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.