Like every year, the City of Buenos Aires dresses up with rhythm and color to receive ove a hundred murgas that will part of the corsos.

In the 2011 edition, the Programa Carnaval Porteño will offer all the music, joy and color of hundreds of Murgueros that will present their shows on different neighborhoods during February and march.

It is a popular festivity that takes place on the streets, outdoors, during which the murgas are the stars of every show.

In 1869 the first porteño corso took place, with comparsas of blacks and whites, that shone with colorful costumes and rhythm. Declared a Cultural Heritage of the city of Buenos Aires in 1997, they now experience great splendour.

The corsos will take place in the most emblematic corners of the neighborhoods of Abasto, Almagro, Balvanera, Belgrano, Boedo, Caballito, Coghlan, Colegiales, Costanera Sur, Monserrat, Liniers, San Telmo, Lugano and Mataderos.

It was originated in 1891, when the Ferrocarril del Bajo started its first trip of a little over 15 kilometers.

It used to be a burden train coming from the Delta that was used to transport the porduction of the islands.

When high class families started to build their homes in the area, the train was used to transport passengers until 1961, when it was closed due to low profitability.

It remained closed for thirty years and in 1995 the company Tren de la Costa re-opened it after modelling the stations respecting their classic style.

That way, one of the most used touristic trains in Argentina was generated. It beggins its route in Vicente Lopez. Maipu station to Delta station in Tigre, going round the coast of the Rio de la Plata.

The diversity of services offered throughout its route can also be enjoyed walking by the parallel streets or the bike paths, stopping on each station, completing the trip at the commercial, entertainment and gastronomic center in San Isidro Station.

The station has a shopping mall, movie theathers and open spaces.