The president of Ferrocarriles Argentinos Sociedad del Estado (FASE), Damián Contreras, proposed this Thursday a bill for the “historic repair” of the sector that allows “guaranteeing the necessary investments”, with the precaution that “those objectives are not interrupted due to the political situation.
Contreras spoke in this way during the opening speech of Latin Rieles, the congress and exhibition held on the grounds of the National Center for Railway Training (Cenacaf), where he called for “promoting the national federalization of the railway.”
He added that this “historic repair” must be “a state policy that helps generate investment planning in infrastructure, signaling, rolling stock to recover and modernize the network,” it said in a statement.
Contreras summoned “the entire railway system to generate a law proposal” and said that this future rule “will guarantee the necessary investments for the sector in terms of cargo and passengers and ensure medium- and long-term planning, without these objectives are interrupted by the political situation
“It is our wish that the railway policy really becomes a State policy and that it integrates all the sectors of the system”, affirmed the president of FASE. And he explained that the initiative proposes that it be the National Congress “who assures us the continuity of these works, regardless of the officials who pass through the railway system.”
Contreras summoned “the entire railway system to generate a law proposal” and said that this future rule “will guarantee the necessary investments for the sector in terms of cargo and passengers and ensure medium- and long-term planning, without these objectives are interrupted by the political situation and find the basic consensus with all the actors”.
The president of FASE raised the initiative during the opening speech of Latin Rieles, the congress and exhibition held on the grounds of the National Center for Railway Training (Cenacaf), where he called for “promoting the national federalization of the railway”
The head of the railway holding also listed the actions that the state firm has been carrying out through the technical tables to address different solutions for the system.
Also participating in the congress panel were the Secretary of Transportation, Diego Giuliano; the Undersecretary of Rail Transport, Agustín Special; the Vice President of Argentine Trains Operations, Darío Golía; the Vice President of Trenes Argentinos Infraestructura, Rodrigo Álvarez; the head of Trenes Argentinos Cargas, Daniel Vispo, and the general secretary of ALAF (Latin American Railway Association), José Villafañe.
