the first segment of what is today the urquiza railway was a 10 km segment between gualeguay and puerto ruiz in entre ríos, which opened in 1866 as part of the argentine central entre ríos railway company. in 1887 the line which runs from paraná, entre ríos to concepción del uruguay was completed, with branches running to villaguay, gualeguaychú and victoria. the central entre ríos railway was then taken over by the british entre ríos railway in 1892.