What is Bajo Hondo Train Station (Roca Railway)?
''For the Rosario Railroad station to Puerto Belgrano, see [[Bajo Hondo Train Station]].'' '''Bajo Hondo Train Station''' is a [[Train station|railway station]], located in Bajo Hondo town, [[Coronel Rosales]] Municipality, in the [[Buenos Aires Province|Province of Buenos Aires]], Argentina. == Services == It is a small station of the branch belonging to the General Roca Railway,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trenroca.com.ar/|title=Tren Roca|website=www.trenroca.com.ar|access-date=2019-01-04}}</ref> from the Tandil to the [[Bahía Blanca]] station. It does not provide passenger services. <br /> == History == [[File:Estación Bajo Hondo del Ferrocarril General Roca (Vista al oeste).jpg|thumb|317x317px|Platform and Station in Bajo Hondo.]] [[File:Estación Bajo Hondo del Ferrocarril General Roca.jpg|left|thumb|Main building become a house for somebody.]] The station was founded in 1891 by the British capital company. Although it had been founded as the Buenos Aires Great Southern Railway (BAGS), it was almost immediately called the Ferrocarril del Sud. The Bajo Hondo station was one of the 504 active stations that the company had until its nationalization. During the presidency of General Juan Domingo Perón, that company was renamed General Roca Railroad until today.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jdperon.gov.ar/2013/02/1o-de-marzo-de-1948-nacionalizacion-de-los-ferrocarriles/|title=1º de marzo de 1948 Nacionalización de los ferrocarriles {{!}} Instituto Nacional Juan Domingo Perón|website=www.jdperon.gov.ar|access-date=2019-01-04|archive-date=2018-12-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229075900/http://www.jdperon.gov.ar/2013/02/1o-de-marzo-de-1948-nacionalizacion-de-los-ferrocarriles/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The date of inauguration of this station also doubles as the birth date of the Bajo hondo town.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rosalesmunicipio.gob.ar/blog/2016/11/30/bajo-hondo-aniversario/|title=Bajo Hondo celebró su 125 aniversario|last=nico16|date=2016-11-30|website=Rosales Municipio|language