Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (Mitma) free multi-trip ticket All regular public transport concessions for public use by the State Administration by road will be used, valid at each point of origin and destination. 1 February – 31 December 2023. During this period, “recurring users of the state competition concession for a route with a specified origin and destination, 100% bonus According to the decision published by the ministry this Wednesday, “ticket price”. bonus increased from 50% to 100% on 42 routes In effect since 1 September. The 50% discount will continue throughout January.
Why is that?
The measure stems from the decree against the energy crisis that the Council of Ministers approved on December 27. The government justifies the measure based on the fact that the increase in fuel costs has had a “very significant” effect. ability of citizens to bear the cost of transportation associated with compulsory daily mobilitymainly for business reasons but also for essential services such as family care or medical care.
The ministry adds that the continuation of this situation may lead to a failure to provide an exit for this compulsory daily mobility by private vehicle; this, on the other hand, is a tool associated with a number of very high external costs, such as pollution. . The 100% bonus is now transferred to long-distance buses, as the government previously provided the free service of the suburban railways.
When?
will have titles Effective from 1 February for the remainder of 2023. However, they will be marketed in three periods: from February 1, 2023 to April 30, 2023; From 1 May 2023 to 31 August 2023 and from 1 September 2023 to 31 December 2023.
How?
Personal, non-transferable multi-trip tickets will be sold for each of these periods. A multi-trip ticket will be required for each route with a specific origin-destination point.
Thus, each recurring trip will require a multiple trip ticket and the user must pay a deposit It will be repaid when the required repetition is reached, 12 times for the first quarter of 2023 and 16 times for the second and third quarters of 2023. If the use of each of these routes does not meet this frequency, it will not be possible. with take back bail at the end of each period.
Deposit and recovery of deposit
The deposit amount will be determined by the price of a single ticket without bonus, ranging from 20 to 65 euros. In particular, a deposit of 20 euros is set for trips with a ticket price of up to 5 euros. For journeys with ticket prices between 5.01 and 13 Euros, the deposit will be 35 Euros. For journeys with a ticket price between 13.01 and 25 Euros, the deposit will be 50 Euros. In addition, a 65 Euro deposit is required for journeys with a ticket price of more than 25 Euros.
What types of routes does it affect?
The free measure is designed for government-owned public road passenger transport service management contracts. Specifically, it will apply to 42 lines including some routes with a departure or destination in Catalonia, such as those in Lleida-Huesca; Barcelona-Huesca; Madrid-Badalona; Teruel-Barcelona for Tarragona, Zaragoza-Castellón; Viella-Lleida; Lleida-Molina de Aragon; Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona; Santander-Barcelona; Seville-Manresa or Santiago de Compostela-Barcelona.
Procedure
The decision published by Mitma reveals that: privileged companies will be directly responsible for issuing multiple travel passes to those interested through regular channels commercialization and related sales of these titles. titles available in advance from the effective date and for the entire validity period. The concessionaire company may not charge administrative expenses in the issuance of multi-trip tickets or in the sale of tickets associated with multi-trip tickets.
In addition, each multi-trip card must have an associated number. a unique personalized code, In addition to specifying the validity period, it will collect information on the identity of the owner, the identity of the concession, and the place of origin-destination.
Ticketing
Passengers wishing to take advantage of a previously purchased free voucher must formalize a ticket for each journey they intend to make.
Tickets created associated with a multi-trip ticket. Issued tickets priced for multiple trip tickets must include: QR code Collects detailed information necessary for control. The ticket will contain at least the QR code, identification number and, for unidentified minors, the identity and date of birth of the legal guardian.
Control and sanctions
The Ministry of Transport will hold the concessionaire companies responsible for complying with the conditions. marketing to prevent excessive or inappropriate use of multiple travel tickets. For this, for example, it will be impossible to formalize more than one trip per direction and day, unless canceled in advance.
Moreover Use of the ticket by anyone other than the multi-trip ticket holder will be considered improper use.or not canceling a trip that has been formalized and not made at least 24 hours in advance.
In particular, in the decision published by the Government, it is stated that the multi-trip ticket will be withdrawn and the deposit will be confiscated from the passengers due to improper use in the 3 identified cases.