Transport in Barcelona

Those lines go all around of the four Catalan provinces and some of them go to Zaragoza (Aragón) and Castelló de la Plana and València in País Valencià.

Lines are operated by: There are currently 27 open railway stations in Barcelona (228 in the metropolitan area).

Among other main stations, Estació de França has seen its importance reduced in the past years, and Estació del Nord (next to Arc de Triomf) is no longer a railway terminal but a coach station and athletic facility.

All bus routes serving Barcelona metropolitan area are organized by Autoritat del Transport Metropolità (ATM).

Also, in the metropolitan area of Barcelona work Aeri de Montserrat and Telefèric d'Olesa a Esparreguera [ca].

Barcelona is encouraging active travel (walking and wheeling plus use of the bus) with the "Superblocks" system which discourages short trips by private car.

They are the idea of Salvador Rueda, a psychologist, engineer and ecologist and have the support of the city council.

The airport is connected to the city centre by highway, commuter train and scheduled bus service.

It is Europe's ninth largest container port, with a trade volume of 2.3 million TEU's in 2006.

The port is undergoing an enlargement that will double its size thanks to diverting the mouth of the Llobregat river 2 km (1¼ mi) to the south.

[5] The average amount of time people spend commuting on public transit in Barcelona, for example to and from work, on a weekday is 50 min.

[6] In 2023, the European Investment Bank invested €25 million in Barcelona's rolling stock and signed an advisory service agreement with Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) to improve transport security against harassment.