At the moment, the mechanism that started this Monday is only available in five stations of CABA, that is to say, one station per linebut its implementation for the entire network is planned for the next December 1.
By announcing this new system, the head of Government, Jorge Macriexpressed: “The first means to adopt this system will be the subway and, later, the groups will follow that depend on the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires”.
They also indicated that later the possibility of use of QR codeswhich should be scanning at the turnstiles of the subway to validate the payment. This advance is intended for next year.
Emova’s clarifications
On the other hand, since Emovathe concessionaire company, indicated that with the contactless payment mechanism, The rate charged is the same as with the registered SUBE card: $757.
In addition, some card brandsin addition to virtual banks and wallets, announced promotions and discounts for use your payment methods to cross the turnstiles of the Buenos Aires subway.
Finally, regarding the social ratesfrom the Buenos Aires Transportation Secretariat indicated that they will continue to apply only through the SUBE card.
“People who have the benefit of the social rate pThey will be able to continue using the SUBE card to access the discountor use other means of payment to pay the full rate“, they stated from the company.
In which stations the system works
This measure It was applied in five stations until it was operational throughout the system. on December 1st. Thus, payment with debit, credit and NFC cards works in:
- Loria, of the Line A
- Juan Manuel de Rosas, of the Line B
- Congress of Tucumán, of the Line D
- Retirement, from Line E
- Law school, H line
Source: Ambito
