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Turin Metro: Line 1, Hours, Tickets and Passes

By The Travel FieldbookPublished on Updated on 5 min read
A Turin Metro train on tracks at the Fermi terminal, surrounded by concrete walls and metal grates.
A train on the tracks at Fermi, the western terminal of Turin’s metro. (Wikilimes · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Edited)

Turin’s metro connects Porta Susa and Porta Nuova with the southern Lingotto district. Your ticket choice depends on how often you will re-enter the metro, while an evening return depends on the day of the week: late service does not run every night.

Line 1 and the historic centre

Operating line
Line 1 (M1)
Termini
Fermi ↔ Bengasi
Gate media
Chip-on-paper; BIP smart card; TO Move; contactless card or device

Walk between nearby historic-centre sights: Piazza Castello lies beyond the metro corridor. The metro connects the main railway interchanges and southern districts, including Lingotto. Porta Nuova gives you a central starting point for either journey. Line 2 is not in passenger service, so it is not an option for your journey.

Entrance and platform area at Porta Nuova metro station in Turin.
Porta Nuova station on Turin’s metro.
Incola · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edited

First and last trains

Service daysFirst from FermiFirst from Bengasi
Monday–Saturday05:3005:30
Sundays and public holidays07:0007:00

The first-train times are departures from the ends of Line 1, rather than arrivals at the station where you board. For an early railway connection, allow for reaching the metro platform and then getting to your mainline train after leaving the metro.

Line 1 stations and useful journeys

StationLineUseful directionServes
Porta SusaM1Bengasi → Porta NuovaPorta Susa railway interchange
Porta NuovaM1Fermi → Porta Susa; Bengasi → LingottoPorta Nuova railway interchange
NizzaM1Bengasi south; Fermi northSan Salvario
LingottoM1Fermi → central interchangesLingotto complex; Automobile Museum walk
Selected stations in order towards Bengasi; reverse the direction towards Fermi.

From Porta Susa, take M1 towards Bengasi for Porta Nuova, with no change. The journey takes about 7 minutes over about 1.7 km, covering the access walks and train ride between the metro points. Add time for railway-platform access and waiting when transferring between mainline trains. Porta Susa has lifts between street and platform.

Name
Porta Susa metro station
Location
Corso Bolzano, Torino Maps
Essential fact
A Line 1 metro station at Turin’s Porta Susa railway interchange.

Google Street View, 2026-07.

From Porta Nuova, continue on M1 towards Bengasi to Lingotto: about 11 minutes over about 4 km, including the metro access walks and ride, before any onward museum walk. Porta Nuova also has street-to-platform lifts. Nizza, on the way south, serves San Salvario, the district beside Porta Nuova.

Name
Porta Nuova metro station
Location
Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin Maps
Essential fact
A Line 1 metro station at Turin’s Porta Nuova railway station.

Lingotto metro is not Lingotto railway station. Use the metro stop for the former Fiat factory complex. For the National Automobile Museum, continue on foot towards the river: about 700 metres and about 9 minutes from Lingotto metro.

Name
Lingotto metro station
Location
Turin, Metropolitan City of Turin Maps
Essential fact
A Line 1 metro station on Via Nizza in Turin’s Lingotto district.
Lingotto station on the Turin Metro, with its platform and tracks.
Lingotto station on Turin Metro Line 1.
Georgius LXXXIX · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edited

For Piazza Castello, set off from Porta Nuova on foot along Via Roma, through Piazza San Carlo. This central connection is about 1.3 km and about 18 minutes, and it brings you to the square beside the Royal Palace rather than another metro stop.

Single tickets and visitor passes

ProductTO MovePaperTap & GoValidity / entitlement
City single€1.90—€1.90100 minutes; one metro journey (digital/contactless)
Daily€3.70€4.50—First validation to end of service that day; unlimited journeys
Tour 48-hour€7.80€9.50—48 hours from first validation; unlimited journeys
Tour 72-hour€10.30€12.50—72 hours from first validation; unlimited journeys

Daily and Tour tickets cover GTT’s urban and suburban buses, trams and metro. Daily ends with that day’s service, not a rolling day after activation, while Tour continues across service days. The Tour 72-hour ticket is for one person only.

Count metro journeys that need a new City ticket within the pass window. A return trip involves separate entries, so a single cannot cover both metro rides. These thresholds compare each pass with repeated digital or contactless singles:

  • Digital Daily saves from two journeys: €3.80 in singles versus €3.70. Paper Daily saves from three: €5.70 versus €4.50.
  • Digital Tour 48-hour saves from five journeys: €9.50 versus €7.80. Paper Tour 48-hour equals five singles at €9.50 and saves from six (€11.40).
  • Digital Tour 72-hour saves from six journeys: €11.40 versus €10.30. Paper Tour 72-hour saves from seven: €13.30 versus €12.50.
  • For travel fitting into two Daily service days, successive Daily tickets cost €7.40 digital or €9 paper, less than the corresponding Tour 48-hour at €7.80 or €9.50.
  • For three Daily service days, Daily tickets total €11.10 digital or €13.50 paper, while the corresponding Tour 72-hour costs less at €10.30 or €12.50.

Choose by the service days you actually use, not just the length of your stay. A rolling Tour window can cover travel spread across more Daily validity periods, while a day spent entirely on foot does not need a pass.

A Turin Metro train at a station.
A train on the Turin Metro.
Incola · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Edited

Buying tickets and using the gates

You can pay at a station machine, through TO Move or by tapping at a dedicated payment gate. Machines issue chip-on-paper tickets: select your product and follow the prompts. They accept cash, Visa, Mastercard and American Express debit/credit cards, and Satispay.

For Tap & Go, find the gate with payment logos and floor stickers. Tap your contactless card or smartphone/watch virtual card on its payment reader and wait for confirmation. Each passenger needs their own card. For inspection, keep the same card or device available and show the last four digits of its card number (PAN), including the virtual-card number when applicable.

Buy your TO Move ticket before travel. In the app, select it, tap USE, then VALIDATE, and present the displayed QR code to the optical reader at the bottom of the validator. A beep and green light confirm validation.

TO Move is available on iOS and Android, but Android requires version 8 or later and NFC enabled for purchase and validation. Disable digital-wallet contactless payments while validating to avoid buying a separate Tap & Go ticket.

Hold chip-on-paper tickets still on the contactless reader until the gate fully opens. Insert magnetic tickets into the front slot and retrieve them from the top. Keep your ticket until you leave the station.

Do

  • Validate at every metro entry, even after using the ticket on a bus or tram.
  • Validate again when boarding a bus or tram after the metro.
  • Wait for successful validation before entering.

Don’t

  • Tap the same payment card repeatedly to pay for a group.
  • Treat buying an app ticket as validation.
  • Swipe a chip-on-paper ticket or remove it before the gate opens.
Entry gates at XVIII Dicembre station on the Turin Metro.
The entry gates at XVIII Dicembre station.
Pedro Nardi · CC BY 4.0 · Edited

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