A notable new feature for all Catalans who regularly take a commuter train: from July 1st there will be a new train ticket. It will be a flat rate of 20 euros that will allow you to travel for a month through the 6 railway zones in the country. The new pass was detailed this Wednesday by the Secretary of Mobility, Manel Nadal, in a parliamentary committee, but it is a measure that was approved by the Spanish government at the end of January and, now, the Catalan government is taking it on.

The drastic discount in ticket prices will be felt – positively – by commuters' pockets, but also – and clearly negatively – by the public transport system's coffers. The Metropolitan Transport Authority (ATM) has approved this afternoon to halve the price of most transport tickets from September 1 to December 31. Thus, T-Usual and T-Jove monthly and quarterly tickets will be half price and T-Casual 10-journey tickets will cost 30% less. The price of tickets for single-parent or large families and the unemployed, which already enjoyed a discount, will also be halved, as will Berguedà and Ripollès packs.