With two months to go until 2024, many citizens are waiting for the central government’s final decision on public transport bonuses. Every day, thousands of travelers use Cercanías and Media Distancia trains and frequent traveler passes to travel on them for free. However, this popular rate could have its days numbered since the Minister of Transport, Óscar Puentehas already spoken out in favor of not renewing the discount.
If the news is confirmed, which could be official in the month of December, travelers will see affected their family finances since they will have to pay again to acquire their passes and access the trains with which they travel to their jobs every morning.
Although the information has fallen like a bucket of cold water, the truth is that, as Óscar Puente has stated on Cadena Ser, the intentions of the Ministry of Transportation are to create new formulas that make travel cheaper without being completely free. In this way, the recurring user of the same would be rewarded. public transport, without specifying how the measure would be implemented, although in statements to TVE he did specify that “there will be measures to help” some groups, such as the young people, people in vulnerable social situations or recurring users. The minister has insisted that the final decision on the renewal of free vouchers on trains will depend “on the budget negotiations and” on decisions of the Government of Spain”, but he has made his position clear: “I can anticipate that my position, of course, is that that policy must change.
How much does the Cercanías pass cost without discount?
If the Government decides to eliminate the free frequent flyer pass in 2025, travelers have the possibility of acquire different transport tickets with varied prices depending on the areas and the number of trips to be made per month. One of them is the Limited Monthly Pass and its requirements are:
- Two trips a day for a month, one going and one returning.
- Always on the same route that you have chosen at the time of purchasing the pass.
- It is one-person, personalized and non-transferable.
- Validity: every day for a month (for example, if you purchase your pass on February 3, it will be valid until March 2, or if you purchase your pass on August 18, it will be valid until September 17). It can be purchased up to ten days in advance of its validity start date.
- Available at station ticket offices and Cercanías self-sales machines.
As for the price, the rate varies depending on the number of areas between which you are going to travel.
- 1/2 Zones28.90 euros.
- 3 Zones36.70 euros.
- 4 Zones59.15 euros.
- 5 Zones68.70 euros.
- 6 Zones80.95 euros.
- 7 Zones92.90 euros.
Incidents in Cercanías Madrid
Óscar Puente’s statements come just at a time when criticism about the management of Cercanías Madrid they become more and more intense. The incidents and breakdowns in the Renfe lines that extend across the Community of Madrid They multiply every month and there are many affected travelers who ask for the improvement of the facilities so as not to suffer the delays that affect the frequency of trains.
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