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LAGOS TO / FROM LISBON summary of coach / long distance bus times

INFORMATION CHECKED AND UPDATED ON 20th AUGUST 2025
Check official website carefully for your exact dates of travel especially if planning to travel around major holidays
Rede Expressos tickets are currently on sale 3 months in advance.

 THE TICKET OFFICE AT LAGOS BUS STATION IS ONLY OPEN AS FOLLOWS:
WEEKDAYS 0800 - 1300 and 1430 to 1800  SATURDAYS, SUNDAYS AND HOLIDAYS 0800 - 1300 and 1330 - 1530

.IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING OUTSIDE THOSE HOURS YOU MUST BUY YOUR TICKET EITHER FROM THE WEBSITE, APP OR AT THE BUS STATION DURING THOSE HOURS. DRIVERS DO NOT SELL TICKETS.

IN LISBON MOST JOURNEYS USE THE SETE RIOS BUS STATION.
SOME JOURNEYS RUN TO AND FROM LISBON ORIENTE BUS STATION AND / OR LISBON AIRPORT. ORIENTE IS MUCH NEARER LISBON AIRPORT.

FOR CONFIRMED TIMES AND TICKETS PLEASE CONSULT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE HERE

TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO ALTERATION AROUND MAJOR HOLIDAYS ESPECIALLY EASTER, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR. EXTRA JOURNEYS MAY OPERATE IN SUMMER.

Rede-Expressos passengers can they say use local VAMUS buses free of charge (provided you have a Rede Expressos ticket of course!) to travel to or from the Lagos bus station stop. I have never met anyone who has actually done this.

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TIMES BELOW ARE A TYPICAL DAY. MOST JOURNEYS RUN EVERY DAY
Lagos
Bus Station
 leave
 Lisbon
Sete Rios
Arrive
  JOURNEYS TO
 LISBON SETE RIOS

Lisbon
Sete Rios
leave		 Lagos
Bus Station
arrive
 JOURNEYS FROM
LISBON SETE RIOS
0015 0405 continues to Lisbon Airport arriving at 0420 0100
 0505
 change vehicle at Albufeira except on Mondays
0130
 0535
 Mondays only
 0600
 1000
0545 0925
0730
 1240
There are then 13 - 14 journeys at irregular intervals until these last journeys every day.
1745
 2125
 continues to Lisbon Oriente arrive 2145
 2030 0010
1815 2155
2130
 0130
1930 2335
2330 0255 Fridays and Sundays only
JOURNEYS TO LISBON ORIENTE BUS STATION
WHICH IS NEAR LISBON AIRPORT
Journey time average 4 hours - ALSO GOES TO THE AIRPORT
 JOURNEYS FROM LISBON ORIENTE BUS STATION
WHICH IS NEAR LISBON AIRPORT
Journey time average 4 hours
Stops at the airport 15 - 30 minutes earlier
0015, 0615, 1000, 1100, 1130, 1200, 1315, 1415, 1630, 1745, 2030, 2230
 0100, 0545, 0700, 0830, 0930, 1115, 1315, 1515, 1700, 1800, 1930, 2100

ANOTHER COMPANY, FLIXBUS, OPERATES ABOUT THIRTEEN JOURNEYS EVERY DAY BETWEEN LAGOS AND LISBON ORIENTE
AVERAGE JOURNEY TIME 3 HOURS 50 MINUTES. THERE WILL BE FEWER JOURNEYS IN WINTER

SUMMARY OF CURRENT TIMES - FROM LISBON ORIENTE AT 0245, 0830 then about once every hour until 1645, last journey 1815.
FROM LAGOS AT 0730 then about once every hour until 1930, then last journey 2130. That one arrives in Lisbon at 0220 next morning!

CHECK THEIR WEBSITE OR 'APP' FOR TIMES AND TICKETS.

For information about local buses in and around Lagos, click here
For a list of all the timetables on the site, click here
For an alphabetical list of places in the Algarve, click here
For some important general notes about buses in the Algarve, click here

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