The Argentine Government made official the new increase in transport scheduled for the beginning of next year. The measure had been announced, but until now it was unknown when the increase would begin to take effect, which will directly affect the value of the buses and trains that operate throughout the AMBA, which includes La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada, among many other cities. of the Buenos Aires suburbs. The measure bears the signature of the head of the Argentine Transport portfolio, Diego GiulianoY establishes that from January 1 of next year an increase of 39% will be implemented in the case of the minimum ticket.
The national authorities indicated that they will submit the new rate charts to an instance of citizen participation, in which opinions and proposals can be expressed. The form, where you can write up to 5,000 characters and attach documents of up to 20 megabytes, (MB) will be open from next Monday to Wednesday of the same week, through the site www.argentina.gob.ar/transporte.
The increase, originally scheduled for this month, had already been anticipated last October by the former Minister of Transportation, Alexis Guerreraand reaffirmed by the current owner of the area at the end of November. The latest increase, which took effect on August 1, averaged 40% and was the first to take effect since early 2019.
THE PRICE OF MICRO TICKETS
In the case of the AMBA collectives, the minimum ticket for sections of up to 3 kilometers will have an increase of 39%, going from $25.20 to $35. Higher range routes, meanwhile, will receive fewer subsidies as they will have increases of between 39% and 49%, in a staggered manner: the section from 3 to 6 km will rise from $28 to $39; the one from 6 to 12, from $29.40 to $42; the one from 12 to 27, from $30.80 to $45; and for journeys longer than 27 kilometers the fare will increase from $32.20 to $48.
In all cases, the 55% discount for the Social Rate of the SUBE card will be maintained, therefore, the minimum ticket for said beneficiaries will go from $11.34 to $15.75.
For group II suburban buses, that is, those that connect the city of Buenos Aires (CABA) with the limits of the AMBA (Cañuelas, Pilar, La Plata, Luján and Zárate), the minimum ticket will be $46.06, with a base per kilometer traveled of $1.76. Likewise, the tariff schedule continues to contemplate surcharges of up to 25% for express services that can reach up to 75% in the case of traveling through highways.
For the increases, according to the resolution, the increases in the prices of inputs and services were taken into account, including diesel, insurance, the price of rolling stock and spare parts, which “have not been recognized in the rates” for what the increases are necessary to “maintain the economic-financial equation that allows its sustainability”.
THE NEW COST OF TRAVELING BY TRAIN
For trains, increases will be applied both in the metropolitan services of the AMBA and in the regional and long-distance services throughout the country. In the AMBA, the minimum fares -up to 12 kilometers- for the lines Miter, Sarmiento, San Martín and Tren de la Costa will increase 27.54%, going from $17.25 ($7.76 for beneficiaries of the Social Rate). at $22 ($9.9). Meanwhile, the maximum ticket of more than 24 kilometers will reach 35%, with an increase of 34.62%.
Meanwhile, the lowest rate for the Roca, Belgrano Norte, Urquiza and Belgrano Sur lines will be unified at $17 ($7.65 for Social Rate), which represents an increase, for each line, of 58.14%, 78, 95%, 51.11%, and 58.14%, respectively with respect to the current value. The highest ticket, meanwhile, was set at $27, which implies an increase of between 45.95% and 61.19%, depending on the line.
THE COMPLETE RESOLUTION
