More than 155 thousand tickets were issued during the first 12 hours of ticket sales to Mar del Plata and Divisadero (Pinamar), on a day in which long lines were recorded, particularly at the Constitución station and where the ticket offices will remain open throughout the night, they informed Télam sources of Argentine Trains.
Ticket sales began at 6 in more than 24 ticket offices in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area and 43 in the rest of the country.
As happened days ago with the tickets to Córdoba, Tucumán and Rosariosince days before the people congregated, especially in Constitución, spending the night in the place waiting for the authorization of the sale.
Until 18, 155,253 tickets had been sold to Mar del Plata and 17,550 to Divisadero (Pinamar)while the tickets will continue to be sold during the months of December, January, February and March and there are 435,000 available for Mar del Plata and 51,000 for the General Guido-Divisadero de Pinamar stretch.
Services
Until December 18 there will be 2 daily trains between Buenos Aires and Mar del Plata, plus a one-way reinforcement on Fridays and return on Mondays.
Leaving from Constitución at 6:22, with stops in Dolores and General Guido for the combination to Pinamar; at 9:35 a.m. (stopping at 12 intermediate) and at 5:10 p.m. Friday (direct).
While from Mar del Plata they leave at 11:06 (stopping at 12 intermediate); at 2:12 p.m., with stops in Dolores and General Guido for the combination from Pinamar; and at 1:21 on Monday (direct).
But from December 19, there will be three daily trains, to which a reinforcement will be added on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. From Constitución they will be leaving at 6:22 (stops at Dolores and General Guido for the combination to Pinamar; at 5:10 p.m. (stopping at the 12 intermediate ones); at 11:30 p.m. (direct) and at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Saturdays and Sundays (direct).
From Mar del Plata the schedules are: 1:22 (direct); 6:03 (stopping at intermediate 12); 2:02 p.m. (stops at Dolores and General Guido for the combination from Pinamar; and 8:00 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday (direct)
The price of train tickets
Tickets cost 920 pesos in first and 1,110 pesos in pulman and users must take into account that from December 1 it will be mandatory to confirm the trip between 72 and 24 hours before starting the tour.
To do this, they will have to enter the website of Argentine Trains and carry out the procedure in the Confirmation of trip button.
Once there, you must place the reservation number and security code that will be received at the time of purchasing the ticket and after this process, the ticket to travel will arrive by email.
In case of not being able to travel, that place will be put up for sale, the company recalled.
Points of sale and hours
Argentine Trains enabled more than 30 stations in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) for the sale of train tickets for long-distance services that will begin this Sunday.
The places reported and the opening hours in the four capitals are: Constitución (every day from 5 to 21), Once (Monday to Friday from 7 to 19:30), Retiro Miter (every day from 7 to 22), Retiro San Martín (every day from 5 to 12 and from 13 to 20).
In the rock line They can be purchased in Temperley (Monday to Friday from 6 to 12 and from 1 to 7:30 p.m.), Alejandro Korn (Monday to Friday from 7 to 12 and from 1 to 6 p.m.) and La Plata (Monday to Friday from 7 to 12 and from 13 to 18); while in Sarmiento the Haedo ticket office is open (Monday to Friday from 5 to 21).
Janl Miter, Urquiza station (Monday to Friday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. cash only) and Tigre (weekdays Monday through Friday from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. cash only); while in San Martín, they can be purchased in San Miguel (Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.), José C. Paz (every day from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. 30 to 20) and Pilar (Monday to Friday from 8 to 13 and from 13:30 to 19) and in Belgrano Sur, at the Tapiales station (Monday to Saturday from 9 to 17 only ticket sales).
In the rest of the country there are ticket offices in Alta Córdoba, Azul, Bahía Blanca. Energetic. Brandsen, Castelli, Chacabuco, Chascomús, Chivilcoy, Córdoba, Coronel Suárez, Cosquín, Divisadero de Pinamar, Dolores, General Guido, General La Madrid, General Pirán, Junín, La Banda, Las Armas and Las Flores.
Also in Lezama, Madariaga, Maipú, Mar del Plata, Monte, Olavarría, Pigüé, Rodríguez del Busto, Rosario Norte, Rosario Sur, Rufino, Saavedra (Roca), San Nicolás, San Pedro, Sevigné, Sierra de la Ventana, Tornquist, Tucumán, Valle Hermoso, Vidal, Villa María and Vivoratá.
During the season, 791,748 places will be offered, of which 435,000 will be in Mar del Plata; for Rosario, 97,000; to Junín, 88,000; to Divisadero de Pinamar, 51,000; to Bragado, 46,000; to Córdoba and Tucumán, 24,000; to Justo Daract, 13,000 and to Pehuajó 10,000.