Seville airport’s EA bus costs 6.00 euros for a single, while an ordinary TUSSAM city bus costs 1.40 euros. Same municipal company, and no travel card covers that first ride.
Public transport in Seville is three fare systems, run by TUSSAM, Metro de Sevilla and the Consorcio, and the Consorcio card is the one card valid on all three. For buses and the Metrocentro tram alone, the TUSSAM multiviaje card brings a journey with a transfer down to 0.76 euros at the standard fare, and the TUSSAM tourist card gives unlimited buses for 5 euros a day or 10 euros for three days. Neither works on the metro, where a single runs from 1.35 to 1.80 euros. Anyone mixing bus, metro, Cercanías trains and a day trip to Carmona is better served by the Consorcio card, at a 1.50 euro fee.
Is there one bus pass that covers Seville?
Almost. The Consorcio card is valid on TUSSAM city buses, the Metrocentro tram, metro line 1 and Cercanías trains, for a 1.50 euro fee that is not refunded. The TUSSAM cards cover only bus and tram. The EA airport bus, at 6.00 euros, sits outside every card.
Which Seville travel card works on bus, tram, metro and Cercanías
The four cards a visitor might buy cover different networks, and only one of them reaches the metro and the trains as well as the city buses.
The Consorcio de Transporte Metropolitano del Área de Sevilla charges a 1.50 euro handling fee for its card, which is not refunded, and takes top-ups from 5 euros. It works on the metropolitan buses, metro line 1, the Cercanías trains, the Metrocentro tram and TUSSAM city buses except the airport line and special services. The balance does not expire, and one card can pay for several people boarding together, which suits a couple or a family.
The TUSSAM multiviaje card takes a 1.50 euro deposit, or 2.00 euros for special editions, refunded when the card goes back, and tops up from 7 to 50 euros. The Bonometro, the metro’s own stored-value card, tops up from 10 to 50 euros at station machines or online.
How much is the metro in Seville
Metro de Sevilla runs one line, line 1, split into three zones, and charges by salto, meaning each zone boundary crossed. The fare the Consorcio sets for the metro is:
| Saltos | Single ticket | Consorcio card, standard | Consorcio card, reduced |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro, 2 saltos | 1.80 € | 1.37 € | 0.82 € |
| Metro, 1 salto | 1.60 € | 1.17 € | 0.70 € |
| Metro, 0 saltos | 1.35 € | 0.82 € | 0.49 € |
The reduced column is a 40 per cent cut paid half by the Junta de Andalucía and half by the Ministry of Transport, in force until 31 December, and it does not apply to singles. In those terms a single runs from 1.35 to 1.80 euros, and the card at standard fare from 0.82 to 1.37 euros.
Trains leave the terminal stations Monday to Thursday from 6:30 to 23:00, on Fridays and the eve of public holidays from 6:30 to 2:00, on Saturdays from 7:30 to 2:00 and on Sundays and holidays from 7:30 to 23:00, according to the timetable Metro de Sevilla sets, with extra services for Christmas, Semana Santa and the Feria.
The Consorcio uses the word salto for something else: the metropolitan rings crossed on the way to a village. Its bus fares run from 1.55 to 3.80 euros for a single and from 1.01 to 3.14 euros on the card, or 0.61 to 1.88 euros with the reduction, as set out in the guide to day trips from Seville by bus. On Cercanías the same card starts at 1.01 euros, against 1.80 euros for the cheapest paper ticket.
Paying for the bus with a contactless bank card
A visitor with a foreign Visa or Mastercard does not need a TUSSAM card at all for a few rides. Every TUSSAM bus and tram takes a contactless bank card, credit or debit, and the tap buys one single at the usual 1.40 euros, according to TUSSAM.
- Check the card. It must allow contactless payment without a PIN. Phones and smartwatches with the card loaded work too.
- Tap at the front. Hold it to the validator to the left of the driver’s cab.
- Wait for the beep. Listen for it and the “EMV Validation” message on the screen. There is no paper ticket.
What it does not give is the transfer fare: a tap is a single, so a journey with a change of line costs 2.80 euros by tap against 0.76 euros on a multiviaje card at the standard fare.
Where to get off the airport bus and buy a card
The EA stops at Santa Justa, San Bernardo, Prado de San Sebastián and Plaza de Armas. Where to get off decides how easy the next leg is.
San Bernardo is the best interchange in the city. Measured from the station, the Cercanías platform for lines C-1, C-4 and C-5 is 15 metres away, the metro 71 metres and the tram 109 metres, and the M-124 to Carmona leaves from here. Prado de San Sebastián has the metro station 154 metres and the tram stop 151 metres from the square, plus one of the two TUSSAM express desks.
Plaza de Armas, where the EA ends, is the stop to avoid for anyone heading on by metro: the tram stop at Archivo de Indias is a 16-minute walk and the metro at Puerta de Jerez a 19-minute walk. It does make sense for Itálica, since the M-170A and M-170B start there.
TUSSAM sells its cards at two express desks: Prado de San Sebastián, open Monday to Friday 8:00 to 19:45 and Saturday 9:00 to 14:00, and Plaza Ponce de León, Monday to Friday 8:00 to 19:45. Neither lists Sunday hours, so a Sunday arrival should plan on contactless singles until Monday. Each person can buy or top up up to five cards.
When the TUSSAM tourist card beats the multiviaje
The tourist card costs 5 euros for one day or 10 euros for three, with unlimited journeys on TUSSAM buses and the Metrocentro tram, plus a deposit of 1.50 euros for the one-day card and 2 euros for the three-day card, returned with the card. It is not valid on the airport line or special services, and the 40 per cent reduction does not apply to it.
TUSSAM now applies that reduction to the multiviaje, which brings a journey with a transfer from 0.76 euros to 0.46 euros, and that changes the sums.
Against 1.40 euro singles, the one-day card pays from the 4th journey and the three-day card from the 8th. Against the multiviaje it takes 7 journeys in a day at the standard fare, and 11 at the reduced 0.46 euros. The multiviaje also asks for 8.50 euros up front, the 1.50 euro deposit plus a 7 euro minimum top-up, so for a single afternoon of two buses the tap is simpler.
What to buy for a three-day stay
For three days in the centre with two buses a day, one multiviaje card is enough. Six journeys come to 4.56 euros at the standard fare, or 2.76 euros with the reduction, and the deposit comes back.
The airport adds more than the city. The 8.00 euro EA return is valid only on the day of purchase and the next, so a three-day stay pays two 6.00 euro singles. Add six city journeys on the multiviaje and the whole transport line comes to 16.56 euros at the standard fare, or 14.76 euros with the reduction. The three-day Seville budget works through the full trip, admissions included.
Plans that include the metro, a Cercanías train or a bus to a village change the answer to the Consorcio card, because it is the only card valid on all of them. For a solo traveller doing one return trip to Carmona on the M-124 from San Bernardo, the card costs 10 cents more than two singles; for a couple sharing one card it comes out ahead. The coast is a different consortium again, run from Huelva, as the beaches reachable without a car explain, and the full airport comparison with the taxi is in the guide to getting from Seville airport to the centre.
Frequently asked questions about Seville transport fares
Is the airport bus covered by a Seville travel card?
No. The EA line is run by TUSSAM but priced on its own at 6.00 euros single and 8.00 euros return, the return valid on the day of purchase and the next. Neither TUSSAM card nor the Consorcio card is valid on it, and it has its terminal at Plaza de Armas.
Is the TUSSAM tourist card worth it?
Only for heavy use. The one-day card at 5 euros beats 1.40 euro singles from the fourth journey, but against the multiviaje it needs seven journeys in the day at the 0.76 euro standard fare, or eleven while the reduced 0.46 euro fare lasts. For two or three buses a day, the multiviaje is cheaper.
How much is the metro in Seville?
A single costs 1.35 euros with no saltos, 1.60 euros with one and 1.80 euros with two. On the Consorcio card the standard fares are 0.82, 1.17 and 1.37 euros, cut to 0.49, 0.70 and 0.82 euros by a 40 per cent reduction that runs to 31 December.
How much is a bus ticket in Seville?
A TUSSAM single costs 1.40 euros, paid on board or by tapping a contactless Visa or Mastercard on the validator. On the multiviaje card a journey with a transfer costs 0.76 euros at the standard fare, or 0.46 euros with the 40 per cent reduction now applied.
Does a TUSSAM card work on the Seville metro?
No. The TUSSAM multiviaje and tourist cards cover city buses and the Metrocentro tram only. The card that works on buses, tram, metro line 1 and Cercanías together is the Consorcio card, which costs a 1.50 euro fee and does not cover the EA airport bus.
Pay the airport bus on its own, then pick the card by vehicle: bus and tram only, TUSSAM; anything on rails, the Consorcio.