Antártida Argentina railway station
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Train station
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located in Rosario
Rosario
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, province
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of Santa Fe
Santa Fe Province
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, Argentina
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, in the western neighbourhood of Fisherton
Barrio Fisherton
Fisherton is a barrio in Rosario, . It is located in the western part of the city. Its main street is Eva Perón Avenue .Fisherton is primarily a middle-class, residential neighborhood...
(intersection of Morrison Avenue and Wilde St.). The railroad and the station, then known as Fisherton Station, were built by the company Ferrocarril Central Argentino, of British
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origin, at the beginning of the 1890s. The neighbourhood, originally built to house the company's workers, grew around the station.
The station was an intermediate stop of the line that started at Rosario Central Station.