Tickets and Passes Metro Sofia

How can I use the metro in Sofia?

Contactless credit or debit card
  • 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)
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