Data released by the National Institute of Statistics reveals a divergent trend in the capital's public transport. While the metro service consolidates its recovery, urban buses show a significant decline in the same period.
This disparity is accentuated when analyzing the regional landscape. In the Community of Madrid, urban buses transported 47.3 million travelers in February, representing a 1.4% drop compared to the previous year. Nationally, bus transport, however, experienced a slight growth of 0.9%.
The divergence between both modes of transport becomes more pronounced when the perspective is broadened to the entire region.
Madrid is among the autonomous communities with the largest decrease in urban bus usage. Only Galicia, with a 3.9% decline, and Murcia, with 3.6%, surpass the drop recorded in the Madrid region. In contrast, Extremadura leads growth with 8.9%, followed by the Basque Country (7.9%) and Castilla y León (7.5%).
The INE does not provide data for the Balearic Islands, Cantabria, Navarre, and La Rioja, as well as for the autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in order to preserve statistical secrecy and data confidentiality.
