STCP buses as a backup when the metro is packed

Photo: JCNazza, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0.

Metro do Porto is excellent until a match night or a sudden rain surge fills every carriage at Trindade.

Keep one STCP bus line that covers your home–work path as a mental backup. The same Andante world often applies — validate the rules for your title.

Apps help, but a screenshot of your backup line number still works when the station Wi-Fi does not.

Checked 11 November 2026. Opening hours and offers change. Confirm before you go.