Public transport, infrastructure, and mobility in Portugal.
CP, the Lisbon and Porto metros, Metro Mondego, the Tagus ferries and Mobi.E have signed a protocol for national ticketing that starts with contactless bank card payment at the validator. No date or budget has been given. Here is where a bank card already works, and what it costs.
The President has promulgated a 38 million euro decree for hauliers, bus operators, taxis, fire brigades and the social sector. Two firefighters' federations said in September that the spring round had not reached them.
The transport regulator's 2025 rail statistics show regional passengers up 108 percent and occupancy up from 35 to 77 percent in the pass's first full year, while ticket revenue fell, the State's compensation rose and punctuality hit its lowest since at least 2015.
The transport regulator has fixed 14 October as the start of Portugal's new national taxi tariff. As published in June, it sets a 2 euro flag fall, per-kilometre and per-minute prices capped for 2026, and higher time rates at night and weekends.
The EU's DiscoverEU round is open to anyone born in 2008 who lives in Portugal, whatever their nationality. A five-question quiz decides who gets the 942 passes, and the scheme even pays visa costs.
A Council of Ministers resolution raises Metro Mondego's spending ceiling by 4.8 million euros, saying last year's sums would not finish the Sobral de Ceira depot or pay for 40 electric buses and their chargers.
Since 1 October tuk-tuks can no longer pick up passengers at the Ribeira or Clérigos, and coach stops have moved too. Porto is also testing a platform that approves access to the centre automatically.
