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| The ORA service will also resume, suspended on March 17 | The Department of Sustainable Mobility and Youth and Transport of Murcia will increase the frequency of urban buses and trams to adapt to the new capacity established.Thus, as of Monday, the service in force on March 25 is restored, providing 21 vehicles instead of 15, as they have been doing so far.Thus, the frequencies on working days will be as follows:- Circulars 1, 2, 3 and 4: 17 minutes- Circular 5: 20 minutes- Ray 12: 60 minutes- Ray 14: 18 minutes- Lightning 17: 18 minutes- Ray 20: 23 minutes- Ray 80: 18 minutes- Shuttle: 30 minutesIn addition Transportes de Murcia will change the Rayo 12 vehicle, since the current one, with limited seating, could only offer 7 seats.

For this reason, another bus will be used whose capacity with reduced capacity is 16 seats.According to the register of travelers, on Wednesday, April 23, 741 people used the bus, on Wednesday, April 30, 1,141 and on Wednesday, May 6, 1,499.As for the tram, the frequencies on working days will be 15 minutes until 9:30 p.m.

From that time, the frequency will be 30 minutes until the last expedition at 23:00.For weekends, the current situation will be maintained for 30 minutes until the shopping centers open, at which time it will be possible to return to the usual schedule of the 2020 operation plan, which is 18 minutes on Saturdays and 20 minutes on Sunday.The completion of the daily service, while the opening of shopping centers, leisure and restaurants does not take place, will be maintained for seven days, with the last service leaving from the Nueva Condomina stop at 23:00.The Councilor for Sustainable Mobility and Youth, Rebeca Pérez explained that "during these weeks we are demonstrating that urban transport is something alive, that it adapts to the circumstances of the moment and to the needs of Murcia.

During the next week the data will be analyzed of occupation to continue making modifications in the service if necessary ".It must be remembered that since last Monday, both urban buses and trams increased the maximum possible occupancy, going from the previous 30% to the current 50%.Resumption of ORA serviceLikewise, starting next Monday, the service of surveillance and control of regulated parking of vehicles on municipal roads will resume, which was suspended on March 18.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia