Overview
- The purchase covers 150 passenger cars to be deployed on the Roca, Mitre, Sarmiento, San Martín and Belgrano Sur lines.
- The program falls under the Railway Emergency plan (DNU 525/24) and marks the first AMBA passenger train buy since 2015 for a network carrying 1.3 million daily riders.
- The contract bundles consumables and components for the first three years of maintenance plus full technical documentation and commissioning support.
- Officials project faster trips, tighter headways and roughly 50% lower fuel use compared with locomotive-hauled formations.
- The move complements ongoing purchases, including three diesel-electric locomotives for San Martín due around January 2026 and about US$119 million in spare parts for heavy maintenance on Mitre, Sarmiento and Roca.