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Buenos Aires Province Establishes AMBA Bus Compensation Regime After National Subsidies End

A decree published Monday sets the framework, with the transport ministry to define cost formulas and the start date.

Overview

  • Decree No. 3231/2025 was published in the provincial Official Gazette and bears Governor Axel Kicillof’s signature with endorsements from ministers Martín Marinucci, Pablo López and Carlos Bianco.
  • The scheme covers urban and suburban bus services across more than 40 AMBA districts, explicitly including La Plata, Berisso and Ensenada, with room for future additions tied to urban growth.
  • The Ministry of Transport, with Economy’s involvement, will determine cost methodologies, liquidation and distribution rules, reporting mechanisms, and the regime’s effective entry into force.
  • A new agreement with Nación Servicios keeps SUBE as the payment system and primary source of operational data such as passenger volumes and kilometers traveled.
  • Access requires municipal homologation of provincial fare tables with provisions to recover overpayments caused by inaccurate reporting, while service rules add a “suburban” category and remove “rural.”