A total of 100 ambulances and 10 fire engines were sent to the scene
At least nine people have died in Argentina after a train slammed into a bus crossing the tracks and then hit a second train coming into a station.
More than 160 people were injured, some seriously, a police spokesman said. The crash happened during the morning rush hour as hundreds of commuters were waiting at the station in Flores, a Buenos Aires suburb.
Officials are investigating reports the bus driver, who is among the dead, failed to heed a stop signal.
Fire chief Omar Bravo said the collision was "one of the worst and saddest accidents of recent years" in Argentina.
Many rail lines go through residential areas of Buenos Aires, and it is not unusual to see drivers or pedestrians ignoring the warning signs of an oncoming train, says the BBC's Vladimir Hernandez in Buenos Aires.
Children injured The accident happened at about 06:00 local time (09:00 GMT) on the Sarmiento line, which connects the centre of Buenos Aires with the western suburbs.
The impact reduced the bus to a fraction of its width as it became wedged against the station platform.
The accident happened during the morning rush hour Officials are investigating reports the bus driver did not stop and went through lowered barriers in an attempt to cross the railway line.
Train company spokesman Gustavo Gago said it believed the bus had "crossed on to the level-crossing when the barriers were low, but we await the results of the investigation to see if this is what happened".
A total of 100 ambulances and 10 fire engines were sent to the scene. Some of the injured were taken to local hospitals, some by helicopter.
According to Argentine newspaper Clarin, firefighters took two hours to remove one of the train drivers who was trapped in the wreckage.
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