Public transport prices rocket by up to 26 per cent in one year
Thursday, March 28, 2013 @ 12:38 AM
MADRID'S public transport is the most expensive in Spain, reveals a leading consumer organisation.
For a 50-journey ticket on the metro or bus, travellers pay 54.50 euros – compared to around 40 euros in Alicante, Valencia, Málaga, Oviedo, A Coruña, San Sebastián, Vigo and Huesca.
In Burgos, Zamora, Soria, Palencia, Ávila and Salamanca, the same type of ticket costs just 23 euros.
Consumer group OCU says urban transport has rocketed in price way beyond inflation with only 10 cities freezing their prices since 2010.
In most cases, prices have gone up by 8.1 per cent.
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