html Argentina sets a new course] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023213711/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2007/08/7661/argentina_sets_a_new_course.html |date=2007-10-23 }}. Railway Gazette International August 2007. Despite the decline of the railway under privatisation, Argentina still maintains the 8th largest rail network in the world, with 36,966 km of track.{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/colombia/|title=CIA World Factbook - Argentina|website=cia.gov|access-date=2015-03-18}}

Following the break-up, however, several private and provincial railway companies had been created and resurrected some of the major passenger trains that FA once operated, albeit with far more limited services than under state administration. Trenes de Buenos Aires, Ferrocentral, Ferrobaires, and Tren Patagónico were some of the private companies that managed Argentina's long distance passenger rail network in this period.

More recently, the government has begun nationalising some of these private companies or simply not renewing their contracts, while at the same time, the state-owned Trenes Argentinos began re-opening services and improving on the once private services using completely new rolling stock, including services from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata and Buenos Aires-Rosario-Cordoba.{{cite web|url=http://wwwcronicaferroviaria.blogspot.com.ar/2015/03/randazzo-estamos-saldando-una-deuda-con.html|title=CRÓNICA FERROVIARIA: Randazzo: "Estamos saldando una deuda con las ciudades del interior del país"|first=Carlos Alberto|last=Salgado|date=10 March 2015|website=wwwcronicaferroviaria.blogspot.com.ar}}[http://enelsubte.com/noticias/exitosa-prueba-en-la-renovada-via-a-rosario/ Exitosa prueba en la renovada vía a Rosario] EnElSubte.com, March 2015 In many cases, the Argentine Government has completely replaced, or is in the process of replacing, the existing infrastructure with continuous welded rails on concrete sleepers.{{cite web|url=http://wwwcronicaferroviaria.blogspot.com.ar/2015/03/en-tren-de-buenos-aires-cordoba-36.html|title=CRÓNICA FERROVIARIA: En tren, de Buenos Aires a Córdoba a 36 kilómetros por hora|first=Carlos Alberto|last=Salgado|date=11 March 2015|website=wwwcronicaferroviaria.blogspot.com.ar}}[http://enelsubte.com/noticias/rescinden-contratos-a-privados-y-vuelve-ferrocarriles-argentinos/ Rescinden contratos a privados y vuelve Ferrocarriles Argentinos] EnElSubte.com, March 2015

The national government's official stance on rail transport is to re-open all lines that ceased operation following the privatisation in the 1990s.[http://mininterior.gov.ar/prensa/prensa.php?i=3504 Randazzo arribó en el tren 0km que unió por primera vez Buenos Aires con Rosario y confirmó que "el 1 de abril comenzará a prestar servicio regular"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150315040305/http://mininterior.gov.ar/prensa/prensa.php?i=3504 |date=2015-03-15 }} Ministerio del Interior y Transporte, March 2015 In April 2015, by overwhelming majority the Argentine Senate passed a law which re-created Ferrocarriles Argentinos as Nuevos Ferrocarriles Argentinos, effectively re-nationalising the country's railways, a move which saw support from all political parties on both sides of the political spectrum.[http://www.pagina12.com.ar/diario/economia/2-270658-2015-04-16.html Otro salto en la recuperación de soberanía] - Pagina/12, 16 April 2015[http://enelsubte.com/noticias/es-ley-la-creacion-de-ferrocarriles-argentinos/ Es ley la creación de Ferrocarriles Argentinos] - EnElSubte, 15 April 2015[http://prensa.argentina.ar/2015/04/15/57505-ferrocarriles-argentinos-randazzo-agradecio-a-la-oposicion-parlamentaria-por-acompanar-en-su-recuperacion.php Ferrocarriles Argentinos: Randazzo agradeció a la oposición parlamentaria por acompañar en su recuperación] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150416184115/http://prensa.argentina.ar/2015/04/15/57505-ferrocarriles-argentinos-randazzo-agradecio-a-la-oposicion-parlamentaria-por-acompanar-en-su-recuperacion.php |date=2015-04-16 }} - Sala de Prensa de la Republica Argentina, 15 April 2015

{{main|Buenos Aires–Rosario–Córdoba high-speed railway}}

A high-speed rail line between Buenos Aires, Rosario and Córdoba with speeds up to 320 km/h is in the design stages. Construction was supposed to begin by early 2009 for the first segment to Rosario.

In 2007 bids were called for a turnkey contract for a second high speed line, linking Buenos Aires and Mendoza.{{cite news |title=Mendoza bids |url=http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2007/08/7688/mendoza_bids.html |work=Railway Gazette International |date=2007-08-23 |access-date=2008-01-21 |archive-date=2008-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080317010642/http://www.railwaygazette.com/news_view/article/2007/08/7688/mendoza_bids.html |url-status=dead }}

In February 2008 national government announced another call for bid, this time for construction of a high speed train linking Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata; The Mar del Plata TAVe.{{cite news |title=Bullet train for Mar del plata |url=http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/02/08/elpais/p-01504.htm |date=2008-08-02 |access-date=2008-02-15 |archive-date=2008-02-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080211173735/http://www.clarin.com/diario/2008/02/08/elpais/p-01504.htm |url-status=dead }}IRJ, September 2007, p524 As of 2015, the project remains suspended.

File:Patio Parada Rosario 7.jpg freight trains in Rosario.]]

Over 25 million tonnes of freight were transported by rail in 2007.http://www.mecon.gov.ar/actividad_ied.xls{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} Currently, five carriers operate freight rail services in Argentina:

• Nuevo Central Argentino
• Ferroexpreso Pampeano
• Ferrosur Roca
• América Latina Logística
• Belgrano Cargas (Now owned by the Argentine Government under Ferrocarriles Argentinos (2015))

The government began refurbishing and investing heavily in the country's freight network from 2014, beginning with the re-nationalisation of the Belgrano Cargas freight operator.{{cite web|url=http://wwwcronicaferroviaria.blogspot.com/2014/05/recuperacion-del-belgrano-cargas-y.html|title=CRÓNICA FERROVIARIA: Recuperación del Belgrano Cargas y Logística S.A.|first=Carlos Alberto|last=Salgado|date=11 May 2014|website=wwwcronicaferroviaria.blogspot.com}} Further investment of US$2.5 billion has been agreed with China in an effort to improve freight capacity throughout Argentina and refurbish ageing track segments.[http://www.cronicadelnoa.com.ar/china-invertira-us-2-470-millones-en-el-ffcc-belgrano-cargas/ China invertirá u$s 2.470 millones en el FFCC Belgrano Cargas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402113230/http://www.cronicadelnoa.com.ar/china-invertira-us-2-470-millones-en-el-ffcc-belgrano-cargas/ |date=2015-04-02 }} Cronica del NOA Through this investment, the government ordered 1000 freight wagons from Argentine state-owned company Fabricaciones Militares, while the deal with China included the purchase of 100 locomotives and 3,500 carriages from the country.[http://www.fab-militares.gov.ar/fabricaciones-militares-construira-mas-de-1000-vagones-para-el-belgrano-cargas/ Fabricaciones Militares construirá más de 1000 vagones para el Belgrano Cargas] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150509151743/http://www.fab-militares.gov.ar/fabricaciones-militares-construira-mas-de-1000-vagones-para-el-belgrano-cargas/ |date=2015-05-09 }} - Fabricaciones Militares[http://web.archive.org/web/20240111163822/https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/201502/95096-belgrano-cargas-renovacion-financiamiento-chino.html Avanza la renovación del Belgrano Cargas con financiamiento chino] - Telam, 14 February 2015. This investment was doubled to US$4.8 billion in September 2015.[http://enelsubte.com/noticias/duplicaran-el-credito-chino-para-cargas-invertiran-mas-de-4800-millones-de-usd/ Duplicarán el crédito chino para cargas: invertirán más de 4800 millones de USD] - EnElSubte, 14 September 2015.

A map of the existing freight network in Argentina (as of 2014) can be found here [https://web.archive.org/web/20150402125555/http://www.bcyl.com.ar/archivos/paginas/182/Red%20Trenes%20Argentinos%20Cargas%20y%20Logistica%20Actualizado%20Sept.%20%282%29.jpg].

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A number of steam powered heritage railways (tourist trains) are in operation; the Old Patagonian Express (locally known as "La Trochita") in Patagonia, the Train of the End of the World (Southern Fuegian Railway) in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego and a short run Tren Histórico de Bariloche.

A diesel-electric Tren a las Nubes in the province of Salta runs from the city of Salta to San Antonio de los Cobres. The national government had closed the line after nationalising it in order to restore the tracks, however it returned to service in March, 2015 with refurbished rolling stock and rails under the operation of Trenes Argentinos.[http://turismo.perfil.com/42431-el-tren-mas-famoso-del-pais-vuelve-a-las-nubes/ "El tren más famoso del país vuelve a las nubes"], Perfil, 1 Apr 2015[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1781861-despues-de-ocho-meses-volvio-el-tren-a-las-nubes Después de ocho meses, volvió el Tren a las Nubes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123183021/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1781861-despues-de-ocho-meses-volvio-el-tren-a-las-nubes |date=2016-01-23 }} - La Nacion, 05 April 2015

The Tren de las Sierras, as well as linking together parts of the centre of the city of Córdoba, also functions as a tourist railway along the Sierras de Córdoba foothills.[http://www.lmcordoba.com.ar/nota/198292_se-reactivo-el-tren-de-las-sierras-desde-alta-cordoba "Se reactivó el Tren de las Sierras desde Alta Córdoba"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150717095311/http://www.lmcordoba.com.ar/nota/198292_se-reactivo-el-tren-de-las-sierras-desde-alta-cordoba |date=2015-07-17 }}, La Mañana, 17 Mar 2015[http://mininterior.gov.ar/prensa/prensa.php?i=3553 "Randazzo recibió el tren que vuelve a unir Alta Córdoba con Cosquín"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505121236/http://mininterior.gov.ar/prensa/prensa.php?i=3553 |date=2015-05-05 }}, Ministerio del Interior y Trasporte, 17 Mar, 2015

• {{Flag icon|Bolivia}} Bolivia - {{RailGauge|1000mm}} gauge both countries. Two rail connections between (Villazón, Bolivia - La Quiaca, Argentina) and (Yacuiba, Bolivia - Salvador Mazza, Argentina).
• {{Flag icon|Brazil}} Brazil - break of gauge, {{RailGauge|1435mm}} gauge in Argentina and {{RailGauge|1000mm}} gauge in Brazil. Bridge over Uruguay River linking Paso de los Libres (Argentina) and Uruguaiana (Brazil).
• {{Flag icon|Chile}} Chile - South Trans-Andean Railway link between Zapala, Argentina and Lonquimay, Chile. {{RailGauge|1676mm}} gauge in both countries.{{cite web|url=http://www.iadb.org/biz/ppt/092305tuliod.pdf|title=Initiative for Regional Infrastructure Integration in South America|website=iadb.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070628071653/http://www.iadb.org/biz/ppt/092305tuliod.pdf|archive-date=2007-06-28}}
• {{Flag icon|Chile}} Chile - Transandine Railway between Mendoza and Santa Rosa de Los Andes, now defunct, but under reconstruction.[http://www.seconstruye.com/webnoticia/asp/interior.asp?id=17067 En julio se licitará tren Los Andes - Mendoza] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310140626/http://www.seconstruye.com/webnoticia/asp/interior.asp?id=17067 |date=2007-03-10 }} Retrieved on 26 May 2008 (Spanish) This mountain railway of {{RailGauge|1000mm}} gauge with rack railway sections had a break of gauge {{RailGauge|5ft6in}}/{{RailGauge|1000mm}} at either end.
• {{Flag icon|Chile}} Chile - Salta–Antofagasta railway, single {{RailGauge|1000mm}} gauge linking Salta to Antofagasta. The Tren a las Nubes is a tourist service running for 217 km on the Argentine side.
• {{Flag icon|Paraguay}} Paraguay - Posadas-Encarnación {{RailGauge|1435mm}} gauge both countries, service began in 2014.
• {{Flag icon|Uruguay}} Uruguay - Tren de los Pueblos Libres {{RailGauge|1435mm}} in both countries, a short-lived service made to re-open the once closed link. It ceased operation after all concessions to the private company TBA were revoked following the Once Tragedy.

A modern railway connection in order to replace the now-defunct Transandine Railway between Argentina and Chile has been proposed and is currently in the planning stages with support from an international consortium of companies. The rail link will carry both passengers and freight through the Andes, linking the cities of Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile. The link would also service Argentina's vast oil fields.[http://radio.uchile.cl/2014/05/21/corredor-bioceanico-aconcagua-un-proyecto-que-unira-los-puertos-del-atlantico-y-el-pacifico Corredor Bioceánico: proyecto que unirá puertos del Atlántico y Pacífico] DiarioUChile, May 2014[http://www.mdzol.com/nota/532999-tren-trasandino-las-vias-que-quieren-despertar/ Tren Trasandino: Las vías que quieren despertar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201202117/http://www.mdzol.com/nota/532999-tren-trasandino-las-vias-que-quieren-despertar |date=2018-02-01 }} MDZ Online, May 2014

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File:EZE LV-FNL 2.jpg A330 at Ezeiza.]]

Though traditionally more expensive when compared with the other means of transportation, air travel is becoming increasingly common due to more competitive prices. Every provincial capital has its own airport, and there are many others, particularly in tourist areas such as Bariloche and El Calafate (see list of airports in Argentina). Most companies have several daily flights to the most popular destinations, and daily or less frequent flights to other destinations. Since 2003, the Ministry of The Interior and Transport has overseen numerous construction works throughout the country's airports, ranging from the building of new terminals to extending the lengths of runways and improving radar systems.[http://obras.orsna.gov.ar/obra/ Obras Realizadas desde el 2003 hasta la actualidad] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402115427/http://obras.orsna.gov.ar/obra/ |date=2015-04-02 }} ORSNA

The national flag carrier is Aerolíneas Argentinas, which was re-nationalised from Iberia in 2008 with the government citing mismanagement under the Spanish firm.[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7789371.stm Argentina renationalises airline], December 2008 Under government ownership, the airline has renewed much of its fleet and tripled its size, with passenger numbers increasing significantly.{{Cite web |url=http://ww1.aerolineas.com.ar/arg/files/popupsPDF/informe.pdf |title=Informe Aerolíneas Argentinas |access-date=2015-03-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140807134416/http://ww1.aerolineas.com.ar/arg/files/popupsPDF/informe.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-07 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1775029-en-vivo-cristina-kirchner-presenta-junto-a-recalde-un-nuevo-avion-de-aerolineas Cristina Kirchner presentó un nuevo avión de Aerolíneas junto a Scioli, Randazzo y Recalde] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150313222851/http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1775029-en-vivo-cristina-kirchner-presenta-junto-a-recalde-un-nuevo-avion-de-aerolineas |date=2015-03-13 }} La Nacion, March 2015 Along with other international carriers, the airline handles most of its international flights from Ministro Pistarini International Airport.

Even though Buenos Aires is the most important flight hub, for both economical and geographical reasons, there are flights between important cities, such as Córdoba, Rosario and Mendoza.

Argentina had a total of 1,138 airports (including airstrips) in the country in 2013, the 6th highest in the world.

File:Francisco Dársena Norte - 01.jpg one (seen here next to the Buenos Aires Yacht Club) serve as passenger and car transport from Buenos Aires to locations in Uruguay.]]

Fluvial transport is not often used for people, with the exception of those who cross the Río de la Plata from Buenos Aires to Colonia del Sacramento and Montevideo, both in Uruguay. Other services are exclusively used as river crossing, such as those in Tigre.

River traffic is mostly made up of cargo, especially on the Paraná River, which is navigable by very large ships (Panamax kind) downstream from the Greater Rosario area. This area produces and/or ships most of the agricultural exports of Argentina.

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; Roadways[https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/argentina/ The World Factbook]

• Total: 281,290 km (2017)

: country comparison to the world: 21

• Paved: 117,616 km (including 1,575 km of expressways)
• Unpaved: 163,674 km

; Railways

• 36,917 km (2014)

: country comparison to the world: 6

• Passengers annually: 2 billion
• Freight: 26 million metric tons (2008){{cite web|url=http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/14/esp_12_08.pdf|title=INDEC: servicios publicos|website=mecon.ar|access-date=2009-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226102929/http://www.indec.mecon.ar/nuevaweb/cuadros/14/esp_12_08.pdf|archive-date=2009-02-26|url-status=dead}}

; Waterways

• 11,000 km navigable (2012)

: country comparison to the world: 11

• Freight: 28 million metric tonsEncyclopædia Britannica Book of the Year: World Data, Transport. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. 2005.

; Pipelines

• Crude oil: 6,248 km
• Petroleum products: 3,631 km
• Natural gas: 29,930 km (2013)

; Ports and harbors

; Airports

• Total (including airstrips): 1,138 (2013)

: country comparison to the world: 6

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File:Galerías PacíficoP1010099.jpg|Various Taxis in Buenos Aires.

File:2018-10-19 Plaza Miserere Station, Buenos Aires, Argentina (Martin Rulsch) 26.jpg|Passengers on the Buenos Aires Underground

File:Buenos Aires - Colectivos 12 y 68 - 120227 144321.jpg|Colectivos

File:Tren a las nubes crossing bridge.jpg|Tren a las Nubes tourist train

File:Tranvía 652 de la Asociación Amigos del Tranvía.jpg|A Tram in Buenos Aires

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