In January 2023, long-distance trains in Argentina will transport
na 226,056 passengers through the country, which represented an
increase of 68.53%
compared to the same month of 2020 (prior to the start of the pandemic), according to a report from the National Ministry of Transportation.
The portfolio headed by Minister Diego Giuliano highlighted that this result is the product of both a
greater number of trains
offered in its long-distance services and the opening of
new branches
and the
regularity and punctuality
registered in the services.
The train with the greatest demand, as in every summer, was the one that connects Plaza Constitución with Mar del Plata, which in January transported 122,649 passengers, a growth of 72.5%
compared
to the 71,102 that had traveled in the same month of 2020. .
The train to Mardel offered six daily frequencies and four reinforcements on weekends and holidays.
Photo Argentine Trains.
This was influenced by the increase in frequencies, since before the pandemic the service circulated with four trains per day, and last January it offered
six daily services
in each direction to which
an additional four
were added on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. .
The increase in the number of passengers has another central reason, which is the opening of new destinations.
In February 2021, for example, the service that connects General Guido with the Divisadero de Pinamar station
was added
, which had not been operating for five years and was used by more than 165,000 passengers last January.
“More and more people choose our trains to travel to rest on their vacations.
In addition to being an economical alternative, people
recognize the quality of the service
they receive, the convenience and comfort that we are offering”, highlighted the Minister of Transportation of the Nation, Diego Giuliano.
More than 165 thousand people traveled to Pinamar using the connection in General Guido.
Photo Argentine Trains
And he added that for this reason Trenes Argentinos is adding more and
more destinations
, boosting tourism in more towns and motorizing the regional economies of different parts of the country: "The vision we have about transportation -he said- is to put it at the service of the economic development of Argentina and its people.
San Luis, Rosario, Córdoba and Tucumán
Another important extension was on the San Martín line that connects
Retiro with Mendoza
, since before the pandemic it only reached Junín, in the province of Buenos Aires, and it was recovering stations and tracks to, since July of this year, extend to
Justo Daract
, in the province of San Luis, with two weekly frequencies: since the reestablishment of this service, almost 50,000 people have already traveled.
Other trains grew in number of passengers while maintaining the same frequencies.
This is the case of the train between
Retiro and Tucumán
, which with the same number of weekly trains, increased the number of passengers by 15.8%, going from 8,278 in January 2020 to 9,585 in the same month of 2023.
Argentine long distance and tourist trains
In the service between
Retiro and
Córdoba
This increase was 12%, and the train to
Rosario
, which added a new frequency on weekends, registered a growth of more than 58%, comparing the 19,463 passengers transported in January 2020 against the 30,800 in the first month of this year. .
The head of Trenes Argentinos, Martín Marinucci, highlighted the ticket sales record recorded in the season, and pointed out that this indicates that "Argentines choose the train as a means of transportation for vacations."
And he stressed that "we are bringing a top quality service and with an affordable rate to each of our passengers."
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