Transportation in Sofia

You can use buses, trams, trolleys and subway. Single trip ticket costs less than one euro. If you plan to use several lines it is better to purchase a daily pass for all lines, which is about 2 Euro. Take note that public transportation in general is not a 24h service, although there are several night lines as well.

Check out Sofia Traffic’s website for useful information regarding routes and schedules, nighttime transportation lines, subway schedules, interactive map and more.

Sofia’s Metropolitan is owned by the Sofia Municipality. It provides quick and safe transportation. The stations are new and clean. Although the lines are only two they cover all major key areas including downtown area and the airport. Sofia of today reaches almost 2 M population, including commuters. Having quick and safe rail public transportation is crucial to avoid traffic jams, especially during rush hour.

The average distance between the stations is 1000 meters. With capacity of 50 thousand passengers per hour,  daily carried passengers are 1.2M. You can find general scheme of the Subway here. Normally at the last stations of the subway there are big 24h car-parking. So if you don’t want to drive in the city traffic – you can simply park your car and get the Subway.

The situation with the taxi services is not that straightforward. Normally taxis are really cheap, but you have to be careful not to be ripped off with really high tariff. Taxi from the one end of the city to the other should not be more than 20 Euro, depending on the traffic. That is why we recommend using one of the two biggest companies in Sofia:

• OK supertrans – +359 2 973 21 21
• Yellow 333 – +359 2 91119

OK supertrans offers rent-a-taxi service, which is suitable for city explorers. You can rent-a-taxi for minimum 3 hours for about 25 Euro and travel around with ease.

Yellow 333 offers Mobile application to book cab easy and comfortably.

Payment with credit card is possible, but please don’t forget to ask this in advance.