Rome Metro Map: Lines, Tickets and Times

Step 1: Read the Rome metro map and its three lines

Rome has three metro lines, A, B and C, plus a short branch called B1. Roma Servizi per la Mobilità, the city's mobility agency, lists them with their end stations.

Line A runs from Anagnina to Battistini. Line B runs from Laurentina to Rebibbia, and B1 runs from Laurentina to Jonio. Line C runs from Pantano to Colosseo. Our wider guide to rome public transport covers the buses, trams and trains around them.

Termini is the main station, and lines A and B cross there. Tiburtina and Piramide are stops on line B. Spagna, Ottaviano and Lepanto are stops on line A, according to ATAC's list of ticket offices.

Key Takeaway Rome has three metro lines and one branch, and lines A and B cross at Termini. If you can find Termini, you can reach the other line from there.

A rail line called Termini–Centocelle is not running because of works, and the Roma–Lido line and the Flaminio–Montebello line run a changed service, says the same agency page. Check the live notices before you plan a trip on them.

Step 2: Buy the right metro ticket

Before you pick a pass, here are the official prices. The single ticket is the BIT, it costs €1.50, and it is valid for 100 minutes from the first validation, according to ATAC's tourist ticket page. A pack of ten BIT tickets costs €15. ATAC also lists a weekly CIS ticket at €29, valid until midnight of the seventh day after the first validation.

For a busy day, the Roma one-day ticket gives unlimited trips in Rome from the first validation. In October 2026, the Roma one-day ticket cost €8.50, the two-day ticket €15 and the three-day ticket €22 per person, as read on ATAC's tourist ticket page in the 2026 Rome Travel Cost Study.

You can tap a contactless card on the reader at the metro turnstiles to buy BIT and Roma day tickets. ATAC also sells tickets at ticket offices in stations, including Termini, Spagna and Ottaviano. The Roma 24h ticket does not cover the Leonardo Express airport train or the Cotral airport bus, says ATAC's Roma day-ticket page.

On the official prices, the Roma 24h ticket costs the same as five and a half BIT singles, so it only pays if you start more than five separate journeys that day. For a two- or three-day stay, the two-day ticket at €15 and the three-day ticket at €22 follow the same sum: they pay only on busy days of walking plus several rides. The weekly CIS at €29 suits a stay of about a week. Rides within 100 minutes share one BIT. Some visitors buy the Roma Pass instead. The city lists the two-day pass at €38 and the three-day pass at €62.90, and both include public transport. The official pages do not say which pass is worth it, but the sums are simple: the two-day ticket equals ten BIT singles, the three-day ticket about fifteen, and the Roma Pass costs far more than either, so it pays only if you also enter several paid sights. Work it out from the sights you plan to enter.

Pro Tip Walk the short hops and keep the metro for the long ones. Count your rides for the day before you buy the one-day ticket instead of paying for it by habit.

Step 3: Ride the metro and use Termini as your hub

Trains on lines A, B and C start at 5:30. From Sunday to Thursday the last trains leave the end stations at 23:30. On Friday and Saturday they leave at 1:30, the agency page says. Line B from Rebibbia leaves a few minutes earlier, at 23:27 and 1:27. Metro trains have no meeting point or booking, so you walk in at any station and tap.

The official pages do not say how often trains run, so look at the platform board. The line you need for any other sight depends on its address. No official page we opened maps the other big sights to stations, so the Colosseum park is the one sight we can match to its stops. It names them: it lists line B at Colosseo and line C at Colosseo-Fori Imperiali, plus buses 51, 75, 81, 85, 87 and 118 and tram 3, on its how to get here page. The Vatican Museums' main page gives only the address, Viale Vaticano, and no metro stop, so check their "Getting Here" page. They also give no safety advice for the metro. The usual rules for any crowded city apply, and the police site at poliziadistato.it is the place to report theft.

None of the line ends is an airport. From Fiumicino, take the Leonardo Express or the FL1 train to Termini, or book the Fiumicino to Termini bus, which is run by Terravision and is from €6 per person, rated 4.5 from 36,099 reviews. Our Fiumicino airport guide compares all the rides. Landing at Ciampino instead? The Ciampino to Termini transfer takes 40 minutes, is from €8 and is rated 4.5 from 5,786 reviews. The listing has two meeting points, depending on the option you pick.

Prices and ratings as shown on GetYourGuide on 25 October 2026.

Termini is also where the trams 5 and 14, the trolleybus 90 and many city and Cotral buses stop. For what to expect inside the station, see our Termini station guide.

For a bed beside a station, the Relais Roma Vaticano has Ottaviano station in its name and sits a 3-minute walk from the Vatican Museums. The Domus Helena is about 200 metres from Vittorio Emanuele metro station, and the Hotel Domus Praetoria is in the Termini area. More areas are in our where to stay in Rome guide.

Step 4: Use buses and trams where the metro stops

You can ride Rome's buses with the same BIT ticket and the same day passes. ATAC lists the contactless card reader for the tickets above, and its pages name no shop that sells paper tickets. For the ticket you booked online, collect it at one of the station ticket offices.

Buses and trams reach the places no line covers. The agency page names the trams 5 and 14 and the trolleybus 90 at Termini. It does not list bus routes for the sights, so use ATAC's journey planner or a map app for the exact number.

Step 5: Compare the metro with a hop-on hop-off bus

On your own, the metro and walking cost far less and work well for a few known hops. A bus tour is worth it only if you want a seat, commentary and a loop past the sights without planning stops. A hop-on hop-off bus is a good alternative to the metro when you want the sights in one loop with a seat and commentary, and the metro is cheaper when you only need a few long hops. Things to Do in Rome's count of GetYourGuide listings in October 2026 found 14 hop-on hop-off bus and boat listings, from €15.30.

The Rome City Sightseeing hop-on hop-off bus with audioguide is run by Sightseeing Experience and is from €15 per person. The bus is rated 4.0 from 19,117 reviews, and the listing gives no duration. The listing includes audio in 8 languages and Wi-Fi on the open bus. It does not include tickets to the sights. The listing also excludes food and drinks and hotel pickup and drop-off, shows free cancellation and lists no group size. Its meeting point is Via Marsala 7, 00185 Rome, near Termini, and you can hop on at the other stops.

For the evening, the open-top bus night tour takes 45 minutes and is from €19. The tour is rated 4.2 from 2,861 reviews, lists free cancellation and no group size, and the ticket is valid for one loop only. The meeting point is Via Giovanni Giolitti 32, 00185 Rome, and the listing excludes attraction tickets, food and drinks, and hotel pickup and drop-off. To see how the bus fits your trip, read our guide to hop on off Rome buses.

Prices and ratings as shown on GetYourGuide on 25 October 2026.

A city is easier when you know which two or three journeys really matter.

Colosseum underground tickets are not a metro ticket

The Colosseum "underground" is the area below the arena floor, and you book it as a Colosseum ticket, not on the metro. The park's Full Experience Underground and Arena ticket costs €24, is valid for two consecutive days, and gives one Colosseum entry at a booked time, as the Colosseum park's ticket page states. The underground depends on availability.

Tickets go on sale 30 days before the visit date. For guided versions, see our Colosseum tours page.

When the metro is the wrong choice

The metro is the wrong choice for a short trip that you can walk, since a single BIT ticket costs €1.50 and the walk costs nothing. A late night out on Sunday to Thursday is another poor fit, because the last trains leave at 23:30. A hop-on hop-off bus is the wrong choice if you want to see the sights up close, since the listings do not include entry tickets. The hop-on hop-off listings we picked are also rated under 4.3 (4.0 and 4.2), so read the reviews first, and note that the operator, Sightseeing Experience, runs the 4.0 bus.