Buses, metro, and the school run
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A child going to school in Porto may need a bus, the metro, or both. The ticket is Andante. Which zones you buy is the whole question, and it is written up in The Andante pass, without the jargon.
Metro do Porto
- Contact page
- 225 081 000, metro@metrodoporto.pt
- Customer desk: apoio.clientes@metrodoporto.pt
- Linha Olá Metro: 220 409 630
STCP buses
- stcp.pt
- General line 225 071 000, as the city council lists it
- Linha Azul 226 158 158
The pass
- andante.pt for the card, the zones and the student rules
The University of Porto writes that, since January 2024, university students up to 23 have free travel on the Andante network. Read that on their transport page, then confirm the current rule on Andante before you skip a ticket. A school further out, in Gaia or Matosinhos, can be a second zone. The zone map beats a guess.
Checked 24 October 2026. Hours and vacancies change. The page linked here is the one to trust.