Unidad de Gestión Operativa Mitre-Sarmiento (UGOMS) was a temporary consortium of Argentine companies formed on 24 May 2012 by Ferrovías and Metrovías to take over the running of the Sarmiento and Mitre commuter rail lines, after concessions granted to Trenes de Buenos Aires (TBA) in 1995 for the operation of these services were revoked.[1][2][3]
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 A Mitre Line train while the service was operated by UGOMS | |
| Industry | Public transport |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Trenes de Buenos Aires |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Founder | Government of Argentina |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Fate | Dissolved |
| Successor | Corredores Ferroviarios SOFSE |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | Buenos Aires Province |
| Services | Railway maintenance |
| Parent | Ferrovías Metrovías |
| Divisions | Mitre Line Sarmiento Line |
| Website | Ugoms.com.ar (archive) |
History
editTrenes de Buenos Aires, a company formed in 1995 to take over rail concessions granted by the Argentine government, as part of railway privatisation during the presidency of Carlos Menem, operated commuter rail services over Sarmiento and Mitre lines in Buenos Aires which had previously been run by state-owned companies since nationalisation of the railways in 1948. In spite of the large state subsidies received by the company a serious decline in the standard of its services, and fatal accidents (especially, the 2012 Buenos Aires rail disaster), led to the concession for both lines being revoked in 2012 through Decree N° 793/12,[4] and to these services being taken over by the newly formed UGOMS.
In September 2013, Minister of Transport of Argentina, Florencio Randazzo, announced that Mitre and Sarmiento lines would be temporarily taken over by state organism SOFSE.[5][6] SOFSE operated both lines until 12 February 2014, when they were given under concession to Corredores Ferroviarios. As a result, UGOMS and Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia were dissolved.[7][8][9] However both lines are now again operated by SOFSE following the renationalisation of the railways in Argentina.
References
edit- ^ El Gobierno le quitó a TBA la concesión de los trenes Sarmiento y Mitre Infobae
- ^ Gobierno de Cristina K retira concesión a empresa de tren accidentado en estación Once La Tercera
- ^ Argentina revokes crash train operator's concession BBC News 24 May 2012
- ^ Decreto 793/2012: "Rescisión del contrato de concesión para la explotación de los servicios ferroviarios de pasajeros suscrito con la empresa Trenes de Buenos Aires S.A."[permanent dead link], INFOJUS
- ^ El gobierno nacional estatizó los ferrocarriles Sarmiento y Mitre Infobae
- ^ Buenos Aires suburban lines to be nationalised International Railway Journal October 2013 page 10
- ^ Trenes: le dan a Roggio el Mitre y el San Martín y a Emepa, el Roca y el Belgrano Sur La Nación 12 February 2014
- ^ Las privadas volverán a operar la mayoría de las líneas ferroviarias Clarín 12 February 2014
- ^ El Gobierno estableció un nuevo régimen de operaciones de las líneas ferroviarias Télam 12 February 2014
External links
edit- Official website (archived, 13 Dec 2013)