Naples public transport: metro, funiculars, Circumvesuviana, fares and fines

💡 The Short Version: A Naples bus or funicular single is €1.30, a metro single €1.50, and an integrated day ticket for every operator is €5.70 (90 minutes is €1.90). A company ticket works only on that company: an ANM ticket is no good on the Circumvesuviana. A contactless card or phone works at the turnstiles of Metro Lines 1 and 6, four funiculars and the Circumvesuviana: tap in and out with the same card. Validate at the start; with no valid ticket the city fine is 100 times the single fare, €130. To Pompeii it is €3.30 and to Sorrento €4.60 on the Circumvesuviana. The Alibus from the airport is €5. Prices have applied since 1 October 2026.

Fares

Prices are from the Unico Campania tariff valid from 1 October 2026 (unicocampania.it). ANM and EAV kept their own prices when other operators’ tickets rose.

• Where to buy: at tobacconists and newsstands and in the UnicoCampania app. The Alibus ticket is sold at authorised sellers or on board.
• Validate at the start of the journey. A company ticket is valid only on the company’s own vehicles: a ticket for another company counts as no ticket.
• The Napoli Artecard includes the city’s buses, trolleybuses, metro, funiculars and tram, limited to reaching the sights on the pass. Campania Artecard: is it worth it? has the sums.

Tap and go

A contactless card or phone works at the turnstiles on the Circumvesuviana’s Napoli–Sorrento line, the Cumana, the Circumflegrea, the Piscinola–Aversa line, ANM Metro Lines 1 and 6, and the Centrale, Chiaia, Montesanto and Mergellina funiculars (eavsrl.it).

• Tap in and out with the same card. If you do not tap out, you are charged the maximum fare.
• The system picks the cheapest of a single, the 140-minute integrated ticket and the day ticket.
• PostePay Visa prepaid cards are not accepted.
• The Alibus takes a contactless tap-in on board.

The metro, the funiculars and the trains

The Line 1 platform at Municipio metro station. Photo: Mint0ri, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.

• Metro Line 1 is ANM’s main line. It runs from Garibaldi, at the station, through Municipio for the port and Castel Nuovo, Toledo, Dante for Spaccanapoli and Museo for the MANN. It does not reach the airport and has no official opening date for the extension. Line 6 is ANM’s second line.
• Line 2 also stops at Garibaldi.
• The four funiculars are run by ANM: Centrale, Chiaia, Montesanto and Mergellina. A single is €1.30. Castel Sant’Elmo and the funiculars says which goes where.
• The Circumvesuviana is run by EAV from Napoli Garibaldi and Napoli Porta Nolana to Ercolano, Pompeii and Sorrento, every 30 minutes from 5:30 to 22:00.
• The Cumana runs from Montesanto to Pozzuoli, Baia and Fusaro; the Campi Flegrei sites are along it.

The Mergellina funicular station building. Photo: Carlo Raso, Wikimedia Commons.

Trains out of town

Fares on the Circumvesuviana from Napoli Garibaldi, by EAV single and by the integrated 140-minute ticket.

The Circumvesuviana platforms at Napoli Garibaldi. Photo: Simon Burchell, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

• Pozzuoli is €2.60 on EAV and €3.30 integrated; Caserta is €5.30 on the integrated ticket, and Trenitalia’s regional train there is from €4.20.
• The Campania Express, the reserved-seat tourist train on the same line, has been suspended since 1 October 2026.
• Bicycles on the Circumvesuviana need authorisation three days ahead.
• In a strike some trains are guaranteed, marked on the timetable.

Fines

A passenger without a valid ticket pays the single fare and a fine of 100 times the single fare in the city, which is €130 on a €1.30 ticket, plus notification costs. Outside the city the fine is 120 times the lowest suburban single fare. You may pay a third of the full fine, and 30 per cent less again within five days (unicocampania.it). The fine applies if the ticket is not validated, has expired, is for another company’s vehicle or does not cover the journey.

From the airport and to the port

The Alibus runs from Capodichino to Napoli Centrale and Piazza Municipio for €5; Naples airport is closed to flights from 1 to 30 November 2026. Piazza Municipio is the stop for Molo Beverello and the boats to Capri, Ischia and Procida: see Capri and Procida and Ischia. The cruise port guide covers the walk from the terminal.

Day trips from Naples compares every trip, and what to book before you go to Naples has the entry rules and the closed days. Hotels near Napoli Centrale sit on the Circumvesuviana and Metro Lines 1 and 2.