Seville urban Bus & Tram
Urban BUS service
Seville has an extensive bus network, covering all barrios around the city. Most buses leave either from Puerta de Jerez (south of the centre) or from Plaza Ponce de Leon (east). The circular buses, C3 and C4, follow the ring road around the old city centre. One small bus takes a circular route inside the centre, the C5.
They run from about 6am to 11.30pm, with night buses leaving from the Prado from 12 midnight to 2am. For more information, see the Tussam website.
Tickets cost 1.40 euro per trip, bought onboard.
Tarjeta Multiviaje
A cheaper option is the Tarjeta Multiviaje (plastic card, 1.50 euro refundable deposit), which you can recharge, and can also be used on the tram (see below). The minimum amount is seven euros, for sin transbordo (without changes, ie using one line only) or con transbordo (with changes, using more than one line); each journey costs 0.69 euros (sin transbordo) or 0.76 (con transbordo). The cards and recharges are available from kiosks and estancos (tobacconists).
Tarjeta Turista
A good option for short visits are the one-day card (5 euros) or three-day card (10 euros), offering unlimited travel. These can be purchased in the Puntos de Información de TUSSAM (TUSSAM Information points). On purchase you have to pay a 1.50 € deposit which will be returned if you take the card back. Here is a list of info points. The card can also be recharged online at the TUSSAM website.
Those who live in Seville and are empadronado (enrolled on the city's database of residents) can get a 30-day card (Tarjeta 30 dias) for 35,30 euros.
This is valid for 30 consecutive days from first use.
If you live in a town outside Seville, you can get a green rechargeable card (Consorcio de Transporte Metropolitano Area de Sevilla), which is valid on inter-urban buses, city buses, trams, and also the metro.
Tram (MetroCentro)
The tram (tranvía, line T1 on the Tussam app/website) runs south-east from Plaza Nueva, in the very heart of the city, towards Nervion district, home to Sevilla FC for football fans.
It has seven stops, covering a total distance of 2km, and runs from 6am to 11.30am, and till 2am on Friday and Saturday. (Confusingly, the tram is called MetroCentro, even though it's not linked to the Metro.)
After leaving from Plaza Nueva, the tram goes down Avenida de la Constitución past the Cathedral, with stops at:
- Archivo de Indias (next to the Alcazar Palace)
- Puerta Jerez (Metro station) - the stop is located on calle San Fernando, outside the Alfonso XIII hotel
- Prado de San Sebastian (Metro station), for Parque Maria Luisa
- San Bernardo (Metro and train station for Cercanias and mainline trains)
- San Francisco Javier - the stop is close to Avenida de Ramon y Cajal
- Eduardo Dato - the stop is on Avenida de San Francisco Javier, south of the junction with Avenida Eduardo Dato, and close to Nervion Metro station (on Eduardo Dato). This stop is handy for Estadio Sanchez-Pijuan, home to Sevilla FC, and Nervion Plaza shopping centre.
You can buy a ticket (1.20 euros) at any station, from the machine on the platform, which you stamp on the tram itself. A more economical option is the combined bus/tram rechargeable pass, Tarjeta Multiuso (see above, Bus).
The MetroCentro tram opened in stages between 2007, 2011 and 2024. There are future expansion plans further to Santa Justa railway station, after the new Nervion section opened in 2024.
The tram runs on both 750V overhead power and its own batteries. This design is to avoid ugly electrical catenary wires in the historic centre next to the cathedral. The trams have to charge their batteries at the stations in this 500m section. Locals catching the tram in Plaza Nueva can tell that it is about to depart when they see the pantograph on the roof is lowered.
The MetroCentro sees a return of trams to Seville which had previously run in the city from 1866 to 1965, with 20km of track, horse-drawn and then electric. You can still see old tram lines on calle Hernando Colon.
