spains transport and communication with special reference to Railway
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There are underground railway systems (metros) in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia, where public transport tickets and passes permit travel on all modes of public transport including metro, bus and suburban train services. Metros offer the quickest way to get around these cities, although they’re crowded during rush hours. No smoking is permitted on metro trains or in stations, which are clean and fairly safe.
Crime is generally rare on Spanish metros, although you should watch out for pickpockets, especially on the Madrid system. Metro systems are also planned for Malaga and Seville.
Metro in Madrid
Madrid has the largest and oldest metro system in Spain with 13 lines (plus one branch) and 300 stations covering most of the city, operating from 6am until 1.30am and used by some three million people daily.
The fare is EUR 2.00 per journey for most lines (EUR 1.50 for select lines only) or EUR 18.30 for a 10-journey ticket across all of the stations in the Metro Network and Metro Ligero: ML1, ML2 and ML3, which may include bus travel (metrobús).
Monthly or annual season tickets are available for young people aged under 23 (abono joven), commuters (abono normal) and for pensioners over 65 (abono tercera edad). Season tickets offer exceptionally good savings for unlimited travel on public transport including the underground, city buses and local trains (cercanías). Pensioners who pay only EUR 10.90 a month for unlimited travel get a particularly good deal.