Transport Card or should i say... "The Devil Card"

Ok. You just arrive to Lisbon and everything seems under control. You adore your new apartment, your flat mates and omg; you’ve got a Continente just in front of your build.

Everything seems perfect, the sky is blue, the birds are singing, and YOUR year starts now. So you decide to explore and lost yourself on Lisbon streets, but, wait a minute, how are you going to get to the center? You can go by walking of course, but your home is 50 min from any place of interest in the city.

Don’t panic yet¡ fortunately; you remember that Lisbon has Public transport (Duh¡). So you just need to climb a couple of hell slopes to get to the nearest bus stop and, finally, get to the center.

You just arrive so you don’t really mind to pay a one-way ticket. You repeat this process once or twice, even three times if you are reckless, until you realize that you spent more money on transport than on food, or breathing.

Well, you got a new objective: Get the Transport Card ASAP.

To ask for it, you have to go between 9:00 am and 13:30 pm more or less, and for pick it up you just need to go to the same station where you asked for it starting at 18:00 pm.

Stations where you can ask for it:

• ·         Campo Grande: Yellow and Green Line.
• ·         Jardim Zoológico: Blue Line.
• ·         Marqués de Pombal: Yellow and Blue Line.
• ·         Alameda: Green and Red Line.

You don't know where they are? Don't worry baby here you got the Lisbon Metro Map :)

What are you going to need?

• Fill an application form that you can find near the card office.

• A license photo. REALLY IMORTANT.

• Your ID, Passport, or something that can identify yourself.

• Money, money, money.

Ways to ask for it:

• Urgent- They will give it to you the next day, but you must pay 6€ more (if you are less than 23 years), or 12€  (if you are higher than 23)
• Normal- Without additional costs, you receive it passed ten days.

$ $$$$$$

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• Students: 27€ .
• Not Students: 32€ .

If you are higher than 23, you will only have to go some of the stations, give the application form, drop the money and wait till they have it ready.

BUT! Let us tell you, that if you are younger than 23, this is your lucky day, your Hell just started.

To obtain the student discount, you will have to present In addition to all the above, a document named “Sun 23” (Don’t suffer, we let you right here a picture and you can download it easily. We care about your healthy <3)

In this document you will only have to fill the first half with your personal information, the second half should be filled by the international relations office of your university here in Lisbon, once you have enrolled and paid the school insurance. What is usually a month after all the no-Erasmus students. 

Once achieved this Hell document, having delivered it and having picked it up, they can charge it at the moment. (Easy¡¡)

When it expires in a month, you should charge it by yourself in the machines near from the underground entrances. And that… oh friend… THAT’S a challenge.

But don´t worry about that now, that's a problem for the future you :D

let us know in the comments if this has been useful for you and if you still have any hair on your head XD

Always yours : Lx.Pt