Spain
Barcelona
A Mediterranean city dotted with Gaudí's architecture. Beneath the grid of the Eixample, the metro runs everywhere.
Metro de Barcelona
Tap a credit card at the gate and it buys and validates one single ticket - this is not London-style open-loop, and only some entrances have the reader. Riding often, load a 10-journey T-casual onto a T-mobilitat card.
Updated on August 5, 2026
- Until Sep 6, 2026
Summer engineering closures (until 6 September)
Several sections are shut for engineering work through summer 2026. On L9 and L10 Nord, service beyond La Sagrera runs only as far as Onze de Setembre until 30 August (to Bon Pastor from 31 August to 6 September); Verdaguer on L4 is closed until 30 August; L1 between Florida and Plaça de Sants is out of service until 28 August; and the L1-L3 interchange corridor at Catalunya is under construction until 6 September. Check the day's service status before you set out rather than trusting a routing app.
How to ride
- 1Buy from a station machineThe machine takes coins, notes or cards. Riding often? Load a 10-journey T-casual onto that same anonymous T-mobilitat card.
- 2Paying by bank card? Find the right entranceTo pay by bank card, look for an entrance with the dedicated reader - not every barrier has one.
- 3Validate at the barrierHold your ticket to the reader at the barrier; arrows show which gate or door will open.
- 4Keep the ticket until you are outKeep the validated ticket until you leave your destination station - staff may ask to see it.
Fares
Single fares2
Single ticket (bitllet senzill, zone 1)
Only on TMB metro and TMB buses, not other operators; a first machine purchase also costs the card.
2.9 EUR ≈ $3
Airport ticket (metro only)
Metro only; arrive on an invalid ticket and you must buy this to leave the airport station.
5.9 EUR ≈ $7
Passes & multi-ride4
T-casual (10 journeys, zone 1)
Single-person, 10 journeys; not valid at Aeroport T1 or T2 on L9 Sud
13 EUR ≈ $15
T-dia (24-hour unlimited, zone 1)
Unlimited for 24 hours from first validation; includes one trip each way to the airport stations
12 EUR ≈ $14
T-familiar (8 journeys, shareable, zone 1)
8 journeys within 30 days, shareable; not valid at Aeroport T1 or T2
11.5 EUR ≈ $13
T-grup (70 journeys, shareable, zone 1)
70 journeys in 30 days, shareable; not valid at Aeroport T1 or T2
91 EUR ≈ $110
Card itself1
Anonymous T-mobilitat card (fare carrier)
Charged automatically the first time you buy a ticket from a machine; after that you reload the same card.
1 EUR ≈ $1
Estimates use exchange rates as of September 5, 2026
Payment
Tap to ride VISAMastercardAmex
Only at some metro entrances; a tap buys and validates one single ticket.
IC card Load your fare product onto a T-mobilitat card and tap it.
App tickets Held in the TMB App: Android 7+ with NFC, or an iPhone set to an EU country
Paper tickets Magnetic paper tickets are gone; fares load onto a card or a phone.
Cash Machines take coins and notes; you cannot pay cash at the gate.
Tap for where to get the app
Quick facts
Hours
05:00-24:00; all night Sat
Frequency
2-3 min at morning peak (L1, L5)
Fares from
2.9 EUR+
Heads-up
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Your own e-scooter or unicycle cannot come into the metro
You cannot bring your own e-scooter, electric unicycle or Segway into the metro. The ban has been open-ended since February 2023, and being caught with one past the fare barrier costs €200. Electric bicycles and mobility vehicles for disabled passengers are exempt. The same rule applies across Catalan public transport, so do not plan on folding one up and carrying it aboard.