Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urbanization Agenda Changed terms of use for free Media Distancia subscriptions traditional for avoid misuse of these titlesThe behavior of certain users, particularly those who book seats on trains with season tickets and then don’t travel, as reported this Monday by the Department led by Raquel Sánchez.
The Official State Gazette (BOE) publishes it this Monday. the new terms of these subscriptions, most of which will be operational next Wednesday, December 7.
Therefore, the Ministry of Transport changed the operation for the sale and use of free Media Distancia multi-trip tickets after detecting the irregularities, restricting the formalization of travel and obtaining permits and penalizing repeated irregular useas well as other performances.
Special, renfe Will forfeit the 20 Euro deposit and cancel the free subscription for users who don’t cancel their reservation at least three times in advance at least two hours in advance if they don’t eventually travel It’s on trend. Although the pass will only be taken back from the line with irregular use, the railway operator will not be able to arrange a new pass for any medium distance exit-destination point within 30 days from the date of cancellation by being associated with that right of way.
Current regulations allow users to take advantage of traditional Medium Distance rail services. buy a different ticket for each departure/arrival journeyIt will be valid for unlimited trips in both directions between the origin and destination requested by the customer.
Before you come to withdraw the payment and deposit, Renfe will send two notifications to the owner when it finally detects that they are not traveling without canceling the reservation in advance. When the abuse occurs a third time, it will continue to punish. However, a transitional period of seven days is set during which the passenger will be notified of the violation without requiring the application of the measure.
Parallel, The new conditions will limit the maximum number of trips to four round trips per day. that formalization by payment is allowed and it will be impossible to formalize two trips in the same direction until three times the planned travel time has passed.
The government wants to avoid it undermine the effectiveness of a measure taken to stimulate demand public transport and contributes to the reduction of CO2 emissions.
New pass for minors
Renfe, on the other hand, on certain trains, reserved seats and in high demand, can create a standing quotathat is, without a reserved seat, which informs passengers of the travel status in question, not exceeding 10% of the seats available with a seat reservation. Seat selection will not be made on these trains, which are in high demand.
Also, it will start a Special season ticket for minors without ID and only one title can be received by DNI, NIE or passport for each exit-destination, thus preventing improper use of these titles.
This precaution It will enter into force on 1 January 2023coincides with the activation of the extension of discounts for public rail transport.
The Ministry underlines that the free passes for rail transport have been very well received by the public, who have purchased more than 2.2 million tickets, of which 1.6 million are for commuter and Rodalies travel and 627,000 Titles for the traditional Media Distancia.
Source: Informacion
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