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- Suburban buses from Madrid register a year 180 million travelers
Suburban buses from Madrid register a year 180 million travelers
Suburban buses from Madrid register a year 180 million passengers, making it one of the regions in Europe most used public transport about 1,500 million trips per year. This was emphasized today by the Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Housing, Pablo Cavero, during a ceremony commemorating the centennial of the Madrid business coach Julian Castro.
"Julián de Castro represents the values of a successful family business that culminates today with a century of public service to Madrid. The four and a half million passengers a year to the company that currently must be transported over 100 years of experience providing quality service to Madrid. This is more than a number, with only 15% of companies in our country manage to reach a century of life and this is no doubt because throughout this time has managed to embrace new challenges and adapt to changes always apply the latest technology to public transport."
The event was held at the Jacinto Benavente Galapagar Theater, and was attended by the Minister of Development, Ana Pastor, and the mayors of several municipalities in the Sierra, closely linked to the history of Julián de Castro, whose career began in 1913 when Marcos de Castro, grandfather of the current owners, began to move travelers with a horse carriage from Galapagar to Torrelodones station.
80 vehicles in the Sierra
Today, the century-old company has a fleet of 80 vehicles that connect towns in Galapagar, Colmenarejo, Torrelodones, Las Rozas, Majadahonda, Valdemorillo, Collado Villalba and Madrid, serving more than four and a half million passengers a year.
In addition, Julian de Castro Coaches collaborates with various non-profit organizations as part of a company policy that understood as a duty to give back to society what it has given them. As proof of this, María José de Castro, President of the company, presented a check for $ 10,000 to Caritas Spain, resulting from the proceeds from the concert of José Mercé in the Flamenco Festival in Torrelodones, which fully sponsored this company last month November.
