The 53% increase in the train fare of the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) It comes into effect this Monday, May 6. Medium and long distance tickets are also increasing, as are regional trains.
Through resolution 01/2024, published last week in the Official Gazette, the Ministry of Transportation of the Nation made official the new ticket prices for the trains that run through the AMBAregional trains and also long-distance trains.
How much do train fares increase in the AMBA?
According to the resolution of the Ministry of Transportation, the passages of the Sarmiento, Roca, Mitre, San Martín, Belgrano Sur, Belgrano Norte, Urquiza and Tren de la Costa lines, increase by 53%. Thus, the minimum ticket with a registered SUBE card becomes $200. The new fare table for passengers with nominalized SUBE was prepared as follows:
- First section ticket: $200
- Second section ticket: $260
- Third section ticket: $320
Meanwhile, the prices for the beneficiaries of the Member RateIt was as follows:
- First section $90
- Second section $117
- Third section $144
Finally, the passengers who do not have the SUBE registered in their namea procedure that can be done online, they will pay the even more expensive tickets:
- First section $400
- Second section $520
- Third section $640
For those who do not have the SUBE card and pay their fare in cash At the box office, the cost of tickets will be even higher. They will pay $640 for both first, second and third section trips.
How much will the tickets cost for medium-distance trains?
Transportation set a fee of $160 for the first section of each of the following services:
- Cañuelas – Wolves
- Cañuelas – Monte
- Alejandro Korn – Chascomús
- La Plata University Train
- Villa Ballester – Zárate
- Victoria – Chapel of the Lord
- Merlo – Wolves
- Moreno – Mercedes
- González Catán – Navarro
Long-distance trains: the new prices
Likewise, the Ministry of Transportation established “new reference values for long distance services“, with a “minimum and maximum margin of tariff variation” possible “at the time they go on sale”, that is, rates may vary according to the time and demand.
Thus, it is estimated that fares will be set at maximum values in high season or holidays and at minimum values in low season. Transport estimated a average cost for each destination:
- Constitution – Mar del Plata: $30,112 (minimum of $12,716, maximum of $38,147)
- Constitution – Pinamar: $25,244 (minimum of $9,660, maximum of $28,981)
- Retreat – Junín: $11,617 (minimum of $8,211, maximum of $24,632)
- Retreat – Justo Daract, San Luis: $15,653 (minimum of $15,653, maximum of $46,959)
- Retreat – Tucumán: $21,042 (minimum of $21,042, maximum of $63,127)
- Retreat – Córdoba: $19,667 (minimum of $14,487, maximum of $43,460)
- Retreat – Rosario: $11,414 (minimum of $9,334, maximum of $28,003)
- Eleven – Pehuajó: $18,435 (minimum of $11,864, maximum of $35,592)
How much will regional train tickets cost?
For the regional rail services that are provided in the inside of the country, the Ministry of Transportation established the reference rates for complete tours of the following services:
- Train of the Sierras $1,300
- Paraná-La Picada $260
- Los Amores – Cacuí $690
- Chorotis – Sáenz Peña $850
- Güemes – Campo Quijano $440
- Valley Train $300
