Madrid wants to make going back to school easier by public transport. Traveling on the buses of the Municipal Transport Company of Madrid (EMT Madrid) will be free on certain days September 2, 9 and 10coinciding with the start of professional activity after the summer holidays, as detailed by the mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, in a message on the social network X.
From midnight to 11:59 p.m. on Monday, September 2, travel in one of the municipal vehicles will be free. except on the airport express line. Subsequently, on September 9 and 10, free transport will continue at the same time, free transport will continue on EMT Madrid buses. As on other occasions, travelers must validate your transport ticket and, if you don’t have it, the driver will provide you with a single ticket free of charge.
“The second day is the return to work for many Madrid residents. And in the case of the 9th and 10th, schools start en masse, some start a little earlier for the little ones, but the 9th and 10th are when the majority return to school and they are the days when “It will be free”, explained this Wednesday the deputy mayor of Madrid, Inma Sanz, after a visit to the construction work of an EMVS building in the Latina district.
Travel by bus @EMTmadrid It will be free again on September 2, 9 and 10, to coincide with the return from vacation and the start of the school year.
We promote public transport and sustainable mobility. Get on the bus! pic.twitter.com/HDMHPlMGw9
– José Luis Martínez-Almeida (@AlmeidaPP_) August 28, 2024
This is not the first time that Madrid has implemented a measure of this type. Since January 2021, when the EMT announced this initiative to prevent the use of private vehicles after the damage caused by Filomena, there have already been 54 free days spread over 19 periods. More than 52.7 million people (11.19 million non-regular users of public transport) have already benefited from this initiative.
Other times when this measure was activated were Black Friday, the Easter holidays, the NATO summit and the long Constitution weekend. This measure, the City Hall explains in a statement, will continue to be implemented “on days identified as high traffic”, as well as on episodes of heavy pollution.
