Portal de Cartagena

www.portaldecartagena.com

• Home
• Business
• Hotels
• Restaurants
• News
• Advertisement

| Starting Monday, May 18, lines 1,2,5 and 7 will increase in the morning from 8:00 to 15:00 hours | The Cartagena bus service will increase four passenger lines starting Monday, May 18, to respond to the demand received in the first week of phase 1 of de-escalation and guarantee the safety of passengers, following the plan to restore the public transport of Cartagena, as reported by the councilor for the Infrastructure Area, María Casajús.Casajús explained that “lines 1,2,5,7, which connect the center with San Félix, Barrio Peral, Barriada Virgen de La Caridad, Lo Campano, Los Gabatos, La will increase in the morning from 8 am to 3 pm Vaguada, Los Dolores and Polígono de Santa Ana and the offer will continue to be modulated according to demand to guarantee safe transport and with the rigor that a service that is supported by the money of the cartageneros deserves.

”The increase in frequency and hours responds to the plan to restore public transport in the municipality of Cartagena.

Data from the concession company Alsa indicate that it has gone from 3,000 daily travelers during the last weeks of phase 0, to 5,000 daily travelers in the first days of phase 1, which has meant a decrease of 72 percent of travelers compared to 2019, where the figures were 18,000 users a day.The mayor recalled that "the City Council guarantees access to public service and protection of passengers, keeping occupancy at 50 percent to maximize safety distances, which means that passengers have an adjoining empty seat that separates them of any other passenger, and of two travelers per square meter in the standing areas enabled, according to the indications of the Ministry of Development and the General Directorate of Transport of the Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia.

In addition, the use of masks inside the bus is mandatory to avoid any possible contagion ”.LINES INCREASELine 1.

Capitanes Ripoll-San Félix: increase from 2 to 4 buses, and from 30 min to 15 min.Line 2.

Virgen de La Caridad-Barrio Peral: increase from 2 to 4 buses, and frequency 30 min to 15 min.Line 5.

Lo Campano-La Vaguada-Los Gabatos: increase from 3 to 6 buses, and frequency 60 min to 30 min.Line 7.

Cartagena- Polígono de Santa Ana: increase from 3 to 6 buses, and frequency 30 min to 15 min.It must be remembered that line 18 (Hospital de Santa Lucía) was kept on its regular schedule and frequency.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Cartagena