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Government Voids Once Station Concession Extension for Market-Aligned Tender

The policy will modernize station facilities by re-tendering 21,000 m² of retail and parking space at market rates with projected annual revenues exceeding 6,000 million pesos in 2025.

Overview

  • Trenes Argentinos Operaciones annulled the 2015 addendum that irregularly extended a 2005 concession for Nueva Estación Once SA through 2033
  • The revoked agreement covered nearly 21,000 m², including 82 ground-floor shops, 39 mezzanine outlets and two parking facilities spanning over 11,000 m²
  • Monthly fees set by the extension ranged from 197,000 to 226,000 pesos, figures officials labeled “irrisorios” given current market values
  • All commercial and parking spaces will be re-tendered at market-aligned rates under President Javier Milei’s eficiencia comercial agenda
  • State projections forecast rail concession revenues rising from 914 million pesos at Milei’s term start to more than 6,000 million pesos in 2025