Federico Lacroze

Federico Lacroze (4 November 1835 – 16 February 1899) was an Argentine businessman and railway entrepreneur.

The proposal was turned down given budgetary constraints as a result of the war of the triple alliance.

[2] By the 1870s, Lacroze (together with other Argentine businessmen) proposed the construction of a tram system in the city of Buenos Aires.

After some debate in the Argentine National Congress, the proposal was approved and Lacroze began the construction of Buenos Aires' tramways together with his brother Julio.

Parts of this line were then electrified and joined with the province of Entre Ríos to create what is today the General Urquiza Railway.

Buenos Aires Central Terminal bronze plaque at F. Lacroze station .
A Lacroze Company tram on the Buenos Aires Heritage Tramway .
Illustration of Federico Lacroze on a debenture of the Buenos Ayres Lacroze Tramways Company