[citation needed] With the closure of the last sections of tram network in the early 1970s, responsibility for and operation of city buses were moved to the municipal agency Malmö Lokaltrafik (ML).

In 1993 the right-wing municipal government sold ML to Linjebuss, which was then contracted by Länstrafiken Malmöhus to operate city bus services.

On 9 December 2018 the first fully electric buses began operating services in Malmö, when Line 7 received new battery-powered vehicles.

On days where Malmö FF are playing home games buses are operated as number 84 to Stadion from Klagshamn, Segevång, Riseberga, Nydala and Västra hamnen.

[9][10] Line 5 was originally intended as a stop-gap measure, with the busways built enabling a construction of the future tramway being planned at the time.