Overview
- The government rolled out the SUBE‑CUD linkage for national‑jurisdiction bus lines and specified commuter and regional trains, with registration opening on June 16 and the modality taking effect on Friday, June 19.
- Users must register a SUBE card in their name on the official SUBE site, enter their 10‑digit Certificado Único de Discapacidad (CUD) and activate the benefit at a Terminal Automática, via the SUBE Android app using NFC, or on board at the validator.
- The rollout caused website saturation, long queues at ANSES and SUBE help points, and isolated reports of denied boarding, prompting the Secretaría de Transporte to clarify that the physical CUD remains fully valid and optional for travel.
- The CNRT will sanction operators that refuse either form of validation and companies are legally required to honor the gratuity even after the government removed a transport compensation fund in late May.
- About 1.6 million people hold a CUD nationally and some provinces such as Mendoza already use SUBE‑based disability passes, so officials say the change standardizes access across national services and will be extended progressively to more lines and jurisdictions.