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PASSENGER TRAINS:

Timetable valid at January 31, 2000 (TUFESA) and August 30, 2001 (TBA)

PLEASE NOTE THIS: Train "El Tucumano" have been
suspended from March 12, 2000.

TBA
# 279
"El Rosarino"

P / CT
TUFESA
"El Tucumano"

DA / RA / PA
P / CT
Km.
from
Retiro
Station
TUFESA
"El Tucumano"

DA / RA / PA
P / CT
TBA
# 278
"El Porteño"

P / CT
18:37
(Fridays)
16:00
(Mondays & Fridays)
0,0
RETIRO Mitre
(Buenos Aires)
11:00
(Fridays & Mondays)
12:42
(Mondays)
20:18
17:54
92,4
ZÁRATE
09:09
10:49
20:36
--
108,8
LIMA
--
10:31
21:15
--
148,1
BARADERO
--
09:53
21:37
--
170,7
SAN PEDRO
--
09:20
22:16
--
214,5
RAMALLO
--
08:20
22:40
--
238,0
SAN NICOLÁS "R"
--
07:44
23:14
--
272,1
ARROYO SECO
--
06:56
23:32
--
293,3
Apeadero J.C. GROENEWOLD
--
06:38
00:15
(Saturdays)
21:34
(Mondays & Fridays)
314,7
ROSARIO NORTE
04:22
(Fridays & Mondays)
05:57
(Mondays)
00:33
(Tuesdays & Saturdays)
432,6
GÁLVEZ
01:38
(Fridays & Mondays)
02:27
523,2
RAFAELA
23:46
03:09
557,8
SUNCHALES
23:02
05:46
683,8
CERES
20:27
08:20
790,8
PINTO
17:56
09:58
858,4
COLONIA DORA
16:14
10:20
875,9
HERRERA
15:53
12:37
979,9
FERNÁNDEZ
13:36
13:32
1.019,9
LA BANDA
12:32
16:42
1.140,7
RANCHILLOS
09:30
17:44
(Tuesdays & Saturdays)
1.169,2
SAN MIGUEL
DE TUCUMÁN
08:30
(Thursdays & Sundays)

Important:Timetables and Fares are subject to alteration without previous notice; A.R.A.R. assumes no responsibility before changes carried out by the passenger services concessionaires.

Available Services:                DA: Air conditioned sleeper.
                                                  RA: Air conditioned restaurant.
                                                  PA: Air conditioned First Class.
                                                  B: Refreshment service by handy trolley.
                                                  P: First Class.
                                                  CT: Tourist Class (Second Class).

Fares from Rosario Norte: Today exchange: $ 1 = U$S 1

TRENES DE BUENOS AIRES (TBA)

Station
PA
P
CT
Ap. J.C.Groenewold / Arroyo Seco
$ 4
$ 2
$ 1
San Nicolás "R" / Ramallo
$ 6
$ 5
$ 4
San Pedro / Baradero
$ 8
$ 7
$ 6
Lima
$ 11
$ 10
$ 8
Zárate
$ 13
$ 12
$ 10
Retiro (Buenos Aires)
$ 15
$ 13
$ 11

TBA have been introduced promotional return fares among
Retiro and Rosario Norte:  $ 25 (PA) / $ 23 (P) / $ 20 (CT) -consult-
 

TUCUMÁN FERROCARRILES S.A. (TUFESA)
PLEASE NOTE THIS: Train "El Tucumano" have been
suspended from March 12, 2000.

Station
DA
PA
P
CT
Retiro (Buenos Aires)
--
$ 15
$ 12
$ 8
Gálvez
$ 20
$ 10
$ 8
$ 4
Rafaela
$ 22
$ 12
$ 10
$ 6
Sunchales
$ 25
$ 15
$ 11
$ 7
Ceres
$ 26
$ 16
$ 12
$ 8
Pinto
$ 30
$ 20
$ 14
$ 9
Colonia Dora
$ 33
$ 23
$ 16
$ 11
Herrera
$ 35
$ 25
$ 17
$ 12
Fernández
$ 36
$ 26
$ 19
$ 14
La Banda
$ 37
$ 27
$ 20
$ 15
Ranchillos
$ 40
$ 30
$ 25
$ 17
San Miguel de Tucumán
$ 40
$ 30
$ 25
$ 17

Information:

TRENES DE BUENOS AIRES (TBA)
0341-437-5329 (Booking office Rosario Norte station)
MON-FRI: 05:00-09:00 / 18:00-24:00 Hr. & SAT: toward 06:00 Hr.

TUCUMÁN FERROCARRILES S.A. (TUFESA)
0341-435-3538 (Booking office Rosario Norte station)
MON-SAT: 08:00-12:00 / 16:30-20:30 Hr. & SUN: 17:00-21:00 Hr.









TROLLEYBUSES:
Route "K" have a round trip of 24,5 kilometers among its Eastern (Universitary Campus, Riobamba and Berutti St.) and Western head (Mendoza Avenue corner Sánchez de Loria St.).

Fare is of "plain" type, amounting $ 0,65 (U$S 0,65) for each trip and like all the passenger urban transportation (buses) in Rosario, tickets were obliterated through the use of magnetic cards (for 2, 5 or 10 trips) issued and managed by Rosario´s Municipal Bank, that could be acquired in the commerces, specific selling points or through automatic vending machines.

Route "K" is managed and operated by "ECOBÚS S.A.", an private concessionaire through a twenty vehicles fleet:
 

Quantity & numbering
 20 units (# 1 to # 20)
Building / in service (Year)
 1987 / 1994
Underframe and mechanics
 VOLVO (Brazil)
Bodyshell
 MARCOPOLO / "Torino" Model
Electric Equipment
 POWERTRONICS / AVIBRAS
Length / Wide / High
 12 / 2,54 / 3,48 meters (with lowered poles)
Passenger seats / Total
 39 / 110
Electric driving system
 Electronic "Chopper" at fixed frequency
Traction Motor / Power
 Villares / 110 kW
Maximum speed
 60 Km/h.
Maximum acceleration
 1,3 m/s2
Brakes / Driving / Cushioning Systems
 Electric & pneumatic / Hydraulic / Pneumatic

Contact line is of the "Kummler & Matter" elastic type with 85-100 mm2 wires and operates at 600 VDC.  Electric power is provided by these Rectifier Substations:
 

Rectifier Substation
Power [kW]
# 2 "Plaza Sarmiento"
2 x 400
# 6 "Bolivia"
2 x 200
# 8 "Río de Janeiro"
1 x 400
# 9 "Universitary Campus"
1 x 400

Service Parameters:
 

Operation Time
24 hours a day,
all year round
Maximum round time (peak hours)
85 min. @
Minimum round time (night service)
70 min. @
Units in service -maximum- (peak hours -from March to November-)
18 units @
Units in service -maximum- (peak hours -from December to February-)
16 units @
Units in service -minimum- (night service)
2-3 units
Annual coach-kilometers
1,2 x 106 @ 
Annual passengers
5 x 106 @

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