Belgrano Cargas line has renewed 800 km of tracks in Argentina

The Belgrano Cargas line, which connects northwest Argentina with the Gran Rosario export ports in Santa Fé, has renewed more than 800 kilometers of tracks in four provinces of the country.

With the renovation of 812 kilometers of tracks, out of a total of 1,800 kilometers planned, the railway is already able to carry three times the volume of 2015 in half the time.

The project also includes the renewal of new routes to the Gran Rosario export terminals. “Rail reactivation reduces logistics costs, generating jobs and growth. Every wagon that travels at full capacity, every kilometer of renewed rail brings us closer to an ever better train to transport Argentine production. Reactivating our trains during abandoned years leads to growth in cities and more jobs,” says Argentine Transport Minister Guillermo Dietrich.

The total investment in road renovation, carried out by Tranes Argentinos Infraestrutura, an agency of the Transandino Transport Ministry, is around US$3m. The line runs through the provinces of Salta, Santiago del Estero, Chaco, and Santa Fé.

In August, Belgrano transported 234,143 tons of cereals, three times what was transported in the same month of 2015 (66,330 tons, + 253%). It was also the best August of the last 28 years. The railway carried 100 loaded wagons, traveling over 60 locations in northwestern Argentina, an event unprecedented in history.

By 2020, the projection is to increase the cargo carried by train to the ports of Gran Rosario by 142%, to be exported from 700,000 to 1.7m tons.

Source: Portal Portuário

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