In a statement, the metropolitan road transport company said that the new night network will ensure “easier, faster and more comfortable journeys throughout the early hours of the morning”.

The offer of “more than 70 schedules between 9 pm and 6 am, with optimised, direct and comprehensive routes, which reinforce the connection between strategic points in the region”, comes as a response “to the growing demand for mobility solutions at night”, explained the company.

In total, Carris Metropolitana carried out “an increase of 58 schedules between the different areas of the AML”, the note reads, adding that, in area 1, there will be “an increase of 11 schedules between 1 am and 6 am”.

In this area, two new lines will be introduced, both with night timetables: 1740 (Marquês de Pombal - Metro – Rio de Mouro - Estação Norte) and 1741 (Marquês de Pombal - Metro – Queluz de Baixo - shopping centre via Algés) and there will also be an increase in two night timetables on line 1722 (Alfragide, shopping centre – Hospital São Francisco Xavier).

In area 2, four more schedules will be made between 01:00 and 05:00, with night reinforcement of line 2730, between Estação Oriente and Santa Iria Azóia (Loures).

According to Carris Metropolitana, the biggest reinforcement can be seen in area 3, on the south bank of the Tagus, with 26 new night timetables between 9 pm and 6 am, which will reinforce lines 3105 (Fernão Ferro – Fogueteiro-station), 3536 (Foros de Amora-station – Sesimbra-terminal), 3547 (Fogueteiro-station – Quinta do Conde via Pinhal de Frades), 3620 (Coina-station – Quinta do Conde) and 3721 (Lisbon-Sete Rios – Sesimbra-terminal).

In area 4, the network will have a reinforcement of 19 timetables, between 9 pm and 6 am, on lines 4701 (Lisbon-Oriente – Vale da Amoreira), 4710 (Lisbon-Oriente – Palmela-terminal), 4715 (Lisbon-Oriente) – Setúbal-ITS, via Palmela) and 4720 (Lisbon-Oriente) – Setúbal-ITS).

From 1 April, line 4715 will have its route changed, serving Palmela (Terminal), with its name changed, and will operate after 00:30, and its current timetables will be carried out by lines 4710 and 4720.

A new exclusively night-time line will also be introduced, 4708, which will connect Alcochete (Freeport) and Lisbon-Oriente via Montijo, serving Samouco and S. Francisco and carrying out the night-time schedules previously served by lines 4702 and 4705.

As it is a fast line, fares will be 4.50 euros on board and 3.10 euros in pre-payment, as reported on the Carris Metropolitana website (https://www.carrismetropolitana.pt/), where changes and new timetables can be consulted.

Carris Metropolitana, through Transportes Metropolitanos de Lisboa (TML), merges the road operations of the entire AML into a single image and operates the municipal networks for 15 of the 18 municipalities (Barreiro, Cascais and Lisbon maintain local operations) and the entire intermunicipal operation of the 18 municipalities.