Masks still required on public transportation in Spain

J Willhaus

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• Dec 9, 2022

• #1

España seguirá manteniendo la mascarilla obligatoria en el transporte público - http://www.lavozdegalicia.es/notici...ransporte-publico/00031670578602153286941.htm
Just a heads up to make sure you have a few masks when you arrive in Spain as they are still required on buses, trains, and taxis. We saw people denied boarding last summer even with a valid ticket if they did not have a mask. Drivers and conductors are very insistent after you board if they see you take it off, too.

 

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Molly Cassidy

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• Dec 9, 2022

• #2

You can buy them very cheaply in supermarkets. The bus driver at Santander airport was actually giving them out to those who didn't have one a couple of weeks ago and some bus stations sell them from vending machines.

 

trecile

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• Dec 10, 2022

• #3

@J Willhaus is correct. Currently masks are still required on public transport in Spain.

Comments reflecting personal opinion on wearing a mask are not useful.

According to the Spanish government's Travel Safe website:

Use of face masks
In Spain, as of 20 April 2022 it is no longer mandatory to wear a mask indoors or outdoors with certain exceptions.

You must wear a mask:

1. When travelling by plane, train or bus, as well as in all other public transport.

 

ivar

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• Dec 10, 2022

• #4

I just closed the thread. In short, in Spain you need to wear a mask in public transport…. And people are complying with it, so you would need to as well if you want to use this service.