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Catalonia Prioritizes Transit in 2026 Budget as Girona Unifies Fares on March 2

New funding backs a Rodalies joint venture alongside major rail works to accelerate a shift to public transport.

Overview

  • From Monday, all Girona comarcas move to a single fare zone for interurban buses, extending one-ticket travel across the Costa Brava from Blanes to Portbou and excluding only Cerdanya.
  • The first phase benefits more than 400,000 users and adds roughly 428,000 residents in 134 municipalities, with Girona and Olot’s urban networks already integrated and other municipal lines set to join next.
  • A second phase is planned to integrate rail, expanding coverage to the full RG1 and R11 corridors between Blanes and Portbou and adding the R3 through Ripollès, with deployment on trains targeted for the second half of 2026 according to officials.
  • Terres de l’Ebre joins the Camp de Tarragona fare system as a single zone from Monday, with a cap of three zones for trips to Tarragona and progressive integration of local urban services and RT1–RT2 rail lines.
  • The Territori budget assigns €2,006 million of €3,986 million to public transport, including €529 million via local ATMs, €1,357 million for rail infrastructure such as L9 (€40m) and the Camp de Tarragona tram-train (€60m), and €355 million for the new mixed Rodalies company set to ramp up this year.