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The recently-refurbished station at Peru on Line A.
securing funds for construction will be a major challenge due to the tense relationship between the national government of president Mrs Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her political rivals in the municipal administration. In 2011 the national government
withdrew the subsidy it previously provided to Subte, handing over responsibility to the cash-strapped city government. Sbase is institutionally aligned with the city government. “Our relationship with the national government is not very good,” Piccardo concedes.
Conscious of this, Sbase is exploring alternative funding methods for the construction of new lines. These include seeking finance through international institutions such as the World Bank, but Piccardo says the national government could veto the application. This means Buenos Aires may have to wait years before it sees work begin on any of the three planned lines.
Improving services
The lack of investment in recent years has had a knock-on effect on performance, and service levels have declined. Despite strong growth over the last 20 years, passenger numbers plunged by 20% between 2011 and 2012. Fare increases are partly to blame for the decline, as buses provide passengers with a much cheaper alternative for most journeys. In March, a single journey on Subte using the contactless
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multi-mode Sube card cost Pesos 3.50 ($US 0.69), more than double the Pesos 1.50 fare for the equivalent bus journey. Nonetheless, both fares and subsidy levels in Buenos Aires are low by international standards, and may need
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to rise again due to the rate of inflation, which according to analysts and unions is as high as 25%. “Even after the increase to Pesos 3.50
fares only cover about 55% of costs, and the rest needs to be covered by the city
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