- No need to purchase tickets or cards
- Ideal for occasional or visiting travelers
- Validate your card at blue devices in barriers or buses/trams
- This is "Ticket 30+" which allows transfers within 30 minutes for 1.60 levs (€0.80)
- Using the same bank card more than twice in a day incurs 4 levs (€2) "Day Ticket" charge
- The bank transaction is processed after midnight - single trip: 1.60 levs (€0.80), two trips: 3.20 levs (€1.60), three or more trips: 4 levs (€2)
Tickets and Passes Metro Sofia
How can I use the metro in Sofia?
Contactless credit or debit card
Paper ticket
- Available at cashier desks or ticket machines in metro stations
- Valid for a single trip in the metro, with unlimited changes between metro lines
- Ticket price: 1.60 levs (€0.80)
Sofia City Card
- Available for purchase at metro station cashier desks and Center of Urban Mobility desks
- Can be personalized with a photo and names or non-personalized
- Load tickets and passes onto the card simultaneously
- Ticket options include Tickets 30+, Tickets 60+, and various period passes (daily, 24-hours, 72-hours, monthly, yearly, Sofia Pass)
- Once all loaded tickets or passes expire, you can load more
- One-time cost of the card: 3 levs (€1.50)
- Ideal for frequent public transportation users in Sofia, especially residents
Ultralight
- Available for purchase at metro station cashier desks and Center of Urban Mobility desks
- Load tickets and passes onto the card simultaneously
- Ticket options include Tickets 30+, Tickets 60+, and some period passes (daily, 24-hours, 72-hours)
- Once all loaded tickets or passes expire, you can load more
- One-time cost of the card: 0.80 levs (€0.40)
- Ideal for visitors to Sofia or infrequent users of public transportation in Sofia
Prices of Tickets and Passes Metro Sofia
1.60 lv €0.82
Single ticket
- Purchase tickets from ticket machines at metro station entrances or cashier desks
- Validate the ticket at the entrance barriers of the metro stations
- The ticket is valid for metro travel within 30 minutes from the time of issuance
- This ticket is exclusively for metro usage
1.60 lv €0.82
Ticket 30+
- Enables transfers from the metro to other transportation modes or lines within 30 minutes of the first validation
- No time limit for the duration of the trip as long as the transfers occurs within 30 minutes after initial validation
- Changing metro lines does not count as a transfer
- Tickets can be loaded onto Sofia City Card or Ultralight
- Validation is possible with contactless credit or debit cards
2.00 lv €1.02
Ticket 60+
- Enables transfers from the metro to other transportation modes or lines within 60 minutes of the first validation
- No time limit for the duration of the trip as long as the transfers occurs within 60 minutes after initial validation
- Changing metro lines does not count as a transfer
- Tickets can be loaded onto Sofia City Card
4.00 lv €2.04
Day Pass for All Lines of the Public Transportation
- Valid for all metro lines, trams, trolleybuses, and buses in Sofia
- Can be loaded onto Sofia City Card or Ultralight
- Offers unlimited trips throughout the calendar day
20.00 lv €10.21
Sofia Pass - 3 Days
- Provides access to the entire public transportation network in Sofia for three consecutive days
- Offers discounts at over 60 points of interest (POIs)
- Can be loaded onto the Sofia City Card
- Click for more information.
6.00 lv €3.06
24-Hours Pass
- Valid for all metro lines, trams, trolleybuses, and buses in Sofia
- Activates immediately upon purchase and remains valid for 24 hours
- Purchase in advance for a specific future date, and the pass will be valid from 0:00 to 23:59 on that date
- Can be loaded onto the Sofia City Card or Ultralight
15.00 lv €7.66
72-Hours Pass
- Valid for all metro lines, trams, trolleybuses, and buses in Sofia
- Activates immediately upon purchase and remains valid for 72 hours
- Purchase in advance for a specific future date. Validity starts from 0:00 on the first date and lasts until 23:59 on the third day
- Can be loaded onto the Sofia City Card or Ultralight
35.00 lv €17.87
Personalized 1-Month Metro Pass
- Valid exclusively for all metro lines
- Not applicable to other modes of transportation
- Pass features a photo and the owner's name
- Non-transferable and can only be used by the pass holder
- Can be loaded onto: Sofia City Card
42.00 lv €21.45
1-Month Metro Pass
- Valid exclusively for all metro lines
- Not applicable to other modes of transportation
- No personalization with name or photo required.
- Transferable and can be used by different individuals
- Can be loaded onto: Sofia City Card
50.00 lv €25.53
Personalized 1-Month All-Mode Pass
- Valid for all modes of transportation in Sofia.
- Includes metro, trams, trolleybuses, and buses.
- Pass features the name and photo of the owner.
- Non-transferable and can only be used by the pass holder
- Can be loaded onto: Sofia City Card
70.00 lv €35.75
1-Month All-Mode Pass
- Valid for all modes of transportation in Sofia.
- Includes metro, trams, trolleybuses, and buses.
- No personalization with name or photo required.
- Transferable and can be used by different individuals
- Can be loaded onto: Sofia City Card
25.00 lv €12.77
Personalized 1-Month All-Mode Pass for Youth under 25 years old
- Valid for all modes of transportation in Sofia.
- Includes metro, trams, trolleybuses, and buses.
- Pass features the name and photo of the owner.
- Non-transferable and can only be used by the pass holder
- Can be loaded onto: Sofia City Card
365.00 lv €186.39
Personalized Yearly All-Mode Pass
- Valid for all modes of transportation in Sofia.
- Includes metro, trams, trolleybuses, and buses.
- Pass features the name and photo of the owner.
- Non-transferable and can only be used by the pass holder
- Can be loaded onto: Sofia City Card
- Payment Options for Personalized 1-Month All-Mode Pass: 1st settlement: Pay upon purchase, valid for 3 months. Cost: 150 levs; 2nd settlement: Pay within 3 months, valid for 3 months. Cost: 120 levs; 3rd settlement: Pay within 6 months, valid for 6 months. Cost: 100 levs.
600.00 lv €306.39
Yearly All-Mode Pass
- Valid for all modes of transportation in Sofia.
- Includes metro, trams, trolleybuses, and buses.
- No personalization with name or photo required.
- Transferable and can be used by different individuals
- Can be loaded onto: Sofia City Card
- Payment Options for Personalized 1-Month All-Mode Pass: 1st settlement: Pay upon purchase, valid for 3 months. Cost: 250 levs; 2nd settlement: Pay within 3 months, valid for 3 months. Cost: 200 levs; 3rd settlement: Pay within 6 months, valid for 6 months. Cost: 150 levs.
250.00 lv €127.66
Personalized Yearly All-Mode Pass for Youth under 25 years old
- Valid for all modes of transportation in Sofia.
- Includes metro, trams, trolleybuses, and buses.
- Pass features the name and photo of the owner.
- Non-transferable and can only be used by the pass holder
- Can be loaded onto: Sofia City Card
0.00 lv €0.00
Kids under 7 years old
- Children under 7 years old travel free of charge in public transport
40.00 lv €20.43
Fine for Failure to Present Valid Ticket
- If you are unable to present a valid ticket during a ticket inspection, a one-way ticket will be issued by the controller.
- The fine for not having a valid ticket is 40 levs
The conditions and prices of the cards for pupils, students, pensioners and other special cards can be found at
the site of Urban Mobility Centre