With a system very similar to the one implemented for trains, free travel on some lines long distance buses from Spain is possible from this month of February. A decision that the Government already advanced last November but that has not been until now when it has started.
These long-distance buses, whose concession depends on the State, already had 50% of the price of the multi-trip pass subsidized. But as has happened with the trains in our country, since this month of February it is possible to travel on them completely free of charge.
With this measure, the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda specifies that in 2022 the long-distance bus lines dependent on the State provided service to 2,399 towns spread over 1,837 municipalities throughout the country. In total there are available 4,088 stops.
How and where to travel for free by bus
The measure has been designed to counteract the rise in fuel that we have experienced throughout 2022 and the elimination of the 20 cent/liter subsidy that drivers had been enjoying. The procedure, as in the case of trains, seeks to encourage recurring trips.
To avoid picaresque, they are put up for sale multi-trip tickets with different bonds. For tickets that cost five euros, a deposit of 20 euros must be left. If the ticket cost from five to 13 euros, it will be necessary to pay a deposit of 35 euros. And the deposit increases up to 50 euros for tickets from 13 to 35 euros and up to 65 euros for tickets over 25 euros, according to the Spanish Confederation of Bus Transport (Confebus).
As is the case with trains, the tickets will be quarterly and it will be necessary to make a minimum of 16 trips every four months in order to recover the deposit. In this first term, from February to April 30, a minimum of 12 trips will be required. The measure will be in force until December 31, 2023.
To buy these tickets multi-trip, it will be necessary to “contact the transport company or the usual sales channel in order to obtain a unique code for the multi-trip ticket for the recurring route. Then, they must pay an amount as a deposit for the multi-trip ticket, which will be reimbursed if the established recurrence is reached”, they explain from Confebus.
In addition, a series of conditions To avoid abuse of these free multi-trip tickets:
• The title will be personal and non-transferable.
• For each period of validity, the acquisition of a single multi-trip ticket per person, and origin and destination will only be allowed.
• It will be impossible to formalize more than one round trip per day, unless it has previously been cancelled.
• It will be impossible to formalize trips in consecutive expeditions with a time less than three times the time of the outward journey. (If the trip lasts one hour and we travel at 10:00 a.m., we will not be able to book the return trip until after 1:00 p.m.
• Failure to cancel a formalized trip that has not been made at least 24 hours in advance will be considered inappropriate use.
• The use of a ticket by a person other than the holder of the multi-trip ticket will be considered inappropriate use.
• The multi-trip ticket will be withdrawn and the deposit will be seized from travelers with improper use on three detected occasions.
As for the lines on which free travel will be allowed by bus, we find the following:
Teruel-Barcelona with hijuelas to Caspe Logroño-Soria-Madrid with hijuelas Madrid-Toledo with hijuelas Murcia-Seville by Granada with hijuelas Murcia-Valencia Viella-Lleida with hijuelas Lleida-Molina de Aragón by Zaragoza with hijuelas Irún-Tuy with hijuelas Madrid- Badajoz-Valencia with daughters Coria-Salamanca-Barcelona with daughter daughters Madrid-Alicante with daughter daughters Madrid-Toledo by Valmojado with daughter daughter by Chozas Canales Burgos-Poza de la Sal-Frías-Briviesca-Logroño with daughter daughters Soria-Zaragoza with daughter daughters Madrid-Fuensalida Madrid -Miajadas-Don Benito with daughters Madrid-Granada-Almuñécar Madrid-Jaén with daughters Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona with daughters Santander-Bilbao-Barcelona with daughters Huesca-Lleida with daughters Madrid-Salamanca-Vigo with daughters Madrid-Fuente Del Arco-Badalona with Alicante-Murcia daughters with Zaragoza-Murcia daughters with Salamanca-León-Santander-Laredo daughters León-Zaragoza through Valladolid with Seville and Málaga daughters to Montgat and Manresa, with Madrid-Piedrabuena Za daughters ragoza-Castellón de La Plana through Tarragona and Caspe Madrid-Irún With Hijuelas Madrid-Casas Ibáñez-Las Lagunas de Ruidera Santiago de Compostela-Gijón-Irún-Barcelona Gijón-León-Madrid Seville-Salamanca-Irún Puente Genave (Jaén)- Albacete Ferrol-Algeciras Tamarite de Litera (Huesca)-Lleida Santander-Bilbao-La Manga del Mar Menor (Murcia) Madrid-Seville-Ayamonte (Huelva) Madrid-Córdoba-San Fernando Madrid-Almería Ayamonte (Huelva)-Santa Coloma de Gramanet ( Barcelona) Vigo (Pontevedra), Irún (Guipuzcoa) and Barcelona Bilbao (Vizcaya) and Castro Urdiales (Cantabria) Madrid-Zaorejas-Sigüenza Madrid – Plasencia (Cáceres) Madrid-Ávila Madrid-Jaraíz de La Vera (Cáceres) Pamplona-Jaca Madrid -Navamorcuende (Toledo) Calahorra (La Rioja)-Soria Almería-Cartagena Murcia-Almería Cuenca-Barcelona Madrid-Piedrabuena (Ciudad Real)-Agudo (Ciudad Real) Madrid-Málaga-Algeciras (Cádiz) Fraga-Binefar-Mequinenza (Huesca) -Lleida Irún (Guipúzcoa)-Algeciras (Cádiz) Burgos-Zaragoza Éibar (Guipúzcoa)-Pamplona (Navarra) J aén-Benidorm (Alicante) Mérida (Badajoz)-Seville Badajoz-Seville Madrid-Aranda Duero (Burgos)-El Burgo de Osma (Soria) Madrid-Guadalajara Barcelona-Huesca Madrid-Segovia with extension to Melgar de Fernamental (Burgos) Aldeanueva del Camino (Cáceres)-Madrid Puertollano-Tomelloso-Cuenca-Albacete-Valencia Alicante-Cartagena-Murcia Pedro Bernardo (Ávila) – Talavera de la Reina (Toledo) La Adrada (Ávila) – Talavera de la Reina (Toledo) Hontanares (Ávila) – Talavera de la Reina (Toledo) Badajoz-Córdoba with Hijuelas Madrid-Molina de Aragón-Teruel-Valencia Madrid-Pamplona through Burgos and Logroño, with extension to Valcarlos and the French border of Arnegui
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