From Trenes Argentinos, they announced that the line of the miter train It will not arrive until the Retiro station, from this Friday and throughout the weekend, including Monday, August 15, which will be a holiday.
The company reported that the transport service it will be limited, due to the fact that works are being carried out on the access roads to the terminal; Consequently, the services of the miter train They will be provided between José León Suárez and Tres de Febrero and between Tigre and Lisandro de la Torre.
However, as of Tuesday, August 16, the miter train will work normallythat is to say, that the formations will arrive at the Retiro station, from that day and for the whole week.
According to Trenes Argentinos, the work on the access roads to the terminal: “will be carried out over the weekend with the aim of affecting as few people as possible.”
Likewise, the transport company reported: “the tasks that are being carried out on said train consist of the dismantling of the components of the track infrastructure and the adaptation of the surface where the renewed laying will later be located.”
And that “in addition, the drainage will be improved, ballast stone will be placed and the welding and alignment of rails will be carried out and new sleepers and electrical power systems will be installed.”
With these reforms, service provision, safety and frequency will be improved; this, as part of the modernization plan that is being carried out throughout the railway transport.
The Retiro station has not been renovated in more than 100 years
The transport company notified: “The works are part of the total renovation of the entrance grill to the Retiro station, which dates back more than 100 years, without ever having been totally intervened”.
Therefore, “a total of 85,000 square meters will be intervened. In detail, 8 kilometers of track with concrete sleepers and 2.5 kilometers of slab track will be renewed. In addition, 11 new “dynamic bumpers and 15 kilometers of new cables” will be incorporated.