From Lisbon airport to the city centre by metro
The Red line starts at the airport — and there is no airport supplement
The short answer
Follow the signs to Aeroporto, the last station of the Red line, inside the terminal. Buy a navegante card (€0.50) and a single journey (€1.90) at the machine, or just tap a contactless bank card for €1.92. Trains run from about 6.33am to 1.10am (next day).
There is no airport supplement and no special fare. Aeroporto is an ordinary station on the Red line: the same €1.90 ticket, or €1.72 of zapping credit, is all you need. London, Oslo and Milan all charge extra for the equivalent trip; Lisbon does not.
How long it takes to the places you are probably going
Journey times calculated from the operator’s own timetable file, including the time the train stands at each platform. Changing lines adds the walk between platforms, which the data does not measure, so allow a few minutes more where a change is involved.
| Going to | Journey | Changes | What is there |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baixa-Chiado | 28 min | change at Alameda | the old town, Chiado and the river |
| Rossio | 26 min | change at Alameda | the main square and the Rossio train station |
| Marquês de Pombal | 24 min | change at Saldanha | the top of Avenida da Liberdade |
| Cais do Sodré | 30 min | change at Alameda | the ferries and the train to Cascais |
| Oriente | 7 min | direct, no changes | Parque das Nações and the Gare do Oriente |
Before you go down to the platform
There are lifts at Aeroporto and the platforms are step-free from the terminal. The trains are not wide: at the airport end they are usually empty, so you will get a space.
Only one: Aeroporto is the end of the line, so every train leaves the same way. You cannot take the wrong one.
The last train from the centre towards the airport leaves earlier than the last train of the network. If you have an early flight, check the opening hours rather than assuming.
The stations, timetables and journey times on this page come from the GTFS file that Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. publishes as open data (Fonte: Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. — dados.gov.pt (CC BY)), edition 23.04.00, retrieved on 21 October 2026. Lisbon Metro is an independent guide: it is not run by Metropolitano de Lisboa, E.P.E. and has no connection with the company. Prices are the ones published by the operator on the date shown and can change. The Portuguese version of this site, with all 50 stations, is at metrolisboa.org.