Villa María and Rufino Railway
# Villa María and Rufino Railway

vte Villa María - Rufino :

Legend :

| Mitre Railway to Córdoba | Mitre Railway to Córdoba |
| - | - |
| Belgrano Railway to San Francisco | Belgrano Railway to San Francisco |
| Mitre Railway to Río Cuarto | Mitre Railway to Río Cuarto |
| Villa María | Villa María |
| Mitre Railway to Rosario Norte | Mitre Railway to Rosario Norte |
| Ctalamochita River | Ctalamochita River |
| Villa Nueva | Villa Nueva |
| PR 2 | PR 2 |
| Sanabria | Sanabria |
| Ausonia | Ausonia |
| Mitre Railway Río Tercero-Casilda | Mitre Railway Río Tercero-Casilda |
| La Laguna | La Laguna |
| Etruria | Etruria |
| Santa Victoria | Santa Victoria |
| Mitre Railway Río Cuarto-Firmat | Mitre Railway Río Cuarto-Firmat |
| Chazón | Chazón |
| Santa Eufemia | Santa Eufemia |
| Pedro Funes | Pedro Funes |
| Barreto | Barreto |
| NR 8 | NR 8 |
| Chocancharava River | Chocancharava River |
| PR 4 | PR 4 |
| La Carlota | La Carlota |
| Mitre Railway Río Cuarto-V. Tuerto | Mitre Railway Río Cuarto-V. Tuerto |
| Manantiales | Manantiales |
| Assunta | Assunta |
| Viamonte | Viamonte |
| La Cesira | La Cesira |
| PR 3 | PR 3 |
| Laguna del Monte | Laguna del Monte |
| (Córdoba / Santa Fe | (Córdoba / Santa Fe |
| to San Luis / Mendoza | to San Luis / Mendoza |
| to San Rafael | to San Rafael |
| Rufino | Rufino |
| Mitre Railway to V. Tuerto | Mitre Railway to V. Tuerto |
| to Retiro | to Retiro |

The Villa María and Rufino Railway (VM&RR) (native name: Ferrocarril Villa María a Rufino) was a British-owned company that, towards the end of the 19th century, built and operated a broad gauge, 5 ft 6 in (1,676 mm), railway line in Argentina.

## History

The VM&RR was granted a concession on 15 August 1887 to construct a 227 km line between Villa María in Córdoba Province, on the Central Argentine Railway (CAR), and Rufino in Santa Fe Province, on the Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway (BA&P). The section between Villa María and La Carlota was opened on 26 October 1890 and from La Carlota to Rufino on 23 March 1891.

The line passed through the developing grain zone, which lay between the main lines operated by the BA&P and the CAR, and became a valuable feeder for the former railway. At that time the VM&R provided farmers situated along its route with their only direct access to the port and market of Buenos Aires.

Because of their common interests the VM&RR and the BA&P forged close links until finally, in 1900, the BA&P took over the VM&R.

