Titsa it has transported 24% more passengers between January and November compared to the same period in 2002 and has exceeded 33 million so far this year. Enrique Arriaga, president of the public company, highlights that, with respect to 2019 and comparing the months of November, 94.3% of travelers have recovered, almost a figure equal to the one before the pandemic of the Covid-19.
The greatest increase has been registered in the long-haul lines of the north and south, with 33.76% more users The exact number of passengers transported from January to November has risen to 33,169,846, 24.14% more with respect to the same period of the previous year when they were 27,642,538 in total.
The vice president of the Cabildo and insular councilor for Mobility, Enrique Arriaga, values the balance data: «This means that the Island has practically returned to normal after the pandemic, with the physical reincorporation of people to jobs and arrival of tourists, together with the confidence in public transport for its efficiency for travel ”.
For his part, the insular director of Mobility, José Alberto León, explains that the company has recovered almost all of the services prior to the pandemic, and has even increased others, in which a greater demand has been detected. “Currently, we are making 5,527 trips on weekdays, 3,574 on Saturdays and 3,418 on Sundays,” says León.
From January to November of this year, the lines that have exceeded one million passengers have been the following: 014, 015, 110, 467, 905, 910 and 934, with increases in passengers ranging between 11.18% and 49.27%, depending on the case. The day that more users were transported was last November 11, with 153,305 travelers.
15% more in the Güímar Valley
After the rearrangement last July, the new Güímar network registers a daily average of 4,568 travelers, 15% more than the previous one. Route 122, which connects the Santa Cruz Interchange with Candelaria, registers the highest average number of passengers, with 2,354. |
