Public transportation in Barcelona, if you are new in town this blog will help guide you throughout the city. Barcelona and its metropolitan area have an extensive and complete public transport network. Fast and in a comfortable way, it will allow you to move around the city.
Get to know the different public transportation options in Barcelona, available to you for moving from one place to another. It is easy and convenient to use.
How do you get around Barcelona?
With eight metro lines, two train networks, two tram lines, trains, railways and a powerful fleet of buses you will reach any point in the city. NOTE: all travel passes are integrated. This means, you can combine different means for an hour and a half without paying for a new ticket.
If you ever feel disorientated, remember there are four basic points people from Barcelona use to orient themselves. 1. direction sea (east) 2. mountain (west) 3. Besòs (north) 4. Llobregat (south). With that say, here the options you can use:
It is one of the most complete means of transport that connects almost the whole city. It has been growing in recent years. The different lines are identified with a different color: L1 (red), L2 (purple), L3 (green), L4 (yellow), L5 (blue), L9 (orange), L10 (light blue) and L11 (light green).
Barcelona has a fleet of about a thousand perfectly adapted buses that run throughout the city and metropolitan area. The city also has a night bus service, the Nit bus, so returning home at night will not be a problem.
It is an accessible, ecological, comfortable and fast means of transport. There are two lines: Trambaix Trambesòs. The first one runs through the municipalities of Barcelona, L’Hospitalet de Llobregat, Esplugues de Llobregat, Cornellà de Llobregat, Sant Joan Despí, Sant Just Desvern and Sant Feliu de Llobregat.
The second one makes up the Besòs network. It links Barcelona with Sant Adrià de Besòs Badalona.
The Cercanías Renfe service has 5 lines that cross Barcelona. It connects the city with the entire metropolitan area and with the main cities of Catalonia.
The city’s railway network has three lines that connect the upper area with the center and that reach the capitals of Vallès, Sabadell and Terrassa, while crossing the Collserola massif.
If you travel with a subscription, you can enjoy the integrated fare system, which allows you to access the different means of transport, such as the metro, train and tram, with the same ticket for an hour and a quarter.
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