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traffic jams and are run, as are The Lisbon Metro and Rail Network Azambuja/Oporto
lifts and funiculars, by the state- Key Sacavém
owned Carris company. The
Metro, run separately but Azul Metro line Railway line Moscavide
also state-owned, is the most Amarela Metro line Airport bus route
efficient form of public transport. Verde Metro line Interchange station Encarnação
Vermelha Metro line Oriente
Tickets Amadora Este, Odivelas Aeroporto Cabo Ruivo
de Lisboa
Reboleira
Single-trip paper tickets for Pontinha Telheiras Campo Olivais
Grande
buses, trams and funiculars can Carnide Cidade Chelas
be bought on boarding. Multi- Colégio Militar/Luz Universitária Alvalade
trip paper tickets have been Amadora, Alto dos Moinhos Roma- Bela Vista
Sintra
replaced with electronic passes Benfica Laranjeiras Entre Campos Roma Areeiro Braço
such as the Viva Viagem and Jardim Zoológico Sete Rios Areeiro Chelas de Prata
Lisboa Viva smart cards. The S. Sebastião Campo Olaias Marvila
Pequeno
Viva Viagem card is the most Praça de Espanha Saldanha Alameda
practical purchase for short- Campolide Picoas Arrolos
term visits. It can be topped up Parque Florestal Parque Anjos
with credit whenever necessary de Monsanto Marquês de Intendente
Pombal
and provides access to the Rato Avenida
Carris network and other public Restauradores Martim
Moniz
transport operators. It must be Rossio Santa
validated by holding it over a Baixa-Chiado Apolónia
validator machine. Passes can Belém Alcãntara- Santos T e j o
Terra
be purchased at points of travel Cascais Alcãntara-Mar Cais do Sodré Terreiro do Paço
and from Carris kiosks in many Setúbal
parts of the city, including at
railway stations, by the Basílica requires the same procedure. Although the Metro does
da Estrela, in Praça da Figueira Children between the ages become quite packed during
and by Praça Marquês de of 5 and 12 and adults over the morning and evening rush
Pombal, as well as at some post 65 pay half-price on public hours, there are frequent trains.
offices and newsagents. transport. Young people aged The system is safe to travel on,
Another option is the Lisboa from 13 to 25 are eligible for even at night time, since the
Card (see panel opposite), which a 25 per cent discount. The stations and trains are regularly
includes unlimited free travel Viva Viagem card allows for patrolled by the police. All
on the bus, tram, funicular/lift discounts of 50 per cent for stations have auto matic gates
and Metro networks, and on families and groups of 3 to 9 at the entrance to the platform
the Sintra and Cascais railway people at weekends and on areas and a valid ticket must
lines. It can be purchased public holidays. Children under be passed over an electronic
as a one-, two-, or three-day the age of five travel free. Fines scanner both on entering and
card and is validated on each for travelling without a valid leaving the station. Metro
trip by passing it over an ticket are severe. ticket inspectors can fine you
electronic scanner. up to 100 times the value of a
Metro tickets are bought single-trip ticket if you are
from machines (with multi- Travelling by Metro caught travelling without a
lingual instructions) or from The fastest and cheapest way valid ticket.
ticket offices at Metro stations to get around town is by the
as reusable charge cards (there Metropolitano. Metro stations
are no paper Metro tickets). are signposted with a red M,
The card costs €0.50 and lasts and the service operates from
one year. A single trip costs 6:30am to 1am every day.
€1.40, no matter what the There are currently 50 Metro
zone. When purchasing your stations operating on four lines:
card you should keep the the Linha Azul (Blue Line), the
receipt and present it when Linha Amarela (Yellow Line), the
necessary to change the card, Linha Verde (Green Line) and the
for example if it is damaged. Linha Vermelha (Red Line). These
Cards must be validated on lines link the Metro to major bus,
entering the platform area train and ferry services, and
by passing them over an provide transport from Lisbon’s
electronic scanner to open the suburbs to the commercial heart
gate, indicated by a green of the city, along the north bank Automated machine dispensing Metro
light. Exiting a Metro station of the river. tickets and passes
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