In rush hour, Cross the city from south to north It can be a tiring journey: the journey can take an hour and forty minutes (or longer), and there are few bus lines that make this journey without passing through downtown Buenos Aires. In order to untie this knot and pay off a historical debt to the south of the city, the Trambus will unite these opposing expressions. His strength: Reduce pollution and shorten travel times.
The news has an impact when you take that into account They move around in the city 3.6 million people every day and almost half do so using public transport.
The first branch of Trambus, named T1which will go into operation in 2026, will be fully electric, will travel from Nueva Pompeya to Aeroparque and will connect the neighborhoods of Parque Patricios, Boedo, Parque Chacabuco, Almagro, Caballito, Villa Crespo and Palermo. will have one exclusive track and will combine with five subway lines and five other train stations.
The pilot test began in November: It will initially run on the route of line 34, with which it will coincide for a few blocks Av. Juan B. Justo. They are the ones first of 50 units This makes the circular circuit the geographical center of the city.
According to the Buenos Aires government, these are exclusively cars They will be 100% electric and sustainableThis reduces pollution caused by vehicles Noise On the road they have a range of 270 kilometers.
Its base is a Chassis developed by Agrale in Argentina and a state-of-the-art electric motor developed together with the British company Equipmake LTDwhere the prototypes were sent to get the motors, batteries, the electrical systems and software that control the vehicle.
He Trambus It works with traffic lights synchronized via telemetry. This means that as a unit approaches a corner, the green light will stop until they pass, reducing travel times and prioritizing transportation.
And how The stops will be 500 meters awaythe journey that previously took more than an hour and a half with this system reduces the time to less than an hour. The service is intended to provide: Four minute frequency in times of greatest demand.
More than 50,000 residents and users who come to the city every day to study and work will benefit from the introduction of this mode of transport. The cars have a capacity for more than 60 passengers, but that will be the case Bellows-jointed units for use during rush hour, accommodating more than 120 people.
Traders in the areas where the trambus will operate will also benefit. Better access to public transport means greater circulation of potential customers, new housing initiatives and a greater willingness of companies to locate in these districts. as has happened in Parque Patricios since the arrival of the H subway line.
It is not just the connection in a single route between Nueva Pompeii and Aeroparquebut also the combination with lines A, B, D, E and H of the subway, with the Miter, San Martín, Sarmiento and Belgrano Sur railways as well as with the Metrobus del Sur and Juan B. Justo.
“With the launch of the T1 line, which will connect Pompeya with the Aeroparque, we will install the first ‘monitored traffic lights’ in the country that will detect the arrival of the trambus and give it priority in transit,” says engineer Pablo Bereciartua, the city’s Minister of Mobility and Infrastructure.
“With T1 you can save up to 40% travel time. And there will be an integrated tariff with the subway: Anyone who combines both transports will automatically receive a discount. This represents an important step towards a more integrated and orderly mobility system,” he added.
More than by 2026 70 stops on the trambus route, eleven of which have a cult character: They will have bicycle storage and lockers and will therefore serve as a pickup point for shipments.
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