East Argentine Railway
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The East Argentine Railway (EA) (in Spanish: Ferrocarril Este Argentino) was a British-owned railway company, founded in 1871, that operated a railway network in the Entre Ríos
and Corrientes
provinces of Argentina
. Financial problems forced the sale of the company to the British-owned Argentine North Eastern Railway
(ANE) in 1907.
The company was founded in August 1871 to take over a concession, originally granted to P.Montravel in October 1864 for the construction of a line, 293 km long, from Concordia
in the province of Entre Ríos to Mercedes
in the province of Corrientes. Standard gauge was chosen because of its use in the neighboring country of Uruguay
and other railways in that part of Argentina later followed this example.
Starting from Concordia, Federación
was reached in 1874, Monte Caseros the next year and then Ceibo on the River Uruguay, which was later developed as a port. Financial problems ensued, further construction of the line was stopped, and in 1886 the Argentine government granted a new concession to John and Matthew Clark to complete the line from Monte Caseros to Mercedes and on to Corrientes
. The Clark brothers later transferred their concession to the ANE for the construction to be completed and in 1907 the company bought the EA.
Entre Ríos Province
Entre Ríos is a northeastern province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires , Corrientes and Santa Fe , and Uruguay in the east....
and Corrientes
Corrientes Province
Corrientes is a province in northeast Argentina, in the Mesopotamia region. It is surrounded by : Paraguay, the province of Misiones, Brazil, Uruguay, and the provinces of Entre Rios, Santa Fe and Chaco.-History:...
provinces of Argentina
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. Financial problems forced the sale of the company to the British-owned Argentine North Eastern Railway
Argentine North Eastern Railway
The Argentine North Eastern Railway was a British-owned railway company, founded in 1887, that operated a railway network in the provinces of Entre Ríos, Corrientes and Misiones in Argentina...
(ANE) in 1907.
The company was founded in August 1871 to take over a concession, originally granted to P.Montravel in October 1864 for the construction of a line, 293 km long, from Concordia
Concordia, Entre Ríos
San Antonio de Padua de la Concordia is a city in the north-east of the province of Entre Ríos in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It has about 142,000 inhabitants as of the , and is the head town of the department of the same name.Concordia lies on the right-hand shore of the Uruguay River, opposite...
in the province of Entre Ríos to Mercedes
Mercedes, Corrientes
Mercedes is a city in the center of the . It is a first-class municipality with a population of about 35,000 inhabitants , and the head town of the department of the same name, which also includes the towns of Felipe Yofre and Mariano I. Loza...
in the province of Corrientes. Standard gauge was chosen because of its use in the neighboring country of Uruguay
Uruguay
Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
and other railways in that part of Argentina later followed this example.
Starting from Concordia, Federación
Federación, Entre Ríos
Federación is a city in the northeast of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. It has 13,789 inhabitants as per the . It lies on the provincial and international border with Uruguay, by the reservoir of the Salto Grande Dam, on the right-hand banks of the Uruguay River, about 45 km upstream from...
was reached in 1874, Monte Caseros the next year and then Ceibo on the River Uruguay, which was later developed as a port. Financial problems ensued, further construction of the line was stopped, and in 1886 the Argentine government granted a new concession to John and Matthew Clark to complete the line from Monte Caseros to Mercedes and on to Corrientes
Corrientes
Corrientes is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12...
. The Clark brothers later transferred their concession to the ANE for the construction to be completed and in 1907 the company bought the EA.