Public transport

It will be available for Renfe trains and long-distance buses and will be in effect from the second half of January. The bonus will be EUR 30 for young people.

The UGT union, which has seven out of seventeen representatives on the works council, is prepared to accept the proposals of the company and the Commonwealth of the Region of Pamplona, and urges the rest to act responsibly to end the labour dispute.

Public transport agents have stressed in Bilbao that promoting the use of public transport, in addition to boosting economic and social cohesion, brings health benefits.

As a result of the incident, service from Urduliz Station has been suspended, but workers are already working to restore normalcy.

Lakua has been in favour of maintaining bonuses on public transport and, if they are not extended, of implementing "its own road map".

The Minister for Transport, Oscar Puente, spoke today about the European Union's plan to connect Lisbon, Madrid and Paris. He pointed out that the Basque Y linking Irun and France will be made for the deadlines required by Brussels. He added that Portugal has shown its willingness to take the project forward, but that they still need to convince France.

The General Representative of Bizkaia has defended the full competence of the Consortium to set tariffs and has explained that he hopes to reach an agreement before the end of 1 January.

The 30 years of the Bilbao Metro have come as usual, with thousands of routes between the stations of the three lines. Users have today been thinking about how he lived without the subway and looking to the future.

According to the managing director of Metro Bilbao, to meet more demands, it will be "mandatory" to update the subway and renovate new trains, signalling system and command posts. 

A summary, in two words, of what will be news in the Present today.

We've been to the Bilbao Metro workshop in Basauri. They don't have much time to clean and check trains, from midnight until 5 a.m.,where the subway stops. These are essential tasks to start the service every day to ensure safety. 

The bus company will withdraw the following reinforcements due to low demand: from Vitoria-Gasteiz to Bilbao (05:50, 06:45, 13:30 and 15:30) and from Bilbao to Vitoria-Gasteiz (06:30, 07:45, 09:30 and 13:30).

As reported by the City Council, a special bus service (line E5) will be launched to strengthen transport between Bilbao and Artxanda, which will be provided as a complement to the usual bus on line A7, which will continue normally.

As long as the service is not operational, the boat service across the river will be strengthened, and two ships will operate simultaneously from 06:00 to 22:00, from Monday to Friday.

The rise in prices is mainly due to the rise in electricity and transport prices. Underlying inflation has risen by a tenth (excluding energy and fresh food) to 2.5%.

The MEP has announced that he will begin the procedures for extending the bonus and has asked the Spanish Government to clarify its plans for next year.

The state-owned railway company SNCF has stated early in the morning on its website that the situation of rail traffic is "very confusing" and that "many journeys are expected to be cancelled", although it has not provided figures.

Over the past year, Bizkaibus drivers and inspectors have suffered 67 attacks, six of them physical.