Preserved bus:

Pegaso 6035 A

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Present owner:    A.R.C.A

Registration:  B-620573

Year:  1968

Manufacturer:  Pegaso

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Photo: Josep Pretel

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This bus belongs to the first series of articulated buses received by TB (Transports of Barcelona) numbered 3001-3101 dating from 1967. The buses from these series were based on the prototype numbered 2001 (renumbered as 3001). 

Many vehicles were refurbished in a process begun in 1977, in which their structure and body were renewed, although ancient mechanical elements were used . They continued service in Barcelona until 1993 with their cousins from series 3200-3264 built in 1975. Nº 3055 was affected by this reform and its body is Noge instead of the original Hugas body.

During 1989 nº 3055 was withdrawn from TMB and went to the Universitat Autònoma of Barcelona (Bellaterra) providing shuttle service for the university campus. This service communicates the Cerdanyola railway station  with the campus. 

This short and sometimes heavily crowded route required the buses to be slightly modified: loss of some rows of seats, suppression of requested stop lights, and due to lower temperatures loss of the lower front window to make room for a heating system for the interior.

Later on Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC) and RENFE opened  stations  inside or close to the campus which together with the arrival of "new" TMB buses , Pegaso 6420 Enasa and Mercedes O405G bodied by Unicar, caused the withdrawal of some buses, including the 14 (former-TMB 3055) which happened during the year 2003. 

The UAB has given to ARCA as much help and facilities as it is possible  in order to carry the preservation tasks of this bus apart from providing a place to carry out the different repairs. 

From 2003 on ARCA has worked in the restoration of this vehicle so as to return it to the aspect that it had during TB's period. You can see the evolution of the works in the gallery. 

During year 2005 the bus participated in the filming of the movie "Salvador", which allowed the bus to be repainted in the scheme of green colors "Porcioles" and the placement (provisional) of round headlamps and front grille cross of Pegaso. It has also recovered the conductors ticket box and all its wooden white seats.

Until july 2006 its external aspect remains as green "Porcioles", square headlamps and front chromed grille.

During august 2006, ARCA repaint the bus with collaboration of TMB in the colours red-cream, in coherence with font grille, square headlamps and interior elements. The presentation of the new livery is the celebrations of Bus Centenary on Barcelona.

This bus is in perfect state and participate regularly in the activities of the association ARCA.

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TMB Workshop at Zona Franca - 16/12/2006. Photo: Josep Pretel

Espai Centenari - 16/09/2006. Photo: Josep Pretel

Montjuïc - 26/11/2005. Photo: Josep Pretel

Dashboard - 16/09/2006. Photo: Josep Pretel

Interior - 26/11/2005. Photo: Josep Pretel

Offside profile. UAB - 10/11/2005. Photo: Lluís Cuesta

Front and profile. UAB - 10/11/2005. Photo: Lluís Cuesta