Partnerships help raise Argentine rail efficiency

Argentina's aging rail system has seen improvements in efficiency, capacity and upgrades, thanks to cooperation with China.

To upgrade the public transportation system in Buenos Aires and modernize the city's infrastructure, Argentina's Ministry of Transport signed a purchase deal for 200 cars and related parts from China Railway Rolling Stock Corp in April. It was the third carriage order from the company. The deal is worth about 2 billion yuan ($290 million).

Since 2014, the ministry successively purchased a total of 709 intercity bullet train carriages made by CRRC in two previous orders for the replacement of carriages more than 50 years old on its three intercity lines - the Roca, Sarmiento and Mitre lines.