Pamplona City Transport


Eskualdeko Hiri Garraioa is a regional public transportation system operating in the city of Iruña/Pamplona.
EHG/TUC is the only transit bus provider for Iruña/Pamplona and surroundings, owned by the Iruñerriko Mankomunitatea/Mancomunidad de la Comarca de Pamplona, and operated by Transports Ciutat Comtal. However, there are coach bus services, owned by the Government of Navarre and operated by different operators, relating Iruña/Pamplona to the rest of Navarre and to other autonomous communities.
EHG/TUC is, with Bilbobus, the best transportation system in Spain, regarding punctuality, information fiability and vehicle occupation levels. Furthermore, the network has been awarded with a 7,8 out of 10 grade in user happiness. It also owns the longest electric transit bus line on the Iberian Peninsula, line.
EHG/TUC buses are white, with yellow and green motives and are commonly called "Villavesas" or "Billabesak", which confuses people from outside of Navarre because they do not know what the local speakers refer to. This name comes from La Villavesa SA, the first transit bus company in Iruñerria, from 1920 to 1969.

Data

Ridership

This is the yearly ridership data of EHG/TUC buses:
YearRidership
199728 811 483
199828 760 533
199931 675 795
200033 699 308
200134 212 117
200233 961 015
200334 944 307
200433 372 871
200535 706 415
200637 354 615
200738 470 295
200838 518 647
200936 927 599
201036 591 990
201136 449 281
201234 738 115
201333 212 817
201432 711 053
201534 060 583
201635 529 472
201736 991 480
201839 007 864
201940 639 335

Fares

This are the available fares for EHG/TUC buses during 2019:

Transport Pass

Transport Card

Special Transport Cards

Casual

Day-time lines

These are the 24 lines ensuring the service mainly between 06:00 and 22:00, every day of the week. However, some of them exceed a little bit from this period, and others are only active at certain times. They are considered the reference lines of EHG/TUC.

Night-time lines

These are the 10 lines ensuring the service mainly between 22:00 and, depending on the day, 23:00, 02:00 or 04:00.

Projects

''Iruñetarako Tranbia'' (Tram for Pamplona)

The Iruñetarako Tranbia Proiektua was a project held between 2005 and 2008, where the creation of up to three tram lines in the city of Iruña/Pamplona.
The Government of Navarre concluded, after studying different possibilities, that doing this project would have a very good impact on the city. However, the government ended up estimating its cost, more than 700 million euros, and finally discarding the project.
As an alternative, Iruñerriko Mankomunitatea created busways on the biggest avenues of the city.

''Sare Nagusia'' (Rapid System)

After the Iruñetarako Tranbia Proiektua, two options were suggested: create a BRT or a transit bus "optimized" system. Iruñerriko Mankomunitatea decided to develop this first idea, mixing it with Iruñetarako Tranbia Proiektua, were more lines can be created and the other buses can use the same reserved platform.
This new system will be accompanied by a total change of the current bus lines and it will surely be operating before 2024.
BRT lines will run 98% of their route in a separated, independent platform. Buses, 33 estimated on the first phase, will be 100% electric, but since there will be no catenary, it will be stored in batteries that will be recharged after each traject.