Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia
The Unidad de Gestión Operativa Ferroviaria de Emergencia Sociedad Anonima ( UGOFE SA) to German in about emergency railway operating unit is an Argentine Konsortialunternehmen consisting of the Argentine government and the three private railway companies Metrovías, Ferrovías and Trenes de Buenos Aires. The UGOFE was founded on January 7, 2005 after the State of the Metropolitano Society withdrew the concession for the Línea San Martín for bad service. After the same company in 2007, the concessions for the subnets Línea General Roca and Línea General Belgrano Sur were deprived of the UGOFE also took over its operation.
History
Although the Metropolitano S. A. received large subsidies by the Argentine government, were poor performance, the continuing delays and poor maintenance of the fleet always reasons for number of complaints from passengers and penalties from the State. Then the concession for the operation of the line Retiro Pilar ( Línea San Martín ) was repealed on 26 June 2004 after numerous, partly serious traffic accidents ahead of schedule.
To continue to maintain the operation of the line, founded the private railway companies Metrovías, Ferrovías and Trenes de Buenos Aires on 7 January 2005 at the initiative of the Argentine government a temporary consortium named Unidad de Gestión de Operativa Ferroviaria Emergencia. As the railroad companies took over the technical operation, the state paid the salaries of the employees continue. The acquisition is expected to be only temporary in order to prepare larger forward a new competitive tender can. This, however, is not done until today, 2010.
On 15 May 2007 there was a violent riot in Plaza Constitución railway station, after numerous passengers repeated their protest about the actual lack of service of the railway company Metropolitano proclaimed it, because this despite the issue of Línea San Martín continue the subnets Línea General Roca and Línea Belgrano sur operation. It created severe damage to the station building, several cars of suburban trains were set on fire, the police counted a total of 21 wounded and took 16 people into custody. The Argentine government took the event as an opportunity because of repeated bad service of the railway company Metropolitano to withdraw the concession for the suburban railway networks Roca and Belgrano Sur May 22, 2007. Then took the 7th July 2007, the UGOFE also the operation of these two Metropolitano subnets.
After the UGOFE had taken over the three sub-networks, started on all routes first maintenance measures that had been neglected over the years. In addition, the UGOFE began with the restoration of numerous wagons and provided all with a new corporate design, consisting of the colors blue and silver, as well as the corresponding abbreviation for the corresponding subnet ( EAA, LBS and LSM). In addition, the UGOFE prepared on the initiative of the Argentine state before the electrification of the routes Retiro Pilar ( Línea San Martín ) and Plaza Constitucion, La Plata ( Línea General Roca ).
After withdrawal of the concession Trenes de Buenos Aires increased it from the UGOFE.