00:0040% of the train passengers and those who come from further away, those who come from a range of more than 24 kilometers, have to pay more.
00:09There, the ticket went to 450 pesos, and much more, those who, after making a 450-peso journey, have to take another train,
00:18like, for example, those who come in the railroad, who have to change trains and pay again if they go to Lobos or if they go to Lujan.
00:26That change of trains, many of the people who travel on those trains save it, but they save it in a dangerous way, by jumping on electrified tracks.
00:40Do you know how much the train ticket was worth in December 2023? 33 pesos with 29 cents.
00:47The 40% increase takes the ticket to 280 pesos.
00:52That means that in all of Miley's management, the train ticket went up 741%.
01:05This is kilometer 34 and a half, and that light you see there is that of the Lobero, a diesel train that left the town of Lobos two hours ago.
01:16These passengers are going to be on board at the Merlo station to take the train, but not everyone can pay two tickets to travel to their work.
01:26So, what do they do? They take a risk.
01:29You get off in the back so you don't have to pay for the windmill.
01:31So you don't have to pay for the windmill?
01:33Yes, you don't have to pay for the pocket anymore. This train used to come more empty, but now they decide to come here because a lot of people don't pay.
01:42Ah, over here, over here you have to get off.
01:44Let's see, look how people get off. Look, we're going to get off with people, look.
01:52All these people get off and go back, they don't go through the platform.
01:58There is no other way. People have to travel this way to get to the end of the month. They have no other chance.
02:06People have to take the new train, the electric one, and they can't go through the windmills.
02:24Look at the amount of people, it's impressive.
02:30What do you say boss, how are you? Is it difficult to pay the ticket?
02:33Yes sir, it's very difficult, very difficult. I come from Mariano Acosta, I take a bus, then the train, now I take this train, then another bus to get to my house.
02:43And all this way is done by people to avoid the ticket, or at least the other train?
02:48Yes sir.
02:49The electric train is arriving, the people who came in the windmill are now doing the transfer from diesel to electric.
02:56Every day these people have to travel this way, and the doors don't close anymore. We have to go under pressure.
03:05Look, we're seeing people jumping off the windmills because they can't pay for it.
03:09No, they can't pay. The fees are terrible for the worker's pocket.
03:15And it's also a danger that they are jumping, because many pass through the tip of the barrier to avoid paying a ticket, they jump the fence.
03:22And that can also bring them an accident, they risk their lives, but they are forced to do that because they don't have enough money.
03:28People come and ask for it, look, I don't have it, that's it.
03:32What is the criteria for each one? One uses the criteria here. It is to have a little empathy with people.
03:39Not to mention the increase of 40%.
03:42They will continue to travel in the same way, or even worse, because we have the problem of signaling,
03:49we have a problem of rolling material, we have the problem of the lack of investment, which has not been invested in a single peso yet.
03:55Are there fewer frequencies too?
03:57We have much fewer frequencies, here we continue with the summer schedules.
04:04We are arriving at Moreno station, and here the number of passengers who have been traveling since 11 comes down, and look what happens now.
04:15People who cannot pay the ticket, because a lot of people cannot pay it, go down the tracks.
04:24Here we have the train, look.
04:26And people who cannot pay the ticket because it is very expensive, it is impossible for a lot of people.
04:34It is a race for survival.
04:36It is a trip that becomes wild.
04:40It is the Via Crucis of train passengers.
04:45The problem is that the end of this film is known.
04:48As much as it increases the cost of the ticket, it is already known that this will be done to cut subsidies, not to improve the service.
04:57Of course, as it was known that this was happening, that the passengers were jumping, Gaby, now they put security so that they could not jump.
05:08Exactly. They have made this decision from the images ...
05:12Until the camera goes away.
05:15Of course, at the beginning of this edition of America News, we share those images,
05:20and they adopted this decision to make that kind of beating of federal police officers and the private security company that guards this Moreno station.
05:31Look what they are saying to a man who came with the intention, precisely, to get on the platform or go to the platform.
05:39It is parked on the smallest platform, the traditional diesel platform.
05:44The man wanted to go to that platform because it is the train that will go to Lujan.
05:49Let's see if we can have the word of this man who was coming this way.
05:53Let's see.
05:55How are you, teacher? Good afternoon. What did they tell you? That you have to turn around.
05:58Yes.
05:59They didn't let him pass.
06:00Were you going to the platform?
06:01Yes.
06:02Why weren't you going to pay the ticket?
06:04Yes, yes. No, it doesn't matter when he says he wasn't going to pay it either.
06:08Now what are you going to do?
06:09Nothing, I'm going to Lujan.
06:10Where are you going?
06:11Lujan.
06:12Lujan.
06:13How much is the ticket to Lujan?
06:14I don't know now, because it was supposed to be increased.
06:17You don't know how much it is?
06:19I have no idea.
06:20Well, of course.
06:21I don't know how long we are going to continue like this, but I'm going.
06:25This is the reality.
06:28In real time, a person who was trying to enter, and no.
06:33All those people who get off the train and jump off those platforms and get on electrified tracks.
06:39What he's really doing is trying to get a ticket.
06:42Because the ticket, added to what it costs, has become a very important cost of transport.
06:48Especially for those who come from the Third Corridor of the Conurbano and more.
06:57Yes, that's right, that's right, Rolando.
07:00Notice that the diesel locomotive is now parked.
07:04The electric train is parked.
07:06The diesel locomotive, which we have the white light in front of,
07:09is the train that is going to depart in a few moments to Lujan and Mercedes.
07:14A lot of people who got off this train, which arrived just a few minutes ago,
07:19from 11, had to go to Lujan and Mercedes,
07:23or to the intermediate stations from Moreno to the west,
07:27beyond the Conurbano station.
07:28What was he doing?
07:29He got off the platform, obviously,
07:31and passed directly along the tracks
07:34until he got to the convoy that was going to take him to that area,
07:39which is diesel, I repeat.
07:40Well, in this case, they have placed this kind of security barrier
07:45so that they don't do it and have to go down to the subsoil,
07:49get out on the other side, and make the traditional route by paying for the windmill.
07:55In this case, it is a slightly larger phenomenon.
07:58We are talking about people, a lot of people,
08:00who, if they could pay for the ticket,
08:03they would surely pay it because, it must be said, they take risks.
08:07For some reason, there is a sign that says,
08:09you showed it before, that those tracks are electric tracks,
08:13and that you don't have to walk around there.
08:15But hey, they are going to leave people today,
08:17and when the cameras leave, people will be able to continue jumping.
08:21The problem is the cost of the ticket for those people who are going to work.
08:25Thank you, Javi.
08:27See you later.
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