Private company

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona

Logo: Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Public transit company in Barcelona, Spain

The Barcelona Metropolitan Transport, or Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) in Catalan, 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.2 It employed 8,204 people in 2019.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1979Founded1
  • Industrypublic transport1
  • HeadquartersBarcelona1
  • Founded inBarcelona1
  • Websitewww.tmb.cat
  • Legal formpublic enterprise1
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Photo: Javierito92, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

The Barcelona Metropolitan Transport, or Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) in Catalan, 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.2

Corporate structure

Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

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

From Wikipedia’s article on Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Leadership

Who has led Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Barcelona metropolitan area

From Wikidata.1

Employees over time

  • 20198,2041

Timeline

  1. 1979Founded Founded in Barcelona1