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Posted By: Fabian Iglesias

Posted On: Jul 10, 2009
Views: 3332
EStacion Central YA

Porsupuesto que no esto para nada de acuerdo con que los trenes salgan de ese seudo galpon de maquinas" el cual ya represanta ademas un peligro para las personas que lo deambulan. Ademas, para AFE significa un efecto cono donde el unico perjudicado es el ferrocarril, al perder pasajeros y capacidad operativa a escala bestial. Un ferrocarril no puede tener como estacion terminal, un edificio pequenio, inutil y totalmente ineficiente. LOS USUARIOS EXIGIMOS QUE VUELVA A LA VIDA LA UNICA Y VERDADERA ESTACION CENTRAL.


Posted By: George Handley

Posted On: Jul 2, 2005
Views: 4028
Terminal Station

For one who has visited Montevideo for the last 50 years, I sincerely trust that the authorities currently in charge will not only keep the old Artigas station in place but also invest heavily in order to bring back what it once stood for. I may be labeled as a traditional romantic fool but let us not forget the history that all of this covers. In South America - in general - we are prone to get rid of old structures, being promised that progress will up-date them. This type of progress is rarely kept.


Posted By: Ralph Frost

Posted On: Mar 13, 2005
Views: 4049
It must be reinstated for its original purpose!

It is absolutely ridiculous to site rail termini further away from the town/city centre they serve. Here in the UK this has happened on many rural branch lines, with many attractive buildings swept away for car parks, retail development, etc and being replaced with spartan facilities further up the line, involving a longer, less covenient walk to access the station.

It would be an act of corporate vandalism for Estacion Central to be demolished as it is a magnificent edifice. Instead, I urge everyone to lobby the appropriate authorities and demand that this station be fully restored and returned to use for the purpose it was originally built - TRAINS!


Posted By: Remco (Netherlands)

Posted On: Dec 13, 2004
Views: 4060
Keep the old train station!!

Keep the historical railway station in town.


Posted By: Gordon Matthes

Posted On: Nov 26, 2004
Views: 4045
Station

Why destroy a perfectly good building?Use the money on other projects.What would replace this station?An expensive "modern" design?Keep the original,it is beautiful.Here in Canada we do the same thing, destroy old buildings and replace them with modern garbage,and destroy the charachter of the cities.Keep it!



Posted By: D.L. Milke

Posted On: Apr 27, 2003
Views: 3861
Montevideo Estacion Central

As a visitor to your city, it was important for me to have the station close to the downtown (and to the port because I came via ship).


Posted By: DAMMTOR RAILBORG

Posted On: Apr 23, 2003
Views: 3846
NO TOQUE LA ESTACION CENTRAL

I THINK THAT HISTORICAL STATIONS MUST NOT BE ERASED.IT'S A VIVID PART OF A CITY'S D.N.A.
SO WE HAVE (IN ITALY) THE SAME PROBLEM...
SOMEBODY INTERESTED BY ERASING TURIN (TORINO porta nuova),NAPLES (NAPOLI centrale),AND FLORENCE (FIRENZE s.maria novella) CENTRAL STATIONS.
BUENA SUERTE,Y QUE MUERAS CIMOLI CON SU TRENOS DE MUERTE (TRAINSTOPPING,ITALY 2003)


Posted By: Thomas Hill

Posted On: Dec 27, 2002
Views: 3851
station

Why must the station be removed? Why, because people are greedy, They don't care if it is a historical building or not all they look at is the bottom line. Here in the U.S. we have lost many,many historic and beautiful places to GREED. It is about time people in this world stop destroying it for MONEY.


Posted By: ROLANDO MAGGI

Posted On: Dec 26, 2002
Views: 3824
ARAR

LAMENTOS QUE LOS PROYECTOS DE TODOS ESTOS DELINCUENTES INMOBILIARIOS DISFRAZADOS DE URBANISTAS CUNDAN EN EL MUNDO. AQUI EN ROSARIO Y EN SANTA FE, SE PELEAN POR RIFAR TODAS LAS TERMINALES DE PASAJEROS Y NO QUIEREN LOS TRENES EN LA CIUDAD. SABEN QUE SON NECESARIOS PERO QUIEREN EXTINGUIR SU MEMORIA PAR ROBAR TODO LO QUE PUEDAN MIENTRAN ESTAN EN LA FUNCION PUBLICA Y PREPARAR EL TERRENO PARA CUANDO LA ABANDONEN SER LOS DIRECTORES DE OBRAS DE LOS PRIVADOS A QUIENES LES VENDIERON EL NEGOCIO. MALDICIONES PARA TODOS ELLOS.
AGUANTE CENTRAL ARTIGAS!
UN ABRAZO,
ROLANDO

P.D. : PARA VER MAS DE LO QUE SE LES VIENE A UDS. MIRA LA PAGINA ONABE.GOV.AR Y/O ONGANIAYGIMENEZ.COM.AR, Y PREPARA LA DEFENSA.


Posted By: Kenneth Harrison

Posted On: Mar 17, 2002
Views: 3824
Montevideo Central Station

I have been to Motevideo. I have ridden trains to and from Central Station. In a city the size of Montevideo, it is unthinkable not to have rail service for the people who come daily to the city. History teaches us that once lost, these facilities are either never recreated, or are recreated at enormous cost. With the world's population growing beyond all reasonable measure, we must ensure the mobility of the masses, or we will all suffer from their stagnation.

Governments have the responsibility to serve their constituencies. Removing viable rail options is not service, but an enormous disservice, not only to the riders, but to the entire community.


Posted By: Garl Boyd Latham

Posted On: Dec 27, 2001
Views: 3775
Trains Stations Need Trains!

In almost every instance I can personally recall,
the "adaptive reuse" of an existing railway
terminal has been doomed to failure - both for the
structure itself and for the remaining passengers.
In the United States, all one needs to do is
review the history of such projects: Cincinnati,
Saint Louis, Kansas City and Dallas to name but a
few. It is my sincere hope that, eventually, our
societies will be able to justify investing
capital into the restoration and maintenance of
passenger train terminals without removing the
trains first! If nothing else, a properly
executed station reconstruction programme - which
includes railway services of all types - can
benefit from the synergy which is naturally
derived through the very presence of passenger
trains and the people who ride them. My thoughts
and prayers are with you all.



Posted By:

Posted On: Sep 9, 2001
Views: 3724

Sorry, I mean five roundtrips a day.


Posted By:

Posted On: Sep 9, 2001
Views: 3635

Ten roundtrips a day between Montevideo and 25 de Agosto (63 km). Tacuarembó-Rivera run (118 km) suspended since Dec. 7, 2000.


Posted By:

Posted On: Aug 28, 2001
Views: 3541

I hope that the Montevideo terminal remains intact as a RAIL terminal. So much has been lost over the years. By the way, what is the status of the commuter and rail operations in Uruguay?


Posted By:

Posted On: Aug 28, 2001
Views: 3405

!Buena Suerte!


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