The savings on subsidies will be very low after the increases in trains and buses

The government has announced that bus and train fares will increase by 40% from August. In this way, the minimum – which was 18 dollars – will go to 25.25 dollars, while the journey between 6 and 12 kilometers will be worth 29.40 dollars (instead of the current 21 dollars). The increment is between $ 7 and $ 9,

The climb will also reach the railway lines; it will be $ 17.25 for the Miter, Sarmiento and San Martín lines (it was $ 12.25), $ 11.25 for the Urquiza; $ 10.75 for Roca and Belgrano Sur; and $ 9.50 for the Belgrano Norte.

The value of group travel in Buenos Aires has not been updated since April 15, 2019. There is hardly any price left in the economy which has been running almost 40 months behind inflation.

The increase of groups It will have almost no effect on subsidies, which are close to $ 18 trillion a month. in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA). In the industry it is said that almost everything you get will pay for driver parity.

Railways lose $ 10,000 million a month. Perhaps this fix will help them reduce that number. His budget for this year is to lose $ 87 billion.

The first trip is at full price, the second 50% discount and the third 75%, always in a two-hour window. This is designed for suburban users using a combination of bus and train,

Retirees and beneficiaries of social plans have a 55% discount. In bus lines they call them “attributes”.

The collection of the tickets is sufficient to pay 10% of the group expenses. The collective chambers say they owe them a month’s compensation. This led them to different measures of strength.

The government had decided on a 40% increase in group “tickets” from 15 July. Then he postponed it to the end of the month, with the idea that it would be in effect from 1 August. Companies feared a new postponement for fear of social unrest.

“Half of those who travel make at least two trips: one by bus and another by train is the most used combination, but there are several ”, stand out on the lines.

Bus lines have $ 13.50 remaining each time a passenger makes a trip. But the cost is around $ 150, as calculated in that industry.

With the increase, the gap between the value of groups in the interior and the Buenos Aires metropolitan area (AMBA) is expected to be narrowed. All the same, the trip will still be worth less than half of the interior. In the streets of Buenos Aires and in the suburbs, the minimum will be 25 dollars, while the average indoors will be double, 50 dollars.

In Cordoba, the second largest province in the country, the amount of Córdoba Capital is around $ 70 ($ 69.50) as of May 23.

Buenos Aires and the suburbs consume 75% of state subsidies to groups Passengers in the Buenos Aires Metropolitan Area (AMBA) receive approximately $ 3,015 per month in group subsidies. It is almost triple that of the subsequent provinces (San Juan and Jujuy), whose subsidies are around $ 1,000 per person.

In Santa Fe, the trip to major cities (Rosario and Santa Fe) is about $ 70.

Only in the other provincial capitals mendoza (at $ 40) e jump ($ 41) are on a similar level. The rest have much higher prices.

In the dissimilar geography of Buenos Aires, a trip costs nearly $ 75 in Mar del Plata, $ 76 in Bahía Blanca, and goes up to $ 80 in Necochea. This is three times the AMBA amounts. Villa Gesell ($ 23) and Olavarría ($ 33) are the closest to Buenos Aires and the suburbs in bus prices.

Even with this correction, Buenos Aires will continue to be cheaper than the rest of the South American capitals. The minimum ticket is about 20 cents on the dollar at the official price, and less than 8 cents at the price of the blue ticket on Thursday 21st ($ 336). In comparison, in Montevideo you pay almost 90 cents and in Santiago de Chile a bus trip costs 75 cents.

The Buenos Aires government analyzes to accompany this increase with an increase in subways. In general, there is usually some difference in price. At $ 30, the trip to this porteño environment is $ 0.22. In São Paulo (Brazil), the largest station network in Latin America, the single ticket does not drop below US $ 0.70.