The Ministry of Transport made official the 40% increase in the fare of passenger buses of the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) and metropolitan, intercity and long-distance passenger train services, which will begin to take effect on Monday, August 1. The measure was taken through resolution 514/2022 published today in the Official Gazette and applies to the bus and train service in the City of Buenos Aires and the so-called “Subgroup I” (Buenos Aires Conurbano). How much does the train and bus ticket cost?
Buses: prices per section
The $18 fare – minimum fare – will cost $25.20.
The $20 ticket, for sections of 3 to 6 kilometers, will cost $28.
The $21 ticket, for the 6- to 12-kilometer stretch, will cost $29.40
The $22 ticket, for the 12 to 27 km stretch, will cost $30.88
The $23 ticket, for stretches over 27 kilometers, will cost $32.20.
Trains: ticket pricesPaying with SUBE
Train Mitre, Sarmiento, San Martín and Tren de la Costa: the minimum fare will be $17.25, the second section of $21.75 and the third of $26.
Tren Roca and Tren Belgrano Sur: fares will be $10.75, $14.25 and $17.25.
Urquiza Train: will be $11.25, $15.50 and $18.50
Belgrano Norte Train: six sections of $9.50, $10.75, $14.75, $15.75, $18.25 and $21.75 were arranged.
Paying in cash
Train Mitre, Sarmiento, San Martín and Tren de la Costa: $52
Roca Train: $34
Belgrano South Train: $33.50
Urquiza Train: according to the sections, $22.50, $31 and $37.
Belgrano Norte Train: from $19, $21.50, $29.50, $31.50, $36.50 and $43.50.
The increase in the fare of motor transport and rail services was arranged after remaining more than three years without modifications, and within the framework of the Government’s objective of reducing the weight of subsidies in the fiscal result. Transport subsidies are the most significant after energy subsidies and in the first half of the year represented an expenditure of $152,271.3 million, with a year-on-year increase of 85.4%, according to the latest report of the Argentine Association of Budget and Public Financial Administration (ASAP). In the recitals of the resolution, Transport warned that after the last tariff adjustments to the different services of public transport automotive and rail passengers, “the union entities of the aforementioned sectors, have managed to agree on various agreements of wage recomposition”. Likewise, there have been increases in the prices of inputs and services, including diesel, the psychophysical examination to obtain the enabling licenses, the price of rolling stock, as well as new costs related to the measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19,” he said, adding that these variations “have not had a recognition in the rates of the public services involved.”
