On March 10, 1993, president Menem signed the decree for which all the long distance passenger services were definitely closed, with Santa Fe being included among them.
Empty station platforms in 2013.
Trenes de Buenos Aires (that had taken over the operation of Mitre Line in 1995) started to run long-distance trains to Santa Fe Province. With services initially serving only Rosario Sur, TBA added a train to Santa Fe (that also crossed Rosario Norte) in September 2003.[2][3] Services to Santa Fe ceased in 2007 and Following a commuter train accident on February 22, 2012, at Once Station, Buenos Aires, in which 51 people died and at least 703 people were injured,[4] TBA was placed under federal intervention on February 28; its concessions to operate the Mitre and Sarmiento lines were ultimately revoked on May 24.[5]
In 2008, the Municipality of Santa Fe announced that the station building would be used to host all the street fairs of the city,[6] although it was also used for cultural activities.[7]
In 2014, the state-owned Operadora Ferroviaria Sociedad del Estado took over passenger services in Argentina, reestablishing some services to Santa Fe Province but only to Rosario Sur[8][9][10] and Rufino[11][12] stations. As of June 2015, there are no plans to reactivate Santa Fe station as a railway stop.