Seven bus corridors will connect Andalusia with the rest of Spain

The central government intends to turn the bus around on routes between autonomous communities from 2024, improving efficiency in public spending, guaranteeing the profitability of lines for transport operators, and improving connectivity with better rates. It works with the regions on the new concession map for regular public bus passenger transport services, the first proposal for which was presented this spring.

This is one of the more than 150 measures included in the Safe, Sustainable and Connected Mobility Strategy 2030 of the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, as well as in the Draft Law on Sustainable Mobility.

According to this first proposal, the country will be connected by 22 bus corridorseach of which corresponds to a contract with an average of 23 routes. Those who run through Andalusia will be seven:

• Corridor 10: Madrid-Extremadura-Huelva
• Corridor 11: Silver Route
• Corridor 14: Madrid-Alicante-Murcia
• Corridor 15: Mediterranean Corridor
• Corridor 18: Madrid-Eastern Andalusia
• Corridor 19: Madrid-Central and Western Andalusia
• Corridor 20: Andalusia-Murcia-Valencian Community

Corridor 10 Madrid-Extremadura-Huelva It is proposed with 27 routes, with an average length of 375 kilometers, an occupation of 20 passengers per kilometer and 179 stops. The planned fare is 0.05398 euros and the average number of stops per route is 6.6. Its main urban areas will be Madrid, Talavera de la Reina, Cáceres, Mérida, Badajoz and Huelva. It will stop in 35 municipalities. Main points of attraction: Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport, Port of Huelva, Trujillo and Plasencia.

The new map is one of the 150 measures included in the 2030 strategy

For all of Spain, the map will remain in 22 bus routes, compared to the current 79

Corridor 11 Ruta de la Plata It will have 41 routes with an average length of 403 kilometers and 19 passengers per kilometer. The number of stops is 299 and the expected fare is 0.07847 euros. The average number of stops per route amounts to 7.3. The main urban areas that it will serve are Oviedo, León, Zamora, Salamanca, Cáceres, Badajoz, Seville, Cádiz, Jerez de la Frontera, Algeciras, Huelva, Córdoba, Valladolid, Palencia, Burgos, Vitoria, Bilbao, San Sebastián, Irún, A Coruña, Pontevedra, Vigo, Lugo, Ourense and Santander. The number of municipalities with stops is 72. The main points of attraction: Plasencia; airports of Seville, Bilbao and Santiago, Ports of Cádiz and Huelva.

Corridor 14 Madrid-Alicante-Murcia It has been designed with 26 routes with an average length of 422 kilometers and an occupation of 52 passengers per kilometer. The number of stops is 196 and the fare is 0.02865 euros. It has an average of 7.5 stops per route. The main urban areas: Madrid, Albacete, Alicante, Murcia and Cartagena. The number of municipalities with stops amounts to 61. The main points of attraction: Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas and Alicante-Elche airports, Puerto de Denia, Elche, Benidorm, Torrevieja, Denia, Mojácar and Níjar.

Corridor 15 Mediterranean Corridor It is proposed with 46 routes with an average length of 282 kilometers and an occupation of 28 passengers per kilometer. The number of stops is 316 and the average fare is 0.08949 euros. The average number of stops per route is 6.9. The main urban areas it serves are Girona, Lleida, Barcelona, ​​Tarragona, Castellón de la Plana, Valencia, Alicante, Murcia and Almería. The number of municipalities with stops is 75. The main points of attraction are the airports of Valencia-Manises, Alicante-Elche, Barcelona-El Prat and Almería; Ports of Denia, Barcelona, ​​Valencia and Almería; Elche, Benidorm, Salou, Torrevieja, Peñíscola, Mojácar, Denia, Gandía and Lloret de Mar.

Corridor 18 Madrid-Eastern Andalusia It has 27 routes with an average length of 372 kilometers and an occupation of 45 passengers per kilometer. The established number of stops is 160 and the fare is 0.03801 euros. The average number of stops per route is 5.9. The main urban areas: Madrid, Toledo, Ciudad Real, Jaén, Linares, Granada and Almería. The number of municipalities with a stop is 42. The main points of attraction: Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas airport, Ports of Motril and Almería, Motril, Nerja and Roquetas de Mar.

Corridor 19 Madrid-Central and Western Andalusia It is designed with 18 routes with an average length of 587 kilometers and an occupation of 36 passengers per kilometer. The number of stops is 117 and the fare is 0.04736 euros. The average number of stops per route is 6.5. The main urban areas: Madrid, Córdoba, Seville, Cádiz, Málaga, Marbella, El Puerto de Santa María, Jerez de la Frontera, Chiclana de la Frontera, Sanlúcar de Barrameda, La Línea de la Concepción and Algeciras. It has 29 municipalities with stops. The main points of attraction are the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Seville and Malaga airports; Ports of Malaga, Cadiz and Algeciras; Antequera, Estepona and Tarifa.

Corridor 20 Andalusia-Murcia-Valencian Community It has been designed with 25 routes with an average length of 520 kilometers and an occupation of 28 passengers per kilometer. The number of stops is 196 and the fare is 0.05409 euros. The average number of stops per route is 7.8. The main urban areas it covers are Valencia, Benidorm, Alicante, Elche, Albacete, Murcia, Cartagena, Granada, Córdoba, Jaén, Linares, Málaga and Seville. The number of municipalities with a stop remains at 40. The main points of attraction are the airports of Valencia-Manises, Seville and Malaga; Ports of Valencia, Malaga and Denia; Antequera and Denia.

For all of Spain, the first ministerial proposal is to reduce the current 79 concessions to 22, for a maximum of 10 years, prioritizing passage through the provincial capitals and main cities, and put an end to dysfunctionalities: unprofitable routes, which connect territories with little demand or important non-functional routes. These 22 corridors will add 510 routes, compared to the current 966. The idea is that these routes do not exceed 750 kilometers in length.

The municipalities with stops remain at 495, compared to the 1,912 that exist today. Stops will be included in municipalities with a demand of more than 500 passengers per year or 2,000 passengers per year in municipalities that are part of metropolitan areas. As stops on demand, those with between 500 and 1,000 passengers per year will be established.

The autonomous communities must assume the bus routes that remain exclusively within their scope, in exchange for state compensation that they will negotiate with the State.

Throughout Andalusia, it is planned to eliminate 416 internal routes and eliminate stops in 83 municipalities with a population of 367,744 inhabitants.

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