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  • 27/01/2013 | Argentina

    98 Line bus depot catches fire in Wilde

    Thirteen passenger buses of the 98 Line caught fire after a blaze that affected the Wilde bus depot, in the Greater Buenos Aires area.

  • 20/11/2012 | Argentina

    Current state of transport and services affected by strike

    The CGT Azopardo-CTA national workers’ strike led by Pablo Micheli (CTA) and Hugo Moyano (CGT) was affecting the majority of the city-province train lines, urban underground train lines and bus services today.

  • 10/01/2013 | Argentina

    UTA lifts nat'l strike of long-distance buses

    After the intervention of the Labour Ministry and Interior and Transport Ministry, the bus drivers' union UTA decided to lift the long-distance buses' strike that had been announced earlier today.

  • 11/01/2013 | Argentina

    Bus companies, drivers reach agreement, lift strike

    The bus drivers' union (UTA) and the long-distance buses companies met at the Labour Ministry and agreed over the payment of travel allowances to the drivers, leading to the definite lift of the national strike announced last night.

  • 08/08/2012 | Argentina

    Subway: Workers confirm sixth day of strike on Thursday

    After failing again to come to an agreement, unionists confirmed the decision to extend the subway strike one more day. “The City Government is responsible for this,” spokesman Enrique Rossito explained, and once again called on all parties involved in the conflict to convene to discuss salaries.

  • 10/08/2012 | Argentina

    Subway workers' strike to continue after failed meeting

    AGTSyP subway workers union announced that they failed to reach an agreement with licensee company Metrovías and that the strike will continue for another 24 hours.

  • 17/08/2012 | Argentina

    Lorry collides into two buses, injures seven

    Seven people were injured this morning after a cargo lorry collided into a bus, causing it to crash into another bus along a main avenue in the city neighbourhood of San Telmo.

  • 13/07/2012 | Argentina

    UTA reaches agreement, lifts long-distance buses' strike

    The bus drivers' union (UTA) lifted the 24-hour strike of the long-distance buses scheduled for tonight, according to the Interior and Transport Ministry.

  • 26/07/2012 | Argentina

    Gov't unveils details of transport subsidies

    Interior and Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo was giving a press conference this morning, in order to announce the distribution of subsidies on bus and train travel in Buenos Aires City and the rest of the country's provinces.

  • 07/08/2012 | Argentina

    Subway strike to continue one more day

    Subway workers will hold a fifth consecutive day of strike after wage hike negotiations with breakway union AGTSyP, UTA union leaders, Metrovías concessionary company, SBASE officials and City lawmaker María José Lubertino and a Federal Judge failed.

  • 09/03/2012 | Argentina

    Macri says City lacks funds to keep subsidies on bus lines

    Buenos Aires City Mayor Mauricio Macri came on stage after the national government sent a bill to Congress to transfer 33 bus lines to the City's scope.

  • 13/03/2012 | Argentina

    After heated discussion, Senate clears subway draft bill for debate

    The draft bill ordering City Hall to honour its agreement with the National Government and accept the transfer of the subway management, as well as 33 bus lines and the Puerto Madero tram, was approved by three committees after a very heated debate and will be voted on the Senate floor on March 21st.

  • 13/04/2012 | Argentina

    60 line bus driver maintain strike despite threats

    In the fourth consecutive day of service strikes, 60 line bus drivers will remain on strike although delegate Daniel Farella had assured earlier that the members of the trade union had received “intimidating letters” ordering them to lift the strikes within the next 24 hours.

  • 23/12/2011 | Argentina

    Traffic intense as Christmas weekend begins

    There is an intense traffic of buses registered at the Retiro Bus Station due to the long weekend of Christmas, according to sources of the National Transport Committee.

  • 06/01/2012 | Argentina

    Gov't rules out train, bus fares hike talks

    The National Government denied talks of adjusting bus and train fares for the area of Buenos Aires today and stated that “it’s not urgent nor necessary” to do so.

  • 08/03/2012 | Argentina

    De Vido makes strongly defends transport subsidies

    During the inauguration ceremony held for newly-appointed Transport Secretary Alejandro Ramos today, Planning Minister Julio De Vido defended achievements made in the sector, stating that the Government would “maintain the subsidies” on public transport and that the sensitive issue "would be resolved by May."

  • 31/05/2011 | Argentina

    Macri inaugurates new Metrobus transport system

    City Mayor Mauricio Macri inaugurated the new Metrobus this morning, a transport system that began circulation along Juan B. Justo Avenue today, where he assured passengers “will make up 40% of their normal journey time,” using the new service.

  • 18/06/2011 | Argentina

    Hundreds of tourists flock to Retiro for long weekend

    Sources from Retiro bus terminal indicated today, that for the long weekend, the demand for tickets to travel to the Atlantic coast and Córdoba has sky rocketed, however it was stated that the majority of passengers made their way to their bank holiday destinations yesterday afternoon and evening.

  • 04/08/2011 | Argentina

    Mass march of 1,500 buses through downtown cancelled

    Transport Minister Juan Pablo Schiavi announced the suspension of a massive 1,500 buses rally that was going to march through downtown, after a meeting with authorities of the Civic Association for Motor Transport.

  • 09/02/2011 | Argentina

    UTA union claims $1,000 bonus per month until next wage talk

    UTA transport workers’ union demanded a $1,000 pesos bonus with their salaries for the months of January, February and March, to make up for the “future raise of salaries which is to be negotiated in the next wage talks.”

  • 04/03/2011 | Argentina

    Mass tourist movement begins toward Carnival weekend

    People are to flock in their thousands towards the main tourist spots around the country to enjoy the spirit of the Carnival long weekend for the first time in 35 years. The morning bustle has already begun at Retiro bus station.

  • 23/04/2011 | Argentina

    One dead, two injured in Ramos Mejía bus crash

    The accident occurred at around 6AM this morning along Rivadavia Avenue at 13000, when two buses crashed into a car. A young man was killed and another two were injured, who were then sent to a local hospital to be treated. Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

  • 14/03/2012 | World

    London transport strikes haunt lead-up to Olympics

    A looming threat of strikes in the lead up to the Olympic Games continued to haunt London transport, as the tubeline trade union that represents hundreds of workers on the London Underground rejected today an 850 pound bonus offered to them for this year’s Games, stating that the work conditions were “unacceptable.”


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