Buses in Barcelona

Buses are a common form of public transport in Barcelona, with an extensive local and interurban bus network. There is also a network of night buses called Nitbus (es) and a transitway system called RetBus is currently being developed, which is intended to complement the current local bus network. All bus routes serving Barcelona metropolitan area are organized by Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM). In Barcelona there are over 230 bus lines are used. A network such as e.g. exists for the metro, is quite confusing and not practical. It is therefore difficult to say which bus will take one from a place to another. The bus plans are available at the tourist information office on request.Local services are operated in most part by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB), although other bus services are operated by several private companies under common names.

A Mercedes-Benz articulated TMB bus run by biodiesel on Plaça de la Universitat.

History

Operation

Local buses
A typical TMB bus stop near Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys.

The local bus network is very extended and reaches all neighbourhoods in Barcelona including some municipalities attached to the city and the airport. Local buses are operated in most part by Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) although there are some lines which are operated by private sector companies under contract to TMB. There are over 100 urban lines serving the city and most of them pass through two or more districts, covering relatively long distances within Barcelona. Because of this, some lines called Bus del Barri (meaning The Neighbourhood's Bus in Catalan) were created. These lines are operated by small buses and cover short-haul routes enabling access to various parts of the neighbourhood as the shopping area, health care services, education centers and other facilities.

New Bus Network

In 2011, TMB announced plans for an improved bus network, initially dubbed "RetBus".[1] This was introduced in 6 phases between 2012 and 2018 which established 28 high performance lines: 17 vertical (sea-mountain), 8 horizontal (Llobregat-Besòs) and 3 diagonal.[2]

Interurban buses

The interurban bus service links Barcelona with the other towns in the metropolitan area. See the timetables of the various buses by searching the AMB (Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona) website.

Nitbus

During the night, the company NitBus provides a night-time bus service in Barcelona and the first metropolitan ring with 17 lines. All of them, except the N0, go through Plaça de Catalunya, where you can change to other lines. [3]

See also

References
  1. "TMB's strategy for an efficient bus network in Barcelona". Intelligent Transport. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  2. "What is the new bus network | Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona". www.tmb.cat. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
  3. Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
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