The president of the Community of Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, clarified this morning certain aspects of the announcement made last week regarding the requirement to be registered as a resident in order to obtain a public transit pass.
Following the heated debate sparked by this new measure, the president has announced that agreements will be reached with neighboring autonomous communities, such as the one already in place with Castilla-La Mancha, to grant access to the public transit pass to university students who are not registered residents of Madrid.
This provides an exception for certain students from other autonomous communities, but on the condition that the new residency registration criteria remain in effect for all other users.
Current regulatory situation
The rule requiring registration in Madrid or in municipalities with agreements in the E1/E2 zones to obtain the Public Transportation Card has been in effect since Monday, June 15, 2026, for new cards and duplicates.
What Ayuso is now proposing is to negotiate bilateral agreements so that students from certain regions who come to study at Madrid universities can access the pass even if they do not change their registered address; however, these agreements have not yet been finalized or published in detail.
What remains to be seen
Pending the release of the agreement texts, details remain to be finalized regarding how many regions will participate, which universities and programs are included, what documentation the Consortium will require, and when each agreement will take effect.
Until these agreements are signed and published, a student from outside Madrid who is not registered as a resident remains subject to the general rule and may find that a new TTP pass is not issued to them if they need one.
