No additional application is needed. If you already have the Youth Card (Tarjeta Joven) and meet the requirements, you'll automatically get the benefit starting July 1, 2025.
Children who are Spanish nationals or foreign nationals legally residing in Spain and born on or after 1 January 2012 are eligible for free public transport. In order to take advantage of this benefit, in addition to meeting the above requirements, you must have an Andalusia Youth Transport Card.
The Free Child Pass (Bono Gratuito Infantil) is a transport ticket funded by the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility. It allows children born on or after January 1, 2012, to use public transport services affiliated with the Metropolitan Transport Consortia of Andalusia free of charge. This free travel is applied as a top-up bonus at authorized points of sale (tobacconists, kiosks, etc.). When you use transport services, the usual fare will be deducted from your card's balance.
When you perform the next validation, the system will close the previous journey that was not properly completed. A stage adjustment will be applied, and the corresponding amount for the maximum number of hops (5 hops), minus the amount charged at the entry station, will be deducted from your card.
The rest of the amount of the journey made because part of the amount corresponding to the 0 hops fare has already been deducted in the first validation.
The amount corresponding to the 0 hops fare.
In the first validation at the entry station, the amount corresponding to the 0 hops fare is always deducted. On the second validation, at the exit station, an adjustment is made to charge the remaining part of the amount of my journey.
The journey will not be closed properly and I will be fined.
Yes, it is compulsory, as the amount to be paid is calculated on the basis of the route travelled when the card is validated at the departure station.
They must be validated at the ticket validators or turnstiles both when entering and exiting the stations, even if they are open. This ensures that the journey you have taken is correctly completed.