From Wednesday March 1 The new tariff schedule for public passenger transport in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area will begin to apply, which will be updated monthly based on the evolution of the Consumer’s price index (IPC) of the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec).
Under this scheme, from the first minute of Wednesday the increase will be 6%, because that was the rise that the CPI reflected in January.
In this way, the minimum ticket in the buses will become $37.10; $41.34 for a distance between 3 and 6 kilometers; $44.52 between 6 and 12 kilometers; $47.70 between 12 and 27 kilometers; and $50.88 if the route exceeds 27 kilometers.
Regarding the service of trains, the minimum passage, for section 1, will be 18.02 pesos on the Roca, Belgrano Sur, Belgrano Norte and Urquiza lines; and 23.32 pesos on the Sarmiento, Miter and San Martín lines and the resolution also applies to long-distance and regional rail services.
For section 2, the values will be 29.68 for the Roca, Belgrano Sur, Belgrano Norte and Urquiza lines and 23.32 pesos for the Sarmiento, Miter and San Martín lines, while for section 3, the rate will be 37.10 and 28.62 respectively.
The social rate on trains will be, for the first section on the Roca, Belgrano Sur, Belgrano Norte and Urquiza lines, 10.49 pesos and 8.11 pesos for the Sarmiento, Miter and San Martín lines.
For the second section, the social value of the train ticket will be 13.36 pesos for the Roca, Belgrano Sur, Belgrano Norte and Urquiza lines and 10.49 for the Sarmiento, Miter and San Martín lines, in turn the values Social fees in the third section will be 16.70 pesos and 12.88 pesos.
All the first of the month the values of the ticket will be updated of buses and trains in the AMBA according to the CPI index of the National Institute of Statistics and Census (Indec).
This means that the inflation for February, which the statistical agency will report on Tuesday, March 14, will be the increase that will govern transport in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area as of next April 1.
The new rate charts can be consulted by accessing the following link: https://www.argentina.gob.ar/transporte/conoce-las-tarifas-vigentes-en-colectivos-y-trenes-del-amba.
The decision to use this update mechanism occurs after the value of the ticket was maintained for a period of 2 and a half years, which forced the redoubling of efforts by the national State within the framework of the COVID-19 pandemic where public transport represented a fundamental tool for the transfer of personnel considered essential.
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The portfolio that heads Diego Giuliano confirmed that, through GO UP card, will maintain the social rate reaching almost 5 million people with a 55% discount on the ticket and the RED SUBE program, which is the system that integrates all modes of public transport (buses, metrobus, trains and subways) of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area ( AMBA) and offers discounts if one or more combinations are made.
The program applies a discount of 50 percent of the fare at the time of the second tripand 75 percent less than the value of the fare from the third trip made.
Besides, The social rate will continue to be applied, that is, the 55 percent discount on the ticket for designated groups with social attributions through the SUBE card and with the aim of generating an environment of equal opportunities and resources in accessibility to transport public.
And the benefit of the student ticket will continue to be in force, which will continue to be free by carrying out its corresponding procedure. In total, a total of 4,800,000 people have already registered their SUBE card as part of the sectors corresponding to social attributes, who, when using public transport, will have access to fare discounts.
The benefit of the social rate applies to retirees and pensioners, ex-combatants of the Malvinas War, domestic workers, beneficiaries of the Universal Child Allowance, Pregnancy Allowance, Progresar, Argentina Works and They Do, Social Monotribute and Non-Contributory Pensions .
Also beneficiaries of the Program to Promote Equal Opportunities, National Program for Socio-productive Inclusion and Local Development “Potenciar Trabajo”, Social Monotributistas registered in the National Registry of Effectors of Local Development and Social Economy (Redles).
In turn, these users will also have SUBE Network discounts.
