Exploitation and Expansion
The following branch lines were opened: Carlos Beguerie to Azul (169 km) and La Plata to Avellaneda (50.9 km) on 20 January 1927, Pedro Gamen to Pehuajo (20 km) on 10 May 1930, Ariel to Olavarria (56 km) on 6 October 1930, Tcnl Miñana to Sierra Chica (6.5 km). Later in the 1950s branches were opened between Olavarria and Loma Negra (17 km) and between Tcnl Miñana and Azul (30 km), making a total rail network of 902 km.
On 31 December 1951 the company was transferred to state ownership as an independent entity under the control of the Empresa Nacional de Transportes (ENT) and in 1953 was absorbed by Ferrocarril General Manuel Belgrano (FCGMB), one of the six state-owned companies formed after the nationalisation of the entire railway network in 1948.
On 1 January 1954 the Ferrocarril Nacional Provincia de Buenos Aires (FNPBA) was formed by integrating the FCPBA, the CGBA and the Buenos Aires Midland Railway and was incorporated into the FCGMB on 7 October 1957.
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