Spain to create a nationwide journey card that may be topped up and used on ALL public transport – CSN

TRAVELLING on public transport in Spain may quickly be made a lot easier. 

The Ministry of Transport is finding out the creation of a nationwide journey card that may be topped up and used on any service within the nation. 

That would come with trains, trams, buses and even bike rental providers. 

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At present, cities like Madrid, Barcelona and Sevilla all have their very own journey playing cards that may be topped up at stations or ‘estancos’. 

However that would quickly be a factor of the previous, with the nationwide authorities hoping to introduce a card that can be utilized nationwide. 

Transport Minister Oscar Puente introduced this week {that a} public session will likely be held on the difficulty. 

“The Ministry is engaged on permitting any fee methodology from any firm to be learn by any operator,” mentioned the Secretary Basic of Sustainable Mobility, Alvaro Fernandez Heredia, on Tuesday.

The initiative would lay the foundations for a ‘single transport move’, first put ahead by Greenpeace final 12 months and which already exists in Germany and Austria.

The transport ministry is first figuring out the know-how earlier than thrashing out an settlement between the completely different autonomous areas.