Tolls and vignettes

Use of national road infrastructure: vignettes and tolls

In Spain, no vignettes (time-based charges) are applied for driving on the country’s roads.

However, prior payment of a fee or toll (distance-based charges) is compulsory for driving a motor vehicle on certain sections of motorways in Spain.

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Toll roads

The main axes where motorways are located on which payment of the toll is compulsory are:

• the AP-68 between Bilbao-Zaragoza
• the AP-7 Mediterranean Motorway between La Junquera and Tarragona
• the AP-9 Atlantic Motorway, in Galicia,
• the AP-66 and the AP-71, in León
• the AP6, AP 51 and AP 61 between the provinces of Madrid, Segovia and Ávila
• the Madrid Access Radials (R2, R3, R4, R5, R-41, M-12 and AP-36).

A map of Spain is shown, with the motorway sections where paying a toll to drive on them is compulsory in 2022 marked in red.

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Vehicles subject to tolls

Payment of tolls is generally compulsory for the following motor vehicles:

• motorcycles
• cars
• vans
• buses or coaches
• lorries or heavy vehicles

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Toll control points

Payment is made immediately at the toll control points located at the entry and exit of the motorway sections where payment is compulsory, or on the motorway itself.

In general, toll control points have barriers that are automatically lifted when the corresponding fee is paid, allowing the vehicle to pass.

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Toll fees

The amount of the toll to be paid depends on:

• the type of vehicle (either a light vehicle or a heavy vehicle)
• the distance travelled by the vehicle on the relevant section of motorway
• on some motorways, the time of day, and the method of payment.

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Ways to pay toll fees

In general, toll fees can be paid by the following means:

• Payment in cash: by means of coins and banknotes of legal tender, in euros.
• Payment by card: You can generally pay with the most widely accepted credit and debit cards in the world and with work cards.
• VIA-T electronic toll : This is a payment method implemented on most Spanish toll motorways that allows the toll to be paid without having to stop the vehicle. It works through wireless communication.

To use it, you need a device called an OBE, which, once placed inside the windscreen of the vehicle, allows wireless communication with an antenna in the payment lane; the toll is charged to the bank account designated by the user. Payment by VIA-T electronic toll is available in almost all payment lanes, with an exclusive lane for this payment method and for every possible destination at every toll station. The device is available in most banks and service companies linked to the transport sector.

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Violations

Driving on a toll road without having paid the corresponding toll can be reported by the traffic authorities or by the staff in charge of monitoring the motorway, which can lead to the imposition of the corresponding fine or penalty.

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Toll exemptions

Where tolls are established, the following vehicles are not obliged to pay them:

• those of the Armed Forces
• those of the Security Forces and Corps
• those of the fire service
• those in the service of the judicial authorities
• those involved in emergency or civil protection
• ambulances
• those involved in the operation of tolls and road inspection
• those involved in the operation and maintenance of equipment for the management, control and monitoring of traffic, when they are performing their respective specific functions.

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Toll motorways

Below is a list of the motorways in Spain on which paying a toll is compulsory in 2022.

By clicking on the links of each motorway, you can access the amounts that need to be paid for driving on each section, depending on the route travelled, the type of vehicle involved and, if applicable, the time of day and the method of payment.

Also included is information on discounts that can be applied to the toll fee.

The toll amounts collected are those in force for 2022.

• Autopista AP-46, Alto de las Pedrizas - Málaga
• Autopista AP-51, AP-6, conexión con Ávila
• Autopista AP-53, Santiago de Compostela - Alto de Santo Domingo
• Autopista AP-6, Villalba - Villacastín - Adanero
• Autopista AP-61, AP-6, conexión con Segovia
• Autopista AP-66, Campomanes - León
• Autopista AP-68, Bilbao - Zaragoza
• Autopista AP-7, Alicante - Cartagena
• Autopista AP-7, Estepona - Guadiaro
• Autopista AP-7, Málaga - Estepona
• Autopista AP-71, León - Astorga
• Autopista AP-9, Ferrol - Frontera portuguesa
• M-12 Eje aeropuerto 
• R-2 Madrid-Guadalajara 
• R-3 Madrid-Arganda del Rey 
• R-4 Madrid-Ocaña
• R-5 Madrid-Navalcarnero 
• AP-36 Ocaña-La Roda
• AP-41 Madrid-Toledo
• AP-7 Circunvalación Alicante
• AP-7 Cartagena-Vera
• Autopista AG-55, A Coruña-Carballo
• Autopista AG-57, Puxeiros-Val Miñor
• AP-1 Eibar - límite con Araba-Álava
• AP-1/AP-8 (Behobia -límite con Bizkaia)
• AP-1 Vitoria-Gasteiz-Eibar (tramo Alava)
• AP-8 Behobia-Traparagan (Tramo Bizkaia)
• Tuneles de Artxanda (Bizkaia)
• Variante sur Metropolitana (Bizkaia)
• Autovia A-636 Beasain-Bergara
• Tramos con peaje para camiones A-15 y N-1 en Gipuzkoa
• AP-15 AP-68 - Irurzun
• C-16 Sant Cugat-Manresa
• C-32 Castelldefells-El vendrell
• C-32 Montgat-Blanes
• C-33 Barcelona-Montmeló
• Túnel del Cadí
• Túneles de Vallvidrera

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