The Metropolitano de Lisboa offers a variety of fares, comprising: fares exclusive to the Metro, fares combined with Carris (buses, trams, funiculars and lifts), fares combined with other transport operators and intermodal fares. Children under the age of 4 travel free of charge on the Metro, as long as they are accompanied by an adult. Above this age, it is mandatory to use a valid fare (see Using the Metro).

The Metropolitano de Lisboa only offers fares charged in contactless cards:

- For non frequent clients are available the 7 colinas or Viva viagem cards, which you can use to charge several tickets of a single type of fare.

When you charge the card for the first time, it is necessary to buy the card, which costs 0.50 € and is valid for one year. During this period, the card can be charged and reused as and when necessary. However, should you wish to recharge your 7 Colinas card with a different type of ticket, you will first need to use up the original type. Once the validity period of a year has expired, the cards can no longer be recharged, but any remaining tickets may still be used or transferred to a new card.

- Frequent clients that use passes exclusive to Metro, intermodal or combined with other operators, should choose the Lisboa viva card that offers them an additional set of advantages. This card has several options:

• Child's pass, for children between 4 and 12 years old;
• Senior citizen's pass, for people over 65 years old;
• Retirees and pensioners pass, for people in these situation whose family monthly allowance is equal or less than the national minimum wage;
• 4_18@escola.tp, for students attending elementary or secondary school aged between 4 and 18 years old, which are not regarded by municipal transportation.
  
  

When charging your cards, you should always keep the receipt, and present it if necessary to change the card or if it is damaged.

• Fares exclusive to the Metro. These fares are valid only on the Metropolitano de Lisboa network.
  

  Charged tickets on 7 colinas/Viva Viagem cards

  - Single Tickets: valid for a trip in 1 or 2 zones; To use the Metro with a 7 Colinas card you must approach the card, duly charged, to the "blue" reader at the stations gates in order that the validation takes place and enables the opening of the doors. The same procedure must take place when exiting the system. You may read the amount left in your card at any ticket office or at any automatic ticket vending machine; in the latter case, you must select the option "carregamento / leitura" (charging/reading) and insert your card in the respective slot. Information about the balance remaining on the card and, in the event that it is not accepted, the reasons why, can also be read on the displays in the entry gates. The 7 Colinas/Viva viagem card can only be used by one person; it can’t be used by a group, even if charged with enough tickets. If a client does not wish to reuse it´s viva viagem card, it can be returned at any Metro ticket office retrieving its worth, as long as the following terms are verified simultaneously: - card bought at Metro, proven with receipt, within a maximum period of 5 days; - card had to be charged exclusively with Metro simple tickets; - card cannot be damaged in any way.

  Passes

  Metro passes are valid for a period of 30 consecutive days, counted from the purchasing date valid for travelling in crown L or in all the network. These passes must be electronically loaded into the Lisboa Viva card. They can be purchased at any Metro station from the automatic ticket vending machines or, alternatively, at the stations ticket offices. To use the Metro with these passes loaded in the Lisboa Viva card, you must approach the Lisboa Viva card, duly loaded, to the blue readers at the stations "entry" channels in order that the validation takes place and enables the opening of the control doors. The same procedure must take place when leaving the system. The Lisboa Viva cards must be renewed up to end of the validity period registered on them. After this period they cease to be loadable.

  The various types of tickets and passes available as well as their respective fares in force are the following:

• Metro / Carris combined fares. These fares are valid on both, the Metropolitano de Lisboa network and the Carris (buses, streetcars and elevators) network.
  
  

  Charged tickets on 7 Colinas / Viva Viagem cards

  - 1 day Carris/Metro network ticket 3,70€; Valid for an unlimited number of trips on all the Carris and Metro networks, for a period of 24 hours, after the first entry validation.

• Zapping.
  

  Zapping consists of charging money onto the 7 Colinas/viva viagem or Lisboa viva cards, that can be used to travel on the Metro, Carris and Transtejo/Soflusa. When a card has been topped up with Zapping is validated, the corresponding cost of travel will be deducted. The Metro offers five different Zapping options, between 2.00 € and 15.00 €, where the total stored on the card can be no more than 20.00 €. Zapping operations of 5.00 € or more get a bonus, which is added to the total amount topped up onto the card. Trips that include more than one public transport operator, in a period within 1 or 2 hours, clients will receive additional bonus that will be deducted on the last entry validation. To obtain information on Zapping traveling costs and bonus, click on the following link. To use the Metro with a 7 colinas/ Viva viagem card you must approach the card, duly charged, to the blue readers at the stations gates in order that the ticket can be validated and the door can open. The same procedure must take place when exiting the system. When a card that has been topped up with Zapping is validated at the entry gates, 0.79 €, which corresponds to the cost of a trip within a zone, is deducted from the balance. If you exit the system at a station located in a different zone, a further value of 0.31 € is deducted, resulting in a total cost of 1.10 €. However, if the card is not validated on entering the system, when exiting, the value concerning 2 zones is deducted (1.10 €), because there is no knowledge of the entering station. You may read the amount left in your card at any ticket office or at any automatic ticket vending machine; in the latter case, you must select the option "carregamento / leitura" (charging/reading) and insert your card in the respective slot. Information about the balance remaining on the card and, in the event that it is not accepted, the reasons why, can also be read on the displays in the entry gates. The 7 colinas/ Viva viagem card can only be used by one person; it can’t be used by a group, even if charged with enough tickets.offices.

  Passes

  The Metro / Carris combined passes must be charged into the Lisboa Viva card, they are valid for a period of 30 consecutive days, counted from the purchasing date, and can be purchased at any Metro station from the automatic ticket vending machines or, alternatively, at the Metro or Carris ticket offices, or the Multibanco network. The Lisboa Viva cards must be renewed up to end of the validity period registered on them. After this period they can’t be charged again.

  The various types of tickets and passes available as well as their respective fares in force are the following:

• Combined fares between Metro and other transport operators. Fares, valid for travelling on the Metro network and on those of the transport operators that have joined the Região de Lisboa crown system:
  
  

  - Combined passes with Transtejo, Soflusa, TCB and CP are fully electronic, meaning that no stickers are necessary; - Combined passes involving other road operators require a sticker to be stamped on the Lisboa Viva card that also has to be charged with the corresponding ticket. The Lisboa Viva cards must be renewed up to end of the validity period registered on them. After this period they cease to be chargeable.dable.

• Intermodal fares. These fares, valid for travelling on the Metro network and on those of the transport operators that have joined the Região de Lisboa crown system and are constituted by a sticker and the corresponding ticket charged onto the Lisboa Viva card.
  
  

  The Lisboa Viva cards must be renewed before the validity period registered on them expires. After this period they, they can no longer be charged.

1 - 7 Colinas/Viva Viagem cards and Lisboa Viva cards electronically charged can be obtained :

• at the Metro’s automatic ticket vending machines;
• at the points of sale at the following Metro stations:
  
  - Red Line: Oriente e Chelas;
  - Green Line: Telheiras, Alvalade (*), Areeiro (*), Alameda, Arroios (*), Baixa-Chiado e Cais do Sodré;
  - Yellow Line: Odivelas, Senhor Roubado (*), Lumiar, Campo Grande, Entrecampos (*), Campo Pequeno (*), Marquês Pombal II, Rato;
  - Blue Line: Amadora Este, Pontinha, Colégio Militar, Jardim Zoológico (*), Praça Espanha (*), Marquês Pombal I(*), Avenida (*), Restauradores, Terreiro do Paço.