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Metro, red lineorMetro and CP train to Cascais?

The short answer

These do not go to the same place, so price is not the comparison. The Metro, red line reaches Saldanha, and downtown Lisbon beyond it; the Metro and CP train to Cascais does not. Reaches Cascais, on the coast west of Lisbon; it does not pass through Saldanha or the rest of central Lisbon.

The Metro, red line is quicker: 20 min against 1 h 05. The Metro and CP train to Cascais varies between 58 and 75 minutes.

Metro, red line: 06:30–01:00. Metro and CP train to Cascais: 06:30–23:00.

Priced against each other

Whole-party totals · adult fares
What each costs for the whole party, in EUR. The cheaper of the two is marked on every row.
TravelersMetro, red lineMetro and CP train to CascaisDifference
1€1.92€4.95€3.03
2€3.84€9.90€6.06
3€5.76€14.85€9.09
4€7.68€19.80€12.12
5€9.60€24.75€15.15
6€11.52€29.70€18.18
7€13.44€34.65€21.21
8€15.36€39.60€24.24

Side by side

Where each one leaves you
Vermelha · Metropolitano de LisboaMetro, red line
From
Aeroporto station, inside the arrivals building
To
Saldanha, and the rest of the network from there
Luggage
No stated limit. Note that Carris caps luggage on city buses at 55x40x20 cm; the metro does not.
Runs
06:30–01:00
Journey
20 min

The metro does not sell tickets on board and takes no cash from a driver. Buy at the machines in the station, or tap a contactless bank card at the gate.

A single Carris/Metro ticket is valid for one journey within an hour of first validation and does not allow two consecutive entries to the metro. One card cannot carry two people through the gate.

The last train leaves at 01:00 and the first at 06:30. A landing in that gap has no metro. Carris runs night bus 208 through the airport but does not publish its times at this stop, so there is no scheduled alternative to point to.

The airport tells arriving passengers they must buy the navegante card. For one person going one way, tapping a bank card is simpler and 48 cents cheaper.

Metro, red line: price for every party size

See the operator's fare table
CP · Metropolitano de Lisboa and CPMetro and CP train to Cascais
From
Aeroporto station, inside the arrivals building
To
Cascais, changing from the red line to the green line at Alameda, then from the metro to CP's own trains at Cais do Sodré
Luggage
No stated limit on either the metro or CP's trains.
Runs
06:30–23:00
Journey
58–75 min

Two separate tickets on the same Navegante card: tap through the metro gates, then buy or validate CP's own ticket again at Cais do Sodré — the systems do not talk to each other automatically.

CP's trains to Cascais are frequent — every 15 minutes at the morning peak, every 20 to 30 off it — so the metro and the change at Alameda, not the Cascais line itself, decide how long the trip takes.

The fastest CP trains take 33 minutes; a few scheduled ones take longer with a stop pattern that adds time rather than a change of train.

Metro and CP train to Cascais: price for every party size

See CP's Cascais line timetable

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