Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona explained

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona
Type:Public
Foundation:
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Location:Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Area Served:Barcelona metropolitan area
Key People:Gerardo Lertxundi Albéniz
(CEO)
Industry:Transport
Services:Public transport infrastructure operation and managing
Revenue: 711.164 million (2010)
Net Income: €3.847 million (2010)
Assets: €1.113 billion (2010)
Owner:Àrea Metropolitana de Barcelona
Num Employees:8,037 (2010)

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) is the main public transit operator in Barcelona. A combination of two formerly-separate companies, Ferrocarril Metropolità de Barcelona, SA. and Transports de Barcelona, SA., it runs most of the metro and local bus lines in Barcelona and the metropolitan area.

The bus network serves Barcelona and the metropolitan area through 109 lines that cover a total distance of 920.62 kilometres. The Barcelona Metro network has 123 stations. It is formed by six lines and a funicular railway. In 2016, TMB carried 578.75 million passengers and had 7,744 employees.[1]

There is also an authority in Barcelona that seeks to coordinate and integrate other public transport companies (such as TRAMMET, for the local trams) into the same network, Autoritat del Transport Metropolità.

Logo history

TMB changed its logo in 2014 after introducing a stencil-style variant of Helvetica for their publicity.

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Notes and References

  1. Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona http://www.tmb.cat/en/transports-en-xifres