| Córdoba & Rosario Railway | |
|---|---|
 Rosario (Central Córdoba), terminus. | |
| Overview | |
| Native name | Ferrocarril Córdoba y Rosario |
| Status | Defunct company (merged toCórdoba Central Railway in 1913) |
| Locale | Córdoba &Santa Fe |
| Termini | |
| Service | |
| Type | Inter-city |
| History | |
| Opened | 1890 |
| Closed | 1913; 112 years ago (1913) |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 290 km (180 mi) |
TheCórdoba & Rosario Railway (C&R) (in Spanish:Ferrocarril Córdoba y Rosario) was a British-owned railway company, founded in 1889, that operated a1,000 mm (3 ft 3+3⁄8 in)metre gauge railway network inSanta Fe Province,Argentina. The company was sold to theCórdoba Central Railway (CC) in 1912.
The C&R was founded in 1889 to acquire a concession, granted to William Temple in 1886 by the province of Santa Fe, for the construction of a line, 222 km long, from the river port ofRosario toSan Francisco which would provide a link with the CC which had completed the building of a line fromCórdoba to San Francisco the previous year.
The section from San Francisco toRafaela, later to be known as the "Rafaela Steam Tramway", was finished in 1890 and a year later the Rosario to Frontera line was completed. It was now possible to operate through trains from Rosario north toTucumán via San Francisco and Córdoba in conjunction with the Córdoba Central. Once the CC had completed the construction of a line fromBuenos Aires toRosario in 1912 through trains could reach Tucumán from the capital for the first time.
Close collaboration between the two companies led finally to the purchase of the Córdoba & Rosario by the CC in 1913.
Finally the Córdoba Central would be added toFerrocarril Belgrano network after all the Argentine railways werenationalised in 1948.
