Overview
- INE reports 498.4 million public-transport trips in September 2025, a 5.5% year-on-year increase.
- Urban transport rose 6.3% nationwide, led by a 7.6% rise in urban bus passengers.
- Interurban usage increased 4.7% overall, with interurban bus services up 6%.
- All autonomous communities recorded bus ridership growth, topped by Extremadura (+15.8%), Madrid (+12.7%) and the Basque Country (+9.8%).
- Barcelona set September records with 39.05 million metro trips (+4.9%) and 19.48 million bus trips (+4.1%), while Catalonia’s urban bus total rose 3.8% to 29.12 million.