Other Passenger Services
On 20 May 1992 the government announced that all inter-city passenger services, other than Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata, would be discontinued on 1 January 1993, unless provincial authorities either agreed to assume responsibility for them or selected a private concessionaire to operate them on their behalf. The services that survived in this way, together with several that were discontinued and later resuscitated, are listed in Table 3.
| Concessionaire | FA Division(s) | Gauge | Length, km | Takeover Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Servicios Ferroviarios del Chaco | Belgrano | metre | ? | ? |
| Ferrobaires | Roca | broad | ? | 2001 |
| Ferrocentral | Mitre | broad | ? | 2005 |
| Ferrocarriles Mediterráneos | Mitre | broad | ? | 1992 |
| Servicios Ferroviarios Patagónico | Roca | broad | 826 | ? |
| Trenes Especiales Argentinos | Urquiza | standard | ? | ? |
| Tren de la Costa | Mitre | standard | 15.5 | April 1995 |
| Austral Fuegino | ? | 0.5m | ? | ? |
| Viejo Expreso Patagónico | Roca | 0.75m | ? | ? |
| Ferrocarril Córdoba Central | Belgrano | metre | ? | 14 January 1995 |
| Trenes y Turismo | Belgrano | metre | ? | ? |
| Tucumán Ferrocarriles | Mitre | broad | ? | October 1997 |
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