Buses in Malmö
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 Mercedes Benz Citaro G operating on Line 2 | |
| Service area | Malmö Municipality |
|---|---|
| Routes | 19 |
| Operator | Nobina on behalf of Skånetrafiken |
The Malmö city bus network serves the city of Malmö, Sweden, and its surrounding area with 19 routes. City buses have operated in Malmö since 1927, supplementing and eventually supplanting the city's tram network. Buses continue to serve as the primary means of transport within the city, despite an expansion of intracity train services during the 2010s.
The system is part of the Skånetrafiken transit authority, which contracts Nobina to provide drivers and vehicles.[1]
City buses in Malmö were originally operated by City of Malmö's Tramways (MSS), who acquired their first bus in 1927.[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.[2] When Skånetrafiken was formed from the traffic operators of Malmöhus and Kristianstad counties following their mergers into Skåne County, city buses in Malmö became part of Skånetrafiken, with the "ML Green" becoming the colour of city buses throughout Skåne.
On 9 December 2018 the first fully electric buses began operating services in Malmö, when Line 7 received new battery-powered vehicles.[3] In 2021 electric service was further expanded, with larger battery-powered buses being introduced on more lines. Skånetrafiken has set a goal for every bus in Malmö to be electric by 2030.[4]
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