Sarratea is a former railway station located in the north of the city of Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina."Tren a Retiro: Rosario Norte suena como estación principal", El Ciudadano, 21 Nov 2013 Private company Nuevo Central Argentino operates the line for freight services, although the station is no longer active.
History The station was opened about 1890 by the Buenos Aires and Rosario Railway, a company that would be absorbed by the Central Argentine Railway in 1908. The railway ran north from the Patio Parada node and proceeded towards the city of Santa Fe, capital of the province."Estación Sarratea" on Rosario y su Zona, 22 Aug 2012 The station was named after Manuel de Sarratea, an Argentine diplomat, politician and soldier who took part of the May Revolution and was Governor of Buenos Aires Province (1820).
After the entire Argentine railway network was nationalised in 1948, the station become part of the General Bartolomé Mitre Railway division of recently created Ferrocarriles Argentinos. In 1977 Sarratea station was closed,"El tiempo pasa... el tren no (un poco de historia del ferrocarril en la ciudad de Rosario)", 16 Oct 2008 as almost all passenger services were eliminated."Historia Ferroviaria de Rosario", Asociación Rosarina Amigos del Riel, 4 Feb 2009 (Archive) Like other stations of the former Ferrocarril Mitre, it is now maintained by freight rail company Nuevo Central Argentino (NCA).
Operators Company Period BA & Rosario 1890–1908 Central Argentine 1908–1948 Ferrocarriles Argentinos 1948–1977
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