Porto Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport to Porto Campanhã Station

Key figures

• Metro: line E (violet) from Aeroporto. About 40 minutes, €2.30 Z4 fare.
• Taxi: about 25 minutes off-peak, roughly €25–35 on the meter.
• Pre-booked car: sedan quoted at about €24, minivan about €40.
• Metro hours: about 06:00 to 00:40 from the airport (timetable valid from 7 September 2026).

Direct train or change at Trindade

Line E has two terminal points at the city end. Some trains stop at Trindade. Others continue east through Bolhão, Campo 24 de Agosto, Heroísmo and Campanhã to Estádio do Dragão. The September 2026 frequency sheet lists the Aeroporto–Estádio do Dragão trains at roughly every 30 minutes on weekday daytimes. The Trindade trains fill the gaps between them.

If the next train only goes to Trindade, take it anyway. Trindade is the network's main interchange, and every line heading east (A, B, C, E and F) stops at Campanhã a few stations later. Validate your card again at Trindade. One Andante Z4 trip at €2.30 is valid for 1 h 15, which is enough for the whole transfer. A new Andante Azul card costs €0.60. A contactless bank card also works on the marked validators at Aeroporto, Trindade and Campanhã, charged at the same Z4 rate.

Zone check: Z4 is the fare for central Porto from the airport. The airport station also has a list of destinations by zone. Look Campanhã up there if you want to confirm before you buy.

Planning around a train departure

Allow time for each stage: about 15 minutes from the aircraft to the arrivals hall without checked bags, then 5 minutes to buy a ticket. The wait for a train can be up to 30 minutes late in the evening, plus about 40 minutes of riding, plus 5 minutes to walk from the metro platform to the CP platforms. That adds up to roughly 90 minutes from landing to a train you can board comfortably. For a reserved Alfa Pendular seat, two hours is the safer margin.

CP's urban trains to Braga and Guimarães cost €3.60 and run roughly hourly. Trains to Aveiro cost €3.95 and run about twice an hour (CP journey planner, checked for 22 October 2026). These destinations are outside the Andante area, so buy a CP ticket at the station machines, the ticket office or in the CP app. CP has announced a strike for 30 October 2026, so check service notices before travelling around that date.

Taxi or transfer

The taxi rank is directly outside arrivals. Porto's meter still runs on the old tariff, because the national reform has been postponed: about €3.25 at the start, a €1.60 charge per large bag, and a higher rate at night, at weekends and on holidays. The fare to Campanhã is similar to the fare to the centre, roughly €25–35. The road route uses the A28 and the VCI ring road, which can slow badly at the morning and evening peaks.

A pre-booked car is the right choice when the train time is fixed and the flight time is not. Most operators track the flight and include up to an hour's waiting, and the price is agreed in advance: about €24 for a sedan, €29 for an MPV and €40 for a seven-seater.

Late arrivals

The last metro leaves the airport at around 00:40. CP's last urban trains from Campanhã leave late in the evening, around 23:00–23:30 to Aveiro, Guimarães and Braga. A few run in the early hours, so check the CP planner for your date. If you land late, plan to stay overnight near the station rather than chase the last train. STCP night bus 3M runs hourly to Avenida dos Aliados from about 00:30 to 05:30. It does not stop at Campanhã, but from Aliados you can take a taxi for the remaining distance.

At the station

The metro stop sits beside the railway station, and signs lead from the metro platforms to the CP platforms. The intercity coach terminal is next to the station complex. The main hall has ticket machines with an English option. Ticket queues at the office build up before the morning Lisbon departures, so use a machine or the app if you can.