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November 20th, 2018 marks the first of four monthly increases in subway fares. Prices have gone up from AR $12.50 to AR $13.50, and will reach AR $16.50 in February. In the case of the PreMetro, the climb will be AR $0.50 until reaching the AR $6, also in February.

These increases are reported by the Buenos Aires subway system operators (Sbase) to be down to multiple factors:”this update responds to multiple factors, such as the variation in the technical tariff – which reflects the service operation costs, and the need to balance the values of different modes of transport and contribute to the policy of reducing subsidies”.

• Read More: Buenos Aires Subway Fares to Increase One Peso per Month Until February 2019

Despite the rises, the document produced by Sbase to justify the decision explains that it will continue to be offering discounts to the cost of the ticket on the tiered system (20 percent, 30 percent and 40 percent of the ticket cost) depending on the number of trips made each month.

(Source: Metrovías) Travel discounts will still apply depending on your monthly usage

Sbase went on to indicate that “the benefit is cumulative with the UPS network, which automatically applies reductions of 50 percent and 75 percent by combining two or more means of transport in the metropolitan area, in the span of two hours.”

However, if a person takes the same means of transport in that period, the discount does not run. For example, if a user takes a subway and in less than two hours they take another, they must pay full fare in both cases. The discount allows the value of the trip to decrease only when different means of travel are combined, like, for example, to get off the subway and to take a train or, to take two groups of different line.

Alright, we all know you come here for information about underground transport systems, and that’s exactly what you’re going to get. Without further ado, let’s start learning you a thing or two about Subte, Buenos Aires’ underground system; the thirteenth largest subway network in the world.

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First, history. Much like the District Line, the Subte was a long time coming. Porterños – the inhabitants of Buenos Aires – had been talking about building an underground network since the late 1800s. Really, this is no surprise, given that the tram network operator was the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company, and London had just recently opened its own underground.

With a large tram network, many considered an underground system to be unnecessary. Nonetheless, the first stage of the new network opened in 1913, becoming the first underground rail system in Latin America, the first in southern hemisphere, and the first in the Spanish speaking world. (Madrid’s arrived five years later.)

A geographical map, with planned extensions in grey. Image: JoshuaPers/Wikimedia.

The Subte system boasts six lines — A, B, C, D, E and H — with 86 stations that extend finger like from the area near the Plaza de Mayo and the Casa Rosado (yep, “The Pink House”, where the president lives). While, technically speaking, many of the lines intersect with each other, they only do so at the extreme eastern edge of the network. In land, only the C and H lines, which act like barriers to catch wayward tourists, have any chance of returning you to the line you want to be on should you lose your way. As such, vigilance is an important part of riding the Subte – especially since it is not always possible to change directions without paying for a new journey if you find yourself heading the wrong way.

There’s also a ‘P’ line, which intersects at the end of the E line. The P stands for PreMetro, which is a 7.4km tramway that runs along the outskirts of Buenos Aires. While not technically part of the Subte subway network, it does appear on the map and passengers can use their Subte cards (basically an Oyster card) on both, as well as buses and other public transport.

The architecture of the stations has been copied from the A line ever since its inauguration over 100 years ago, keeping the theme running across the entire network. Originally owned by the state, the Subte system was privatised in 1944, the same year that the E line was officially opened. The most recent line, H, was officially opened in 2007. Now, some 10 years later, it is due to be extended with an additional 20 trains running on the line.

While not as large as the Tube, or serving quite so many people, the Subte can still get suitably rammed during the rush hour period. In that time, you’re just as likely to find your face wedged into someone else’s armpit as you are on the Central Line. There are considerably more buskers, who operate like those you’ll see in the New York Metro. Additionally, it’s not uncommon to see a small group set up a literal band — complete with drum kit — in the space between the doors. They do appear to move when the train stops but, on the occasion that they don’t, be careful not to trip on your way out.

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