Number of users public transport It grew 16.6% in May from the same month of the previous year 19.9% increase in urban and a preview Between cities 16.6%According to data provided this Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
During the month of May, 468 million users They used public transport, which has increased by 13% since April.
Urban Transportation
More than 284 million passengers preferred public transport in May19.9% more than a year ago; Metro usage increased by 19%, while the Málaga metro was the metro that grew the most with 106.9%.
The only one to fall is in Sevilla, 4%.
Among the cities with a metro, the highest increase in bus transportation was recorded in Palma (44%), while the smallest increase was recorded in Seville (7%).
Regarding the bus, it grew 20.6% in May with the increase of all autonomous communities; the largest increases occurred in the Canary Islands (42.8%); Castilla y León (28.5%) and Extremadura and Castilla-La Mancha (both 28.4%).
Catalonia (11.9%) and the Comunidad de Madrid, Andalucía and Aragón (all three 18.5%) recorded the smallest increases in bus transport.
The INE note warns that, in order to preserve statistical confidentiality, data for the autonomous communities of the Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Navarra and the Foral Community of La Rioja and the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla are not published separately. .
intercity transportation
more than once in May 130.4 million passengers used intercity transportation It indicates an increase of 16.6% in May compared to the same month of 2022.
According to the type of transport, railway grew by 17.9%; by bus, 15.8%; air, 13.5%, and sea, 8.9%.
Cercanías grew 12.5% in bus transport and 15.4% in rail transport, while in medium-distance bus transport it grew by 24.3% and in rail 51.7%.
In long distances, there was an increase of 24.6% in bus transportation and 24% in railways, while Alta Velocidad grew by 34.5% in the latter.
Private and on-demand transport
Moreover 53.2 million users used private and on-demand transportation in May, an annual increase of 1.9%.
The number of private transport passengers decreased by 4.2% to exceed 33 million users; of which school fell 3.1% and work 8.3%.
On-demand transportation grew by 13.6% compared to the same month of 2022, with more than 20.1 million passengers.