Treasury cuts 750 billion in rail and public passenger transport

The Ministry of Finance and Public Credit issued Resolution 2088 of 2026, dated September 15, which modifies the budgetary breakdown of investment programs 2404 (Rail Transport Infrastructure) and 2408 (Provision of Public Passenger Transport Services), reducing it by $750,000 million. The regulation, signed by Minister Miguel Gómez Martínez, was published in the Official Gazette No. 53,627 on Tuesday, September 15, 2026, and is effective from its publication.

The decision adjusts Resolution 0112 of January 23, 2026, which had broken down the appropriations contained in the annex of Decree 1477 of December 30, 2025, assigned to the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit - General Management Unit. The cut is based on the authority conferred by paragraph 5 of article 19 of Law 2559 of 2025.

Affected projects

According to the preamble, the release of resources is due to the need to “articulate the budget assigned to the projects in accordance with the updated programming of the Nation’s contributions.” The cut resources correspond to two co-financing agreements:

• Co-financing agreement for the Calle 13 Trunk of the Transmilenio system, project “Construction of the Calle 13 Trunk from the Av. Las Américas Trunk to the city limit, Bogotá River.”
• Co-financing agreement for the First Line of the Bogotá Metro, for the capital’s urban mass passenger transport public service system.

Background of the rescheduling

The cut responds to addenda for the rescheduling of future commitments signed on October 31, 2025, which decreased the contribution to which the Nation was obligated during 2026:

• Addendum 1 to the Calle 13 Trunk agreement modified clause 2.2 “contributions of the Nation” and released the appropriation balance for the 2026 term.
• Addendum 5 to the Bogotá Metro agreement modified numeral 2.2 “contributions of the Nation” of clause 2 “contributions for the co-financing of the project” and released the corresponding balance.

Since these modifications occurred after the approval of the General National Budget for 2026, the Ministry considered it necessary to harmonize the Nation’s contributions with the reality of the agreements.

Procedure and validity

The General Directorate of State Participations reported, via communication dated September 11, 2026, on the uncommitted balances for the 2026 term. The Budget Group of the Financial Sub-directorate of the Administrative Directorate must register the modification in the Integrated Financial Information System (SIIF) Nation, pursuant to article 2 of the resolution.

The measure does not imply a definitive elimination of resources, but rather an adjustment of the budget breakdown to align it with the updated scheduling of the Nation’s contributions to Bogotá’s two mobility megaprojects.

Impact

The cut of $750,000 million in the rail transport and public passenger transport programs is relevant because it directly affects the co-financing of two of the country’s largest infrastructure works: the Transmilenio Calle 13 Trunk and the First Line of the Bogotá Metro. For readers, the decision reflects the rescheduling of national contributions to these projects during 2026, without the regulation specifying a reduction in the total amount committed in future fiscal years.

Source: Official Gazette of the Republic of Colombia, No. 53,627, September 15, 2026, Ministry of Finance and Public Credit section - Resolutions (official reference: Resolution 2088 of 2026).