More frequent service, more innovative trains, and a new section of Line 9 is underway. The Barcelona metro will have 39 more trains starting in 2029, reconfiguring the current service. This was announced by the President of the Generalitat (Catalan government), Salvador Illa, and the Mayor of Barcelona, ​​Jaume Collboni, during the institutional centenary ceremony for the metro, held this Monday night in the auditorium of the Barcelona School of Industry. For the President, this measure will represent a "giant step" toward improving the Barcelona metro, which he described as a backbone of the capital and the cities in the metropolitan area. "Investing in public transport is one of the best ways to build a country," Illa argued.

"As inspectors, we can only recommend wearing a mask inside carriages. We have no power to force or sanction anyone who breaks the rule," explains a TMB worker on the platform of Liceu station, on line 3, which until August 17 acts almost as the end of the line, since work is being done on Drassanes station and there is no service between Liceu and Paral·lel. It is a good place to check how many people observe the mask mandate inside trains, as well as follow the advice to wear masks on platforms, since there is more staff helping travellers. Private security guards don't have the power to force or sanction travellers either; they give passengers information on the disruption to the metro line, but not one of the thirty-three unmasked people who enter the station during the four-minute wait for the next train are reminded of the rules regarding masks.