The PP successfully persuaded Parliament to approve amendments to the Sustainable Mobility Act introduced by the Senate, including a return to punctuality for AVEs.
These compensations would be discontinued in June 2024, and a partial refund of airline tickets was being considered. When the train arrives 15 or 30 minutes late.
However, after the amendments introduced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Oscar PuenteCurrently, this amount is only refunded if the delay is more than one hour.
Although the amendment was approved, government officials refused to apply it, arguing that the entry of private operators had “saturated the roads”. Oigo and Iryo In 2021 and 2022.
The executive believes the promise could only be realized if Renfe retained a monopoly and, if applied, would put public companies on worse terms than their French or Italian counterparts.
There is no obligation to refund any part of the ticket price in the event of late arrival.
Indeed, Renfe’s efforts, which began when the Madrid-Seville line opened in 1992, were initially based on delays of five minutes or more.
Over the years it expanded.
Over the years, the system has expanded. In 2016, it was “homogenized” and compensation was set at 50% for delays of more than 15 minutes and 100% for delays of more than 30 minutes.
The policy was already in place on other routes and was in effect until 2024.
It’s no secret that high-speed rail hasn’t had the best of times as far as schedules go.
According to Renfe’s latest punctuality report published this summer, the first half of the year AVE average delay was 17.6 minutes. In June, the number reached 19, a new record.
However, with the current compensation scale, only 3.20% of travelers received compensation for their train arriving one hour late.
At PP, we congratulated ourselves on our accomplishments. distortion This amendment was voted in favor by a margin of 191 votes to 158, even though other amendments, such as extending the lifespan of the Almaras (Cáceres), Asco (Tarragona) and Cofurentes (Valencia) nuclear power plants, were rejected.
“We are more beneficial to the Spanish people than the PSOE, which is doing its best,” said PP Deputy Secretary of Finance and Infrastructure. Juan Bravo.
In addition, the people were able to approve two other amendments. One is about concessional maps and the other. Maintain bus connectivity without eliminating bus stopsfrequency and schedule.
In principle, this would affect 9,000 stops, the majority of the so-called “Empty Spain”.
“We are prohibited by law from reducing stops, frequencies, schedules, and current routes,” Juan Bravo boasted as he left the chamber.
At the PSOE, they downplayed the measure and admitted they had not been able to “successfully explain” what this meant.
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