Scenic route
Tren de las Sierras
Córdoba → Cosquín · Argentina
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Revived in 2007, this 1889 line climbs the Punilla valley past Lake San Roque, carrying refurbished ex-Portuguese railcars up into the Sierras de Córdoba.
Stations
- 0 kmAlta Córdoba
- 5 kmHospital Neonatal
- 6 kmRodríguez del Busto
- 8 kmLa Tablada
- 10 kmArgüello
- 13 kmTristán Narvaja
- 19 kmDumesnil
- 21 kmLa Calera
- 33 kmCasa Bamba
- 40 kmCassaffousth
- 44 kmSan Roque
- 49 kmBialet Massé
- 52 kmSanta María
- 56 kmCosquín
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 13578656 — 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 4 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 de las Sierras?
The Tren de las Sierras runs 56 km from Córdoba to Cosquín.
How long does the Tren de las Sierras take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 2 h for the 56 km. That is an average of 28 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 50 km/h.
Who runs the Tren de las Sierras?
Trenes Argentinos, with ex-CP railcar (Emepa Alerce).
How old is the Tren de las Sierras?
The line has been in service since 1889. 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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