The Consell de Govern has formalized the agreement that ensures the continuity of regional public transport in the Balearic Islands during 2026, including intercity bus, train and metro of Mallorca. The measure maintains the 100% price bonus for users who use the single or intermodal card, in the same line applied continuously since 2023.
The announcement was made this Friday by the spokesman of the autonomic Executive, Antoni Costa, after the meeting of the Consell de Govern. As he explained, the decision has been possible once the new State Law 9/2025, of December 3, on Sustainable Mobility, which provides specific aid to ensure free public transport in the Balearic Islands during the next year, has entered into force.
The financing of the system is supported by a combination of regional funds and contributions from the central government. This state aid complements the Government’s budgetary effort to keep the service free of charge, although the Balearic Government stresses that the community continues to assume most of the total cost.
In this context, the Consell de Govern approved last week the distribution of the 63 million euros corresponding to the state bonus destined to finance public transport in 2025. Antoni Costa valued positively the increase in the state contribution compared to 2024, when it was 43 million euros, although he recalled that the Balearic Islands continues to cover more than half of the expenditure. “We expect the figure to remain the same or even increase in 2026,” he said.
The overall cost of free public transport in the Islands reached 150 million euros in 2024 and, according to the forecasts of the Govern, it will exceed that figure in 2025 due to the sustained increase in the number of users. The autonomous Executive warns, moreover, that the state contribution does not cover even half of the real cost of the service and reminds that the 63 million corresponding to the year now ending have not yet been transferred.
