Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway

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Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway
Constitución station (terminus) in 1885
Overview
Other name(s)	Ferrocarril del Sud
Status	Company defunct; some rail lines active
Owner	Government of Argentina
Locale	Buenos Aires La Pampa Rio Negro Neuquén
Termini	Buenos Aires C. de Patagones Zapala
History
Opened	1862 (1862)
Closed	1948; 77 years ago (1948)
Technical
Track gauge	1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in)

The Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGS) (Spanish: Ferrocarril del Sud) was one of the Big Four broad gauge, 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), British-owned companies that built and operated railway networks in Argentina.^[1] The company was founded by Edward Lumb in 1862 and the first general manager was Edward Banfield after whom the Buenos Aires suburban station of Banfield was named, when it opened in 1873. After president Juan Perón nationalised the Argentine railway network in 1948 it became part of the state-owned company Ferrocarril General Roca.