Classic route
Tren a Mar del Plata
Buenos Aires → Mar del Plata · Argentina
View on the map →Wikipedia (ES) ↗Stations · 13
Rails reached the great Atlantic beach resort in 1886; today Chinese-built coaches cross 400 km of pampas from Constitución, packed with summer crowds.
Stations
- 0 kmPlaza Constitución
- 63 kmCoronel Brandsen
- 116 kmChascomús
- 151 kmLezama
- 177 kmCastelli
- 191 kmSevigné
- 203 kmDolores
- 244 kmGeneral Guido
- 296 kmLas Armas
- 317 kmGeneral Pirán
- 338 kmCoronel Vidal
- 361 kmVivoratá
- 399 kmMar del Plata
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 240129 — the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within under 25 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 5 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Trenes Argentinos — a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Tren a Mar del Plata?
The Tren a Mar del Plata runs 400 km from Buenos Aires to Mar del Plata.
How long does the Tren a Mar del Plata take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 6 h for the 400 km. That is an average of 67 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Tren a Mar del Plata?
Trenes Argentinos, with CRRC coaches, diesel.
How old is the Tren a Mar del Plata?
The line has been in service since 1886. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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