renfe It will start on January 9 to automatically refund deposits of 10 and 20 euros paid by users of Cercanías and Media Distanciarespectively, linked to the use of free passes used by more than 2.5 million people in the last four months.
This was expressed by the Minister of Transport, Mobility and the Urban Agenda, Rachel SanchezDuring a meeting with the press this Monday at Madrid’s Nuevos Ministerios station, he reviewed the route to return. Request new free passes to travel for the next four months.
So from January 9all users paying the deposit by card will automatically get a refund, Cash-payers will be able to request a refund from January 15.
Again, Passengers who abuse cards will not receive a refund., by reserving several seats in one day and not traveling in any of them. By 23 December, only 70 passengers had been informed by Renfe that their subscriptions would be withdrawn and their deposits confiscated.
between More than 2.5 million season tickets were issued, As the Minister reported, 30% belongs to the Cercanías network and 30% to the Media Distancia network distributed throughout Spain.
Sánchez also cited estimated savings for a family of four that will use the subscription through 2023: 1,800 euros in Madrid, 2,200 euros in Barcelona and more than 3,000 euros in Valencia. Likewise, 1,800 euros will be saved for users of the Media Distance route, for example between Mérida and Badajoz.
The Minister argued that the Government has implemented all possible human and material means, so that this subscription renewal is “easy and effective”, He also underlined that it was a “historic and unprecedented” measure implemented to get more citizens to trust public transport and fight climate change.