The Belgrano adds 500 kilometers and carries the double in 2015

The Belgrano Cargas train, which joins the NOA provinces with the ports of Gran Rosario, has already completed its first 500 kilometers of track after a year and a half of work. The train has reduced its 10-day journey times from Salta and Rosario and carries twice as many tons as in 2015.

The 1,180-kilometer Joaquín V. González, in Salta, and Timbúes, in the Gran Rosario, today it was completed in 8 days while in 2015 it took 18. In addition, the tons transported per year in this section increased from 411,324 to 883,176. With completely renovated roads and improvements in port access planned for 2020, travel days are expected to be reduced to 2 and tonnes transported will be 1,600,000.

L & # 39; completion of these [500 000 premiers kilomètres] in the provinces of Chaco, Santiago de Estero and Santa Fe were announced in the city of Charata, Chaco, by the president of the nation, Mauricio Macri, the Minister of Transport, Guillermo Dietrich, the holder of Plan Belgrano, Carlos Vignolo, and the governor of Chaco, Oscar Peppo. Also present were the head of the Charata community, María Luisa Chomiak, and the presidents of the Argentine Rail Infrastructure, Guillermo Fiad, and Argentina Cargo Trains, Ezequiel Lemos

Future Jobs

last time, for the volume -500 kilometers- and the time of execution -1 year and a half of works. Improvements include leveling the track, new rails placed on concrete sleepers, with new fixings and new ballast stones.

In addition, the construction of 386 kilometers continues, 220 have been allocated and 80 others are being submitted adding to the provinces of Salta and Tucumán. These first 500 kilometers are part of the complete renovation of the Belgrano Cargas, 1,700 kilometers of roads plus improvements in access to the ports of Rosario and a new bypbad of the city of Santa Fe, plus the purchase of 156 locomotives and 3500 new cars, with an investment of more than $ 2900 million.

The reactivation of the Belgrano Cargas is part of a total investment of $ 8800 million in the rail system loads throughout the country under the tutelage of the Ministry of Transport, to renovate a total of 9850 kilometers of roads , generating 70,000 direct jobs.

Regional Opportunities

"These first 500 kilometers are proof of the historic turnaround we have made of our freight trains, so that provincial products arrive at the port, and from there to the world, with less freight charges. transport and in less time, "said Guillermo Dietrich, Minister of Transport of In this regard, he added: " The renewal of the railway brings growth opportunities to the regions and generates thousands of dollars. " jobs and is a fundamental contribution to development that aims to promote the Belgrano Plan of all the localities of the region, the north which develops hand in hand with the train. "

For his part, Carlos Vignolo, Owner of Plan Belgrano, said: "We are living a historic event with the recovery of Belgrano Cargas.Every kilometer we finish brings us closer to the goal of reactivating the railroad. This is one of the major investments we face with the Ministry of Transport and the Argentine trains because we want the train to be an option for northern producers' logistics, by improving their costs and by reducing their costs. improving their work. We will continue to meet this challenge that the President has identified as a priority. "