
New turn of the screw to the prices of public transport in Catalonia. The central government has announced this Tuesday a new decree law that recovers the 30% state subsidy to public transport repealed by the Congress last Wednesday.
In Catalonia, this means that transport tickets will recover the 50% discount that was in force until just a week ago, by combining the 30% state contribution with the additional 20% from the Autoritat Metropolitana del Transport (ATM).
The ATM had postponed to February 10 its decision to increase prices by 30% when the state subsidy was lost, and now it is expected to cancel the measure definitively and return to the prices of the beginning of 2025.
When will the subsidies be recovered?
The Government, after the Council of Ministers, has announced an agreement with Junts in Congress that guarantees the definitive approval of the decree within 30 days and thus avoids a new repeal.
The announced measures will take effect from tomorrow when they are published in the Official State Gazette (BOE).
Free public transport in Rodalies and discounts for metro and bus will be maintained for half a year more, until June 30, 2025.
Updated prices until June 2025
The last-minute change in the public transport subsidies leaves the prices of metro, bus and Rodalies subsidized as they were last year. In this article you can consult the updated prices for metro, bus and Rodalies service in Catalonia.