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The first day of free trains shoots up 50% the usual use of the transport network compared to 2019

MADRID, 1 Sep.

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The first day of free trains shoots up 50% the usual use of the transport network compared to 2019

MADRID, 1 Sep. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The beginning of the four-month period during which transport on Cercanías and Media Distancia trains will be free for regular travelers has already triggered 50% the use of the regular transport network that was registered in 2019, before the pandemic .

This has been reported by the Minister of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Raquel Sánchez, in statements to the press from the Nuevos Ministerios station in Madrid, which she attended first thing in the morning to supervise the implementation of this measure. .

In the case of Madrid, where in addition to the free commuting and Media Distancia there is also a 50% discount on integrated monthly subscriptions and 30% on 10-trip tickets, nearly 100,000 people had already used the network transportation before 10:00 a.m.

This figure represents an increase of 50% compared to the demand registered on the same day in 2019, when the coronavirus pandemic had not yet broken out, for which the minister has defended that this measure is not only positive to help the workers' pockets , but also to recover the mobility of public transport.

For all these reasons, she has been "satisfied" with how users are already making use of the free subscription from the first moment in which it has been possible to use it and has recalled that more than 1,000 troops have been deployed in stations throughout Spain to help travelers who still have doubts about how to get or use these new season tickets with a deposit.

The operational staff of Renfe and Adif have told the minister that the day is being carried out without incident, for which they have sent a message of thanks to these public workers for applying a new system that "is not easy".

"I want to call on the public to join this historic and unprecedented measure. The Government is taking useful measures in a complicated context. We must not fall into defeatism or euphoria, but we must trust in a Government that helps the middle and working classes," he added.