The annual comparison of urban bus fares carried out by Facua-Consumidores en Acción in 57 Spanish cities reveals that
solo Canary Islands lowered the cost of monthly transport passes.
The card that allows Unlimited trips in a one month period it is offered in 41 of the 57 cities included in the study. Its rate varies between 15 euros in Albacete and 54.60 euros in Madrid, the same price for the last four years. The average fare is 33.85 euros, 1% more than in 2021, when the average was 33.50 euros.
Three cities increase the rates of this transport ticket: Bilbao by 10% (from 30 euros in 2021 to 33 euros in 2022), Gijón by 7.3% (from 37 euros to 39.70 euros) and Pamplona by 4% ( from 30 euros to 31.20 euros). EUR). For their part, there are two who have reduced the price of the monthly bonus in the last year: The palm trees of Gran Canaria up to 20% (from 35 euros in 2021 to 28 euros in 2022) and Santa Cruz de Tenerife 5% (from 40 to 38 euros).
Report
The analysis contemplates the usual rates for each territoryand does not take into account the exceptional discounts applied by the Government until the end of the year.
The study of facua shows that Madrid, San Sebastián and Barcelona continue to be the cities with the most expensive fares when using a bus pass or analogous debit card with bank transfer, as in 2021 and 2020. Meanwhile, Lugo has the cheapest single ticket of all (0.64 euros) and Santiago has multiple season tickets with the lowest cost per journey (0.60 euros).
On average, travel by bus using a voucher or similar top-up card with wire transfer (the one offered by 51 of the 57 cities analysed) costs 0.77 euros. The case of Cáceres is striking, which includes this category in its fares, yet maintains the same price as when using a single journey, i.e. 1.10 euros, with the possibility, of course, of making a transfer (which the common ticket does not allow).
A user can save, on average, around 0.47 euros per journey if he uses a bus pass with transfer instead of a single or one-way ticket.
The The most expensive route with this card is Madrid (1.83 euros), which has kept the same price since 2019, followed by San Sebastián (1.26 euros), Barcelona (1.14 euros), Cáceres and Girona (1.10 euros) and Lleida (1 euro). None of these cities have changed the amount in this category from their 2021 and 2020 rates.
On the other hand, the cheapest trips for this category are found in Burgos (0.47 euros), Logroño (0.53 euros), Ávila (0.55 euros), Salamanca (0.59 euros) and Santiago de Compostela, Vitoria and Segovia (all, 0, 60 euros).
One way ticket
Of the total number of cities analysed, six have done so increased the price of single or single ticket in the last year. In Gijón this increase is 20%, going from 1.25 in 2021 to 1.50 euros in 2022. It has also increased by 12.5% in Palencia (from 0.80 to 0.90 euros), by 9% in Teruel (from 1.10 to 1.20 euros), 8% inside Holy Cross of Tenerife (from 1.25 to 1.35 euros) and 3.7% in Pamplona (from 1.35 to 1.40 euros). Note that the price of a one-way ticket has not been reduced in any of them.
A single journey or single ticket costs an average of 1.24 euros in 2022. Compared to last year, it has increased by 0.9%. The difference between the most expensive city (Barcelona, where it costs 2.40 euros) and the cheapest (Lugo, with a fare of 0.64 euros) is 275%.
Government discount
As an exceptional measure for encourage the use of public transportthe Spanish government finances a 30% reduction on the price of all season tickets and multi-journey tickets in the collective services of land public transport regional or local competition, sold between 1 September and 31 December 2022. Regions and local administrations also have the option of extending this discount up to 50% with their own economic contributions.
Overall, 35 of the 57 cities analyzed in this study generally apply a 30% discount on their season tickets and multi-journeys. For their part, there are 11 that have increased this discount to 50%: Albacete, Bilbao, Burgos, Córdoba, Las Palmas, Ourense, Palma de Mallorca, Pontevedra, San Sebastián, Santa Cruz de Tenerife (monthly pass only for residents) and Victoria.
