Tag: Trains of Buenos Aires

• Friday, June 14th 2013 - 03:29 UTC

  Argentina train crash kills 3, injures 315 and sparks controversy over the rail system

  

  At least three people were killed and 315 others injured when two trains collided Thursday morning outside Argentina's capital, officials said. The causes of the accident are yet to be determined and have already triggered controversy giving the poor conditions of the Argentine railway system.

• Wednesday, June 5th 2013 - 22:11 UTC

  Argentina seizes Brazilian cargo railway concession arguing non compliance with contract conditions

  

  Argentina expropriated a cargo railway concession from Brazil’s All America Latina Logistica, ALL, and a tourist train concession, citing non-compliance with contractual agreements. ALL operated the railways between Mendoza province and the Rosario port as well as the railway between Misiones province and the Buenos Aires port since 1999.

• Saturday, February 23rd 2013 - 06:45 UTC

  Massive and emotive ceremony to remember victims of Buenos Aires worst train accident

  

  On the first anniversary of Buenos Aires city worst train accident that left 51 people dead at the downtown Once station, families and friends of the victims held a ceremony to remember those who lost their lives and called for justice as they targeted Government officials from the administration of President Cristina Fernandez.

• Friday, February 22nd 2013 - 04:59 UTC

  March and blackout to remember victims of Buenos Aires worst train station accident

  

  Relatives of the victims of Buenos Aires busiest railway station tragedy confirmed a demonstration at Plaza de Mayo for Friday to mark the first anniversary of the accident, February 22, 2012, and in which 51 people perished and over 700 were injured.

• Thursday, February 14th 2013 - 20:30 UTC

  Witnesses of Argentina’ major train accident fear for their lives

  

  Argentina’s Security Secretary Sergio Berni admitted that the sudden murder of Leonardo Andrada, a key witness in last year’s major rail tragedy investigation, was “suspicious.”

• Friday, May 25th 2012 - 06:51 UTC

  Argentina revokes commuter railway concession involved in crash that killed 51m and injured 700

  

  Argentina's government on Thursday revoked the commuter railway concession for a company whose train crashed in February, killing 51 people and injuring 703.