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Central Station (in Spanish: Estación Central) was a railway station of Buenos Aires, terminus of all the railway lines existing by then and owned by Buenos Aires and Ensenada Port Railway. The station, located on the corner of Paseo de Julio Avenue (currently Leandro N. Alem) and Piedad street (today Bartolomé Mitre), operated from 1872 to 1897. The building was a wood structure (built in Great Britain), that had a mansard roof and a little tower with a clock and a dome on the top. ==History== By August 1872 all the railway companies operating in Argentina signed an agreement for a common use of Central Station, which was owned by BA&E railway by then. The station had a platform over the main track and other two. Its structure also included two coffeehouses and two ladies rooms. Trains arrived from the South through a viaduct made of iron, that extended from Casa Amarilla station to Victoria (current Hipólito Yrigoyen) street. The route of the viaduct would be later used to built the Paseo Colón Avenue. The building, built in wood, was brought from Great Britain by entrepreneur William Wheelwright, although it had been originally built to be used in India (then a British colony). The use of the station was shared by five railway companies, BA & Ensenada, BA Western, BA & Pacific, BA & Rosario, BA & Northern and Central Argentine.〔("Cuando los trenes llegaban al Bajo" by Eduardo Parise ), ''Clarín'', 6 Jul 2015〕 To facilitate access to Central Station, the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway built a small joint branch from Barracas station (current Hipólito Yrigoyen) to Tres Esquinas station (owned by BA&E). When Central Station was opened, tracks run alongside Río de la Plata. the Aduana Taylor was placed at the South. When the Port of Buenos Aires was inaugurated in 1987, BA&E's tracks blocked the lands and access to the port, therefore many people opposed to railway transit across the city of Buenos Aires. The station served as terminus not only for BA & Ensenada but for other railways such as BA Western, BA & Rosario and BA & Northern. On February 14, 1897, the station was completely destroyed by fire. Next day, the company built some wood shacks to sell tickets as a replacement of the destroyed station, but they were removed by the Government of the city. Railway companies existing by then (BA & Rosario, Central Argentine and BA & Pacific) had to leave the place, moving to Retiro station, where they have remained until present days.〔''Historia del Ferrocarril al Norte del Gran Buenos Aires: Ferrocarriles Mitre y Belgrano'' by Ariel Bernasconi - Editorial Dunken, Buenos Aires (2012) - ISBN 978-9870257691〕 As a result, BA&E established Venezuela station as terminus, although shortly after it was moved to Casa Amarilla. On March 19 the National Government ordered to remove all tracks from Casa Amarilla to Retiro, also forbidding Central Station was reconstructed. Finally, on July 1, the line was closed. During the 1890s the National Government considered to move the Central Station to Puerto Madero although it was never carried out. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Central Station (Buenos Aires)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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