General Artigas railway station

General Artigas Central Station

Estación Central General Artigas
General Artigas Central Station; Estación Central General Artigas
	Estación Central General Artigas
General information
Location	Paraguay, La Paz, Rio Negro
Elevation	11 metres (36 ft)
History
Opened	23 June 1897
Closed	1 March 2003

General Artigas railway station (Spanish: Estación Central General Artigas) is the former main railway station in Montevideo, Uruguay. Located in barrio Aguada, it was designed by the Italian engineer and architect Luigi Andreoni, it was opened to the public on 15 July 1897 and was closed on 1 March 2003, being replaced by a halt 500 metres (1,600 ft) to the north.

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Passenger Group defending Montevideo Central Station. El País, March 2005

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