At the end of November it was announced that the bus lines owned by the State would also receive 100% discounts on their trips on those known as “Bus.es”, which in this case are those that connect Vitoria-Gasteiz with Madrid, Benidorm and Andalusia. , among other destinations. The bonuses will go from 50% to 100% of the price.
The objective of the discount measure on state-owned bus trips is to avoid asymmetries between the different modes of land transport and promote the use of public transport instead of private transport to reduce the consumption of hydrocarbons and alleviate the financial burden before the rise in prices on a day-to-day basis.
Validity
These free tickets for regular travelers will be valid throughout the year 2023 divided into three periods:
- Between February 1, 2023 and April 30, 2023.
- Between May 1, 2023 and August 31, 2023.
- Between September 1, 2023 and December 31, 2023.
Acquisition
Users who wish to purchase discounted tickets during the period of validity of the measure may do so through the usual marketing channels of the concessionary companies. These companies will provide users with a unique code for the multi-trip ticket for the recurring route and the user must obtain a ticket associated with this ticket to make the trip.
Concessionary companies may not charge users charges for the issuance of multi-trip tickets or for the sale of tickets associated with these tickets.
Users who purchase discounted multi-trip tickets must pay a deposit that will be refunded if the minimum number of required trips is made. If this minimum number of trips is not reached, the deposit will not be returned and no fee will be charged.
- 20 euros deposit on journeys with a ticket price of up to 5.00 euros.
- 35 euros deposit on journeys with a ticket price between 5.01 and 13.00 euros.
- 50 euros deposit on journeys with a ticket price between 13.01 and 25.00 euros.
- 65 euros deposit for journeys with a ticket price greater than 25.00 euros.
The concessionary companies will be responsible for compliance with the conditions of creation, sale, use, return and proper use of the multi-trip tickets in accordance with the provisions of the corresponding Resolution.
Conditions
The Resolution of the Secretary of State establishes that the ticket will be personal and non-transferable and for each period of validity, the acquisition of a single multi-trip ticket per person and origin and destination will only be allowed.
In addition, it will not be possible to make more than one round trip per day, unless it has been previously cancelled. Likewise, the user will not be able to buy tickets for consecutive trips if at least three times the duration of the outbound trip has not elapsed between one trip and another.
If the user does not cancel a trip formalized and not made at least 24 hours in advance, it will be considered improper use, as well as the use of a ticket by a person other than the holder.
Thus, the deposit will be withdrawn and seized from travelers with inappropriate use when these practices recognized as inappropriate have been detected three times.
deposit return
Regarding the return of the deposit deposited by the user, it will be made, provided that 12 trips or more are effectively made in the first quarter of application and 16 trips or more per quarter between May 1 and May 31. December.
The deposits paid by credit card will be returned automatically by the concessionary company, without prior request by the user, to the credit card with which the multi-trip ticket was obtained. This return will be made at the end of the validity period and within a maximum period of one month. For tickets obtained with payment in cash, the refund must be requested by the user to the concessionary company, within a period not exceeding two months from the end of the validity period of the multi-trip ticket.
State-owned intercity bus routes that will apply the discounts
- Teruel-Barcelona with hijuela to Caspe
- Logroño-Soria-Madrid with hijuelas
- Madrid-Toledo with daughters
- Murcia-Seville via Granada with daughters
- Murcia-Valencia
- Viella-Lleida with hijuelas
- Lleida-Molina de Aragón via Zaragoza with Hijuelas
- Irún-Tuy with daughters
- Madrid-Badajoz-Valencia with daughters
- Coria-Salamanca-Barcelona with hijuelas
- Madrid-Alicante with hijuelas
- Madrid-Toledo by Valmojado with hijuela by Chozas Canales
- Burgos-Poza de la Sal-Frías-Briviesca-Logroño with hijuelas
- Soria-Zaragoza with daughters
- Madrid-Fuensalida
- Madrid-Miajadas-Don Benito with daughters
- Madrid-Granada-Almuñécar
- Madrid-Jaén with hijuelas
- Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona with hijuela
- Santander-Bilbao-Barcelona with hijuela
- Huesca-Lleida with hijuelas
- Madrid-Salamanca-Vigo with daughters
- Madrid-Fuente Del Arco-Badalona with hijuelas
- Alicante-Murcia with daughters
- Zaragoza-Murcia with daughters
- Salamanca-León-Santander-Laredo
- León-Zaragoza via Valladolid with daughters
- Seville and Málaga in Montgat and Manresa, with hijuelas
- Madrid-Piedrabuena
- Zaragoza-Castellón de La Plana via Tarragona and Caspe
- Madrid-Irún With Hijuelas
- Madrid-Casas Ibáñez-Las Lagunas de Ruidera
- Santiago de Compostela-Gijón-Irún-Barcelona
- Gijón-León-Madrid
- Seville-Salamanca-Irún
- Genave Bridge (Jaén)- Albacete
- Ferrol-Algeciras
- Tamarite de Litera (Huesca)-Lleida
- Santander-Bilbao-La Manga del Mar Menor (Murcia)
- Madrid-Seville-Ayamonte (Huelva)
- Madrid-Córdoba-San Fernando
- Madrid-Almeria
- Ayamonte (Huelva)-Santa Coloma de Gramanet (Barcelona)
- Vigo (Pontevedra), Irun (Guipuzcoa) and Barcelona
- Bilbao (Vizcaya) and Castro Urdiales (Cantabria)
- Madrid-Zaorejas-Sigüenza
- Madrid – Plasencia (Cáceres)
- Madrid-Avila
- Madrid-Jaraíz de La Vera (Cáceres)
- Pamplona-Jaca
- Madrid-Navamorcuende (Toledo)
- Calahorra (La Rioja)-Soria
- Almeria-Cartagena
- Murcia-Almeria
- Cuenca-Barcelona
- Madrid-Piedrabuena (Ciudad Real)-Agudo (Ciudad Real)
- Madrid-Málaga-Algeciras (Cádiz)
- Fraga-Binefar-Mequinenza (Huesca)-Lleida
- Irún (Guipúzcoa)-Algeciras (Cádiz)
- Burgos-Zaragoza
- Eibar (Guipúzcoa)-Pamplona (Navarra)
- Jaen-Benidorm (Alicante)
- Merida (Badajoz)-Seville
- Badajoz-Seville
- Madrid-Aranda Duero (Burgos)-El Burgo de Osma (Soria)
- Madrid-Guadalajara
- Barcelona-Huesca
- Madrid-Segovia with extension to Melgar de Fernamental (Burgos)
- Aldeanueva del Camino (Cáceres)-Madrid
- Puertollano-Tomelloso-Cuenca-Albacete-Valencia
- Alicante-Cartagena-Murcia
- Pedro Bernardo (Ávila) – Talavera de la Reina (Toledo)
- La Adrada (Ávila) – Talavera de la Reina (Toledo)
- Hontanares (Ávila) – Talavera de la Reina (Toledo)
- Badajoz-Córdoba with Hijuelas
- Madrid-Molina de Aragon-Teruel-Valencia
- Madrid-Pamplona through Burgos and Logroño, with an extension to Valcarlos and the French border of Arnegui
Meaning of the word “daughter”: AIncrease of stations at any point of the line granted other than its ends.
