HE State It will allocate up to 170m euros to finance discounts on train and bus tickets purchased by young people aged 18-30 traveling next summer too much for Spain when it comes Europe.
Amount confirmed this Thursday Council of Ministers extraordinary, will facilitate the movement of young people both across the Old Continent this summer europe interrailas in Spain with medium and long-distance rail links and state-owned bus lines.
especially, 70 million will be allocated to high-speed and long-distance flights, 60 million to bus lines, 30 million to Avant and medium-haul trains, and 10 million to the financing of Interrail discount.
Reductions approved by the government last Tuesday include: 50% discount on Interrail passin case of travel by Amounts to 90% of the price of train tickets within Spain traveling for medium and long distance routes and also on State buses. Also, trains Avant will have a 50% discount, as well as high-speed services, but the latter is limited to 30 euros.
Government estimates show that the discounts affect 12.5 million trips by young people to Spain during the summer months.In addition to doubling the sales of Interrail tickets.
from these discounts Young people born in 1993-2005 who bought a single or round-trip ticket to travel between June 15 and September 15 will benefit.
To purchase tickets, The Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, which will start selling “as soon as possible”, needs to pre-register on its website.
The government’s plan also provides for financing reductions on medium-haul rail services, which are the responsibility of Generalitat de Catalunya, if requested by the community itself.