On 1 January 1994, Metrovías took over the concession, granted by the Argentine government as part of
railway privatisation during the presidency of
Carlos Menem, for the operation of the
standard gauge Urquiza Line commuter rail service in
Buenos Aires,
Argentina. The Metrovías consortium comprised
Burlington Northern,
Morrison-Knudsen and two Argentinian companies. This service had previously been run by the state-owned
Ferrocarriles Argentinos as part of the
General Urquiza Railway since the
nationalisation of the railways in 1948. In addition Metrovías took over the management of the
Buenos Aires Underground system and the
Buenos Aires PreMetro when they were privatised in 1994. The Urquiza Line operates from
Federico Lacroze to General Lemos stations. Formerly it had a total of 108 stations, 72.9 kilometres of track, with 692 carriages that transport 283.8 million passengers per year, when Metrovías had the Urquiza and Underground concessions. The company has approximately 3,000 employees. From 2004 to 2013 the company also formed part of
UGOFE, a consortium with
Trenes de Buenos Aires and
Ferrovías, which took over the running of commuter rail services on the
Belgrano Sur Line,
Roca Line and
San Martín Line after concessions granted to
Metropolitano S.A. for the operation of these services were revoked. In December 2021, a new company, "Emova Movilidad S.A." (formed by Metrovías and the Roggio Group) took over the concession of the Buenos Aires Underground, for a period of 12 years. ==References==