Transport and the shape of the city in Seville

One metro line, and the bus that matters more

Metro Line 1 is the whole network: 21 stations over about 18 km, from Ciudad Expo in the Aljarafe to Olivar de Quintos in Dos Hermanas, through Nervión and Prado de San Sebastián. Line 3 is under construction in the north, where works began on 20 June 2025 on a 46-month programme and a further section was tendered in March 2026 with a three-year programme of its own, so do not choose a flat on the assumption it will open soon. What has actually changed east-west journeys is the TB1 tranvibús, the city's first bus rapid transit corridor. It opened between Sevilla Este and Nervión on 29 September 2025, reached Prado de San Sebastián in April 2026, and the complete line to Plaza del Duque enters service on 28 September 2026, roughly 12.4 km and 17 stops.

Fares, and why you buy a card in week one

A single bought on board is the dearest way to travel, and the discounts attach to cards and passes rather than to singles, which is the whole reason to get a card immediately. TUSSAM's fares were frozen for 2026 at €1.40 for a single on board, €0.46 a trip on the tarjeta multiviaje with transbordo or €0.41 without, and €21.20 for a 30-day pass, with a €1.50 deposit on the card itself. Every one of those figures but the single already has the 2026 discount baked in, so they are what you pay now rather than the underlying fare. A contactless bank card is also accepted directly on board on every TUSSAM line, charged as a €1.40 single.

• Real Decreto-ley 17/2025 funds 20% off multi-journey titles and season passes, 50% for anyone born between 1 January 2000 and 31 December 2011, and free travel for children born from 1 January 2012 onwards. Seville's council tops the general discount up to roughly 40%, which is what the prices above reflect. It all runs to 31 December 2026 and 2027 has not been decided, so do not budget on it continuing.
• A transbordo on the multiviaje card is good for one hour and only onto a line different from the one you boarded.
• The card is sold and recharged at the Punto de Atención counters in Prado de San Sebastián and Plaza Ponce de León and at some nine hundred estancos and kiosks across the city and province.

Out of the city: saltos, not kilometres

Outside the city, travel is priced by saltos, the number of zone boundaries you cross, rather than by distance or number of stops. The Consorcio de Transporte Metropolitano del Área de Sevilla covers 45 municipalities, and its green contactless card is a stored-value wallet you configure for 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 saltos, with a €1.50 deposit on the plastic. Metro singles follow the same logic, at €1.35 for 0 saltos, €1.60 for 1 and €1.80 for 2. Renfe's five Cercanías lines, C1 to C5, centre on Santa Justa and San Bernardo and are what make commuting in from Dos Hermanas, Utrera, Lora del Río and the Aljarafe work, and they are covered by the Consorcio card.

The airport

There is no rail link to Seville airport, so the public option is TUSSAM's line EA, at €6 one way and €8 for a same-day return, bought on the bus or by contactless card. It runs roughly every twelve to twenty minutes by day and every thirty to thirty-five at night, from 05:20 to 01:00 out of the airport and from 04:30 to 00:05 out of Plaza de Armas towards it, calling at Santa Justa, Prado de San Sebastián and Torre del Oro, about thirty-five minutes end to end. Taxis work on a fixed airport fare rather than the meter: €26 Monday to Friday on working days between 07:00 and 21:00, and €29 at every other hour, including weekends, public holidays, Semana Santa and the Feria, published in the BOJA on 17 March 2026. The Instituto del Taxi publishes that fare as carrying no surcharges at all, while the same tariff list still shows a €0.57 supplement for each bag over 10 kg and a €5.81 airport supplement, so agree the total with the driver before you set off.

Driving, and cycling instead

The Zona de Bajas Emisiones is not the historic centre. It covers 3.2 km² on the Isla de la Cartuja alone, split into Cartuja North and South, in force since 1 January 2023 and camera-enforced since July 2024, Monday to Friday from 07:00 to 19:00 excluding holidays, and it bars only vehicles carrying no DGT environmental label. The centre is a separate scheme: a Zona de Tráfico Restringido in Casco Antiguo and historic Triana that works on authorisation rather than emissions, so no sticker gets you in, and 53 camera points are planned, 44 in the Casco Antiguo and 9 in historic Triana, though no date for camera enforcement has been confirmed. Residents and holders of garage spaces inside the zone are authorised, through the permiso de acceso a zonas restringidas at the Ayuntamiento's sede electrónica, so if you are taking a flat in the centre, get the parking arrangement and the permit in writing before you sign.

• The ZBE fine is €200, reduced to €100 if you pay within twenty days. Outside the controlled hours there is no restriction at all.
• Cycling is the real alternative, because the city is flat and the segregated network is extensive. The public bike system is Sevici, run by JCDecaux, and its current subscription price is not reliably published online, so check with the Gerencia de Urbanismo before you sign up.