General Artigas railway station
General Artigas railway station 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 station 500 metres to the north.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Photo: Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Railway station
- Description: Old train station in Montevideo National Historic Monument since 1975
- Also known as: “Central Uruguay Railwas, Ltda”, “Estacion Central de Montevideo”, “Estacion Central General Artigas”, and “General Artigas Central Station”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Isabel de Castilla Square and Estación Central.
Isabel de Castilla Square
Square
Photo: Maximasu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Isabel de Castilla Square is situated 250 metres southeast of General Artigas railway station.
Estación Central
Railway station
Photo: Jcornelius, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Estación Central is a railway station, which is situated 520 metres north of General Artigas railway station.
Palacio Salvo
Photo: Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palacio Salvo is an eclectic skyscraper at the intersection of 18 de Julio Avenue and Plaza Independencia in the Centro neighbourhood of Montevideo, Uruguay. Palacio Salvo is situated 1 km southwest of General Artigas railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aguada and Montevideo.
Aguada
Suburb
Photo: Shant, Public domain.
Aguada is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. Its name indicates water flow and originates from the springs and well it used to have which supplied the original city and the boats with drinking water.
Montevideo
Photo: Ypsilon from Finland, CC0.
Montevideo is the capital city of Uruguay, on the east bank of the Rio de la Plata. Though sometimes overlooked beside nearby Buenos Aires, Montevideo is the cultural and political center of the country.
Centro
Suburb
Photo: Hoverfish, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Centro is a barrio of Montevideo, Uruguay. Being the city's downtown area, it forms part of its central business district, along with the neighboring areas of Cordón and Ciudad Vieja.
General Artigas railway station
- Categories: former railway station, dead-end railway station, building, and transportation
- Location: Municipio B, Montevideo Department, Uruguay, South America
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Latitude
-34.89854° or 34° 53′ 55″ southLongitude
-56.19381° or 56° 11′ 38″ westLevels
4Open location code
48Q54R24+HFOpenStreetMap ID
way 81685413OpenStreetMap feature
building=train_stationWikidata ID
Q1516703
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“General Artigas railway station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿蒂加斯將軍車站”
- Dutch: “Estación Central General Artigas”
- French: “Estación Central General Artigas”
- German: “Bahnhof Montevideo Hbf”
- German: “Bf Montevideo Hbf”
- German: “Montevideo Estación Central General Artigas”
- Italian: “Stazione Centrale Generale Artigas”
- Portuguese: “Estação Central General Artigas”
- Spanish: “Central Uruguay Railwas, Ltda”
- Spanish: “Estación central de trenes de Montevideo”
- Spanish: “Estación Central General Artigas”
- Spanish: “Estación Central Gral. Artigas”
- Spanish: “Estación Central José Artigas”
- Spanish: “Estación central Montevideo”
- Spanish: “Estación de ferrocarril Montevideo”
- Spanish: “Estación de trenes de Montevideo”
- “Estación Central General Artigas”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Espacio Libre Pablo Neruda and Direccion Nacional de Ordenamiento Territorial.
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