On average, travel by bus using a bus pass or reloadable card with transfer (the one offered by almost all the cities analyzed, specifically 39) costs 0.75 euros, a slight decrease of 0.7% compared to last year. It should be noted that, when making the comparisons between the average prices of the different rates in 2018 and 2019, the 17 cities that have been included new this year or those that have been able to implement a rate for the first time have not been taken into account. once in 2019 to avoid distorting the results.
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The journey with this card the most expensive is Madrid (1.83 euros, although it is true that this voucher also allows the use of other urban transport in the city), followed by Girona (1.07 euros), Barcelona (1.02 euros)They repeat like the most expensive cities Lleida (0.98 euros) and Alicante (0.87 euros). At the other extreme, the cheapest trips are in Lugo (0.45 euros), Logroño (0.53 euros), Ávila (0.55 euros), Salamanca (0.59 euros) and Santiago de Compostela, Segovia and Vitoria (all three with a price of 0.60 euros ). A user can save, on average, up to 37.4% if he uses a transfer pass instead of the single or single ticket.
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Regarding the routes with bus pass without transfer (of which 25 of the 53 cities have), Madrid continues to be the most expensive city (1.22 euros). Follow him Palma de Mallorca (€ 1.00), San Sebastián (€ 0.95), Oviedo (€ 0.90) and Huesca (€ 0.85). The cheapest are Cáceres (€ 0.30), Palencia (€ 0.40), Lugo (€ 0.45), Burgos (€ 0.47) and Logroño (€ 0.53). On average, the trip costs 0.70 euros, a decrease of 1.1%, and a user who uses this type of rate can save up to 40.4% compared to the single ticket.
In general, the vast majority of cities have maintained the same prices as in 2018 in all the fares that have been analyzed (one-way ticket, bus pass with or without transfer, monthly card and night ticket) with some occasional increase or decrease in prices in some of them. Yes highlights A Coruña, which has lowered all its rates between 7 and 12%.
One-way ticket
The univiaje ticket, or also known as one-way ticket, costs on average 1,20 euros in 2019. With respect to last year, comparing only the cities analyzed in both studies, has risen just 0.1%.
Barcelona repeats as the most expensive city for this rate, 2.20 euros. They are followed by San Sebastián (1.75 euros), Madrid, Palma de Mallorca, Tarragona, Valencia and Valladolid, all five with 1.50 euros. Among the cheapest are Lugo (0.64 euros), Palencia (0.72 euros), Logroño (0.72 euros), Melilla (0.85 euros) and Ceuta and Ourense (both 0.85 euros). The difference reaches 244%.
In 2019, the vast majority of cities have maintained the same rates that they already had in 2018. Only two cities, SAnta Cruz de Tenerife and Bilbao, have increased the prices of this modality, 8% and 3.8% respectively. Conversely, A Coruña has reduced the amount of this ticket by 7.7%.
FACUA understands that, since the single ticket is a mode of travel that non-regular users normally use, it is reasonable that its price has a dissuasive character, in order to help pay for the entire system.
Monthly card
The card that is offered for a period of one month, in many cases unlimited, is present in 34 of the cities surveyed. Its value ranges between 15 euros from Albacete and 54.60 euros from Madrid, same price as last year. LThe average rate is 34.74 euros, 0.4% less than in 2018.
Madrid is followed, as more expensive cities, Barcelona (54 euros), Girona (46.15) and Las Palmas and Oviedo (both with 42 euros). The cheapest after Albacete are Ciudad Real (20 euros), Soria (21.50 euros), Ávila (22 euros) and Salamanca (22.05 euros).
The highest rate in the night segment corresponds to San Sebastián (2.10 euros), followed by Vitoria (1.85 euros), Lleida (1.75 euros) and Burgos, Granada, Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and Valencia (1.50 euros). Meanwhile, at the other extreme, the five cheapest cities at night and at dawn are Bilbao (0.66 euros, 1.5% more than in 2018), Palencia (0.70 euros), Ceuta (0.85 euros), Soria (0.90 euros) and Segovia (1 euro).
On average, taking the bus in this section costs 1.24 euros, 0.3% less if we compare, once again, those cities that were in both the 2018 study and that of this year. The difference reaches 218%.
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