Renfe To date, it has issued a total of 102,971 free season tickets for Rodalies in Barcelona and 17,702 for Media Distancia throughout Catalonia. Its users can start using them this Thursday, September 1, first day entry into operation of one of the anti-crisis measures approved by the Government of Pedro Sánchez to cushion the effect on domestic economies of the rise in energy costs and inflation. This Thursday they are also put on sale and you can start using the tickets subsidized by the Generalitat for metro and buses.
Although the Autoritat del Transport Metropolità fears that free access will put the Rodalies service to the limit, Renfe rules out this happening. They argue that at the moment the demand for the service is 80% compared to the figures prior to the pandemic, so there is a margin of 20% to assume the flow of new users. From the railway company they value the fact that the free vouchers stimulate the use of public transport by citizens.
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The subscriptions are valid for four months, until December 31, they will be free in the case of Rodalies and Media Distancia, and will be subsidized by 50% on Avant trains (those of Media Distancia that circulate on high-speed lines). speed).
Although the passes are free, a deposit of 10 euros must be deposited in the case of Rodalies, and 20 euros for Media Distancia, which will be returned at the end of the period of use if at least 16 journeys have been made in the four months of validity.