BARCELONA. Bus Chausson, line B: Atarazanas - Bonanova (1957)

BARCELONA
Bus Chausson, line B (Atarazanas - Bonanova).

Postcard published by Eurofer - Amics del Ferrocarril, Barcelona, Nº 4050.
Photo taken by Pere Farré i Puig at the junction of Carrer Mandri and Passeig
de la Bonanova, on 5 December 1957. 

The Société des usines Chausson was a French manufacturing company, headquartered in Asnières-sur-Seine (Paris region) founded in 1907 and active until the year 2000. It was a major builder of public transport vehicles. The first Chausson buses that circulated in Barcelona were imported in 1954. The vehicle in the image belongs to the 300 series, incorporated into Barcelona public transport in November 1957, and was withdrawn in 1978.

Traveler's collection.