19.12.2019 17:10 h.
Updated: 02/20/2020 13:06 h.
Madrid, Girona, Barcelona Y Lleida, in this order, are the Spanish cities where it is more expensive to get around by public transport. In fact, traveling in urban bus in these cities it is up to 307% more expensive than doing it in other parts of the country, according to a study by Facua-Consumers in Action carried out in the provincial capitals (except Pontevedra) plus Ceuta, Melilla, Santiago de Compostela and Gijón.
According to the report, travel with bus pass or rechargeable card Transshipment (modality offered by 39 of the 53 cities analyzed) costs € 0.75 on average, 0.7% less than a year ago. However, the trip in Madrid amounts to € 1.83 (although the study highlights that this voucher also allows use other urban transport), followed by Girona (€ 1.07), Barcelona (€ 1.02), Lleida (€ 0.98) and Alicante (€ 0.87). On the other side of the scale are Lugo (€ 0.45), Logroño (€ 0.53), Ávila (€ 0.55), Salamanca (€ 0.59) and Santiago de Compostela, Segovia and Vitoria (the three with a price of € 0.60).
The most expensive single ticket
Regarding the routes with bus pass without transshipment (of which 25 of the 53 cities have), Madrid continues to be the most expensive city (€ 1.22), followed by Palma de Mallorca (€ 1), San Sebastián (€ 0.95), Oviedo (€ 0.90) and Huesca (€ 0.85). The most cheap They are Palencia (€ 0.40), Lugo (€ 0.45), Burgos (€ 0.47) and Logroño (€ 0.53).
Barcelona (€ 2.20) repeats in 2019 as the most expensive city to travel with the single ticket or single ticket, one euro above the national average. They are followed by San Sebastián (€ 1.75), Madrid, Tarragona, Valencia, Valladolid, and Palma de Mallorca, all five with € 1.50. Among the most cheap there are Lugo (€ 0.64), Palencia (€ 0.72), Logroño (€ 0.72), Melilla (€ 0.85) and Ceuta and Ourense (both € 0.85). The difference reaches 244%. Facua understands that, “since the single ticket is a form of travel normally used by non-regular users, it is reasonable that its price is dissuasive, in order to help pay for the whole system “.
The monthly card and night trips
The card that is offered for a period of one month, in many cases unlimited, is present in 34 of the surveyed cities and its value ranges between 15 euros in Albacete and € 54.60 in Madrid, with which the average rate is € 34.74, 0.4% less than in 2018. Madrid is followed, as most expensive cities, Barcelona (€ 54), Girona (46.15) and Las Palmas and Oviedo (both with € 42), while the cheaper They are Ciudad Real (€ 20), Soria (€ 21.50), Ávila (€ 22) and Salamanca (€ 22.05).
The higher rate in the night section it corresponds to San Sebastián (€ 2.10), followed by Vitoria (€ 1.85), Lleida (€ 1.75) and Burgos, Granada, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and Valencia (€ 1.50) . Meanwhile, that five cheaper cities During the night and early morning they are Bilbao (€ 0.66), Palencia (€ 0.70), Ceuta (€ 0.85), Soria (€ 0.90) and Segovia (€ 1).
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