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22-02-2025 06:59 The Once train crash was technically a railway accident far more frequently dubbed a tragedy and a crime in not a few eyes – few transport disasters have been so heavily politicised even if two previous rail accidents had claimed more lives.

by Michael Soltys

SOCIAL UNREST ON RISE

Strikes and walkouts multiply as anger against Milei's austerity mounts

22-02-2024 21:05 Social unrest is growing, labour groups protest in response to President Milei’s belt-tightening measures; Railway staff, health workers, teachers and even scientists take to streets in protest.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Milei squeezes governors, eliminates transport subsidies to inland provinces

08-02-2024 17:02 In the midst of the war with governors after the failure of his reform bill, president moves to eliminate subsidies overnight; Fares set to soar as provinces face funding shortfall.

Transportation

Porteños told to register SUBE cards with authorities before fare hikes

23-01-2024 14:42 Buenos Aires City Transport Ministry warns porteños that fares will cost more than 400 pesos for those using unregistered cards – how to register your SUBE before April to avoid paying more.

BLOOMBERG – FEATURE

Argentina’s ruined railways will force Milei to confront poverty

21-12-2023 00:29 Those living off state subsidies in ghost towns abandoned by the once-robust train service fear the pain of the new president’s spending cuts will be acute.

PRIVATISATION BLITZ?

Milei government intends to privatise railways, confirms minister

17-12-2023 06:11 Infrastructure Minister Guillermo Ferraro reiterates that President Javier Milei intends to "remove the state from the economy" and advance with privatisation of Argentina’s rail and train network.

TRAINS & RAILWAY

Argentina and its trains – the difficulty of getting back on track

02-05-2023 15:31 They conquered the immensity of the country, built it as a nation, carried its golden age: the trains of Argentina, many of which have disappeared, are making a timid but popular comeback, station after station, without convincing that this nostalgia has a viable future.

News of rail

Hidden by crypto

Strikes and walkouts multiply as anger against Milei's austerity mounts

Milei squeezes governors, eliminates transport subsidies to inland provinces

Porteños told to register SUBE cards with authorities before fare hikes

Argentina’s ruined railways will force Milei to confront poverty

Milei government intends to privatise railways, confirms minister

Argentina and its trains – the difficulty of getting back on track

Argentina declares national mourning as flood death toll hits 16

Argentina’s annual wine exports near US$1-billion mark

'Too soon' to discuss pope's return home, says Vatican source

Canada's next PM Mark Carney vows to 'win' US trade war

Milei says IMF deal will wipe out inflation in Argentina

Federico Sturzenegger anunció medidas para impulsar el uso de casas rodantes en el país

Alerta naranja por lluvias y fuertes vientos: qué provincias estarán afectadas este lunes 10 de marzo

Bullrich anunció que tomará "medidas especiales" con los hinchas de fútbol que marcharán con los jubilados

Francos, sobre la inundación en Bahía Blanca: "La reconstrucción es un tema del municipio y la provincia"

Majul se quebró en vivo y Bullrich aseguró que el grupo que la insultó era “violento, politizado y del Polo Obrero”