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Ferro Expreso Pampeano
	A Ferroexpreso locomotive carrying ; rail construction materials
Company type	S.A.
Industry	Rail transport
Predecessor	Ferrocarriles Argentinos
Founded	1991; 34 years ago
Area served	Argentina
Production output	3,500,009 tonnes carried (2014)
Services	Rail freight transport
Net income	AR$ 555,650 (2014)
Owner	Techint (62%); SCP (18%)
Number of employees	1,130 (2013)
Divisions	Sarmiento Railway ; Roca Railway
Website	scp.com.ar/ferroexpreso

Ferroexpreso Pampeano S.A. (abbreviated FEPSA) is an Argentine private railway company that operates freight services over a 5,094 km (3,165 mi) 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm) network that comprises broad gauge Sarmiento Railway and the Rosario and Puerto Belgrano section^[3] of Roca Railway.^[2]

FEPSA is currently owned by Sociedad Comercial del Plata (SCP),^[4] and Techint,^[5] two of the largest companies in Argentina.^[6] FEPSA's operating fleet includes 52 diesel locomotives and 2,106 wagons.^[2]

History

After the entire Argentine rail network was privatised in the early 1990s, the Government of Argentina granted a concession to the company to operate freight services within provinces of Buenos Aires and La Pampa but with branches extending into neighbouring Córdoba, San Luis and Santa Fe provinces. The former Rosario and Puerto Belgrano Railway section is the most heavily used branch. Ferroexpreso Pampeano started operations in November 1991.^[7]

In 2014, Ferroexpreso Pampeano carried 350,000 tonnes of foodstuffs and 3,500,009 tonnes of freight in total.^[2]^[1]

^ ^a ^b "7,1% menos de carga transportada por ferrocarril en el 2014". Bolsa de Comercio de Rosario (in Spanish). 13 February 2015. Archived from the original on 24 April 2016. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Estadísticas del transporte ferroviario - Total 2014". CNRT (in Spanish). Ministry of Transport. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015.
^ "Mapa de la red - FEPSA". CNRT (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 December 2011.
^ Ferroexpreso Pampeano deberá pagar una multa on Bichos de Campo, 22 Feb 2021
^ El Gobierno no renovará contratos de trenes de carga a Techint, AGD y Loma Negra by Ignacio Ostera on BAE Negocios, 19 Mar 2021
^ "Dudas sobre el impacto de la nacionalización de los trenes". La Nueva. 18 April 2015.
^ "La concesión del sistema ferroviario de Cargas". CNRT (in Spanish). 23 April 2011. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011.