The national government prioritizes security and fiscal order when it reports that the Córdoba-Buenos Aires train will take another 10 to 12 months. This decision comes after detecting 50,000 rotten sleepers that were installed during the previous administration with funds from all Argentines. The Ministry of Economy of the Nation specified that comprehensive repair now depends on the availability of materials and operational capacity
.The total interruption of the railway service began on September 20, 2025 after a serious derailment in the stretch to Tucumán. Technical surveys confirmed that the rolling stock worked well but the road infrastructure collapsed due to structural failures. The concession company Nuevo Central Argentino identified that the rails sank due to advanced internal rotting of the wood
.The official survey found that the lower part of the sleepers was destroyed by fungi despite the supposed improvements in 2020. Nación warned that the level of extreme degradation does not match the age or the expected resistance for this type of component. There is an ongoing judicial investigation to determine criminal liability for the waste of resources on
