The X1 line is the first XPRESBus service, created in 2021. Boasting an intermodal vocation, it offers an efficient connection between metropolitan municipalities and Barcelona’s centre, using low- or zero-emissions vehicles.

The current bus fleet includes every tool for ensuring accessibility, such as access ramps and ground floors.

Barcelona was the first city in the Spanish State to have a bus service, in 1906 to complement its consolidated tram network.

After an excursion to Collserola, the opening celebrations for the first line of omnibus were held in one of the most luxurious and sumptuous restaurants in Barcelona, the Maison Dorée.

A Tilling Stevens single-decker bus, popularly known as ‘Burra,’ shared the transport service with a tram in Plaça Catalunya.

The Lutxana bus depot, in Poblenou, had been the bus manufacture and storage workshop since 1924.

The International Exposition of 1929 played host to 29 nations on the themes of industry, art and sport. It drew in 5.8 million visitors.

The “Gran circuito de lujo” [Great luxury circuit] was one of the two tourist route lines in service during the Exhibition.

During the Black Biennium and the Civil War, many buses were requisitioned for military and police operations. The conflict would speed up the deteriorating process.

Most of the collective factories operated well during the war and maintained a good level of productivity. However, as the war progressed, scarcity of resources would start to become apparent.

After the Civil War, the need for reconstructing essential transport services was reflected in the conversion of buses into trolleybuses, owing to the lack of fuel, and their adaptation to the tramway power network.

Vehicles had to be imported from abroad, because of ravages caused by the war and the unreliability of recovered buses. Despite the autarchy imposed under Francoism, the authorities allowed the ACLO model to be imported from England from 1948 onwards.

Developing transport infrastructures was a priority requirement for meeting the economic and demographic growth of the 1960s.

The first articulated bus model arrived in Barcelona in 1964. It came from the Spanish company ENASA, which became the sole supplier for Barcelona’s public transport company.

Resident mobilisation, as a means to demanding better public transport connections, led to bus hijackings, as in the case of a line 47 bus.

The Pegaso 6038 models were known as the ‘Barcelona Model,’ after the improvements introduced in response to TB technical team’s demands. Their bodywork was more modern and they provided greater lighting and comfort.

The Olympic Games were held between 25 July and 9 August 1992. The city was transformed so it could play host to them and participation from volunteers was a complete success. Up to 10.55 million users climbed aboard buses during the Olympics.

169 countries took part in the Olympics, with almost 10 thousand participants. 2,304 drivers were needed to meet the demand.

The Paralympic Games represented a watershed in the history of the network, accelerating the path to accessibility that had already started several years earlier. The shuttle bus service connecting the city to the Olympic Stadium transported 498 passengers with wheelchairs.

The introduction of user-information systems since 2005, such as the iBus system, allowing users to find out the bus waiting times from the internet in real time, continue to evolve and make everyday life easier for passengers, with screens inside vehicles or at stops.

In 2003 TMB participated in the European Union’s experimental CUTE programme for clean urban transport through Europe. It bought three hydrogen-battery-powered buses, but remained at trial level. Green hydrogen powered buses are already a reality in 2022, as part of the decarbonisation plan for the city’s public transport.

The New Bus Network has made unprecedented progress in ground-level urban transport. The restructuring of the network is designed so that any person can travel from any point in the city to any other, requiring a maximum of one transfer.

The 2010s saw the extended use of smart phones. It was thanks to this technological revolution that the TMB App was developed, providing users with real-time information on the bus network and enabling them to purchase and validate tickets.

April 2022 marked the start of the green hydrogen bus service. Green hydrogen represents one of the milestones of the present and future bus network on the way to achieving a zero-emission fleet.

T-mobilitat’s implementation has enabled the modernisation of the ticket-purchase and validating system, through contactless technology. A more convenient and flexible method for travelling on public transport.

TMB has launched a Social Responsibility and Sustainability Plan, whose main aim is to reach 65% of urban journeys on public transport in relation to motor vehicles, 2.3 million journeys per day on the metro and bus networks and an annual reduction of 17,000 tonnes of CO2.