Fuerteventura Avanza condemns the loss of Puerto del Rosario's Line 1 bus service
1. Key points
Fuerteventura Avanza has condemned the disappearance of Puerto del Rosario's urban bus Line 1.
The service contract expired on 1 June, a date the group says was known well in advance.
Spokesperson Peña Armas accuses the municipal government of a lack of planning.
According to the party, several neighbourhoods have lost their direct link with the capital's centre.
The group demands the immediate restoration of the service and a stable, lasting solution.
2. The news in detail
The political group Fuerteventura Avanza has voiced its concern over the disappearance of Line 1 of Puerto del Rosario's urban bus network, a situation which, according to the party, directly affects many residents across several neighbourhoods of the capital and exposes a lack of planning by the municipal government.
The group points out that the service contract expired on 1 June, a deadline it says was perfectly well known to the town council, with ample time to find solutions that would have guaranteed continuity. The loss of the route, the party stresses, particularly affects neighbourhoods and residential areas that lose their direct link with the town centre, creating uncertainty among regular users and forcing many residents to seek more expensive or less accessible alternatives.
Spokesperson Peña Armas also finds it striking that the mayor of Puerto del Rosario took part in the inaugural journey of the new Line 3 Express promoted by the Cabildo of Fuerteventura — an initiative the group nonetheless welcomes as an improvement to island-wide connections. According to Armas, if there was an inaugural journey the mayor should have joined, it was that of the users who have been enduring the loss of Line 1 for days.
Fuerteventura Avanza demands that the municipal government act immediately to restore the service and guarantee a stable, lasting solution that meets residents' real needs. The dispute comes at a time of change for public transport on the island, with new island-wide routes launching while urban services are being redefined.
3. Voices and statements
“A city that aspires to grow and offer better services cannot afford to cut off residents who depend on public transport to get to work, run errands, attend medical appointments or simply move around the municipality,” says Fuerteventura Avanza spokesperson Peña Armas.
“Puerto del Rosario does not need more institutional photographs or more propaganda events. It needs management, foresight and solutions to people's everyday problems,” she concludes.
4. Context and background
Line 1 served several neighbourhoods of Puerto del Rosario, Fuerteventura's capital, linking them with the town centre. The urban service contract expired on 1 June 2026 and since then, according to Fuerteventura Avanza, the route has stopped running. In recent days the Cabildo inaugurated the new Line 3 Express, an island-wide connection whose first journey was also attended by the capital's mayor.
5. What it means for Fuerteventura
Public transport is a sensitive issue on Fuerteventura, where many residents — and visitors getting around without a hire car — rely on the guaguas (buses) for everyday journeys. The fate of Puerto del Rosario's Line 1 directly affects life in the capital's neighbourhoods and fuels the debate over the planning of the municipality's essential services.
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