Seville metro hours during Holy Week: the 2026 plan day by day and what is known about 2027
The Seville metro changes its hours for the whole of Holy Week, from the days before to Easter Sunday. Here is the 2026 plan day by day, compared with 2025 and with a normal day, and what is not yet known about 2027.
During Holy Week (Semana Santa) 2026, from 29 March to 5 April 2026 with the eve days before it, the Seville metro ran until 2:00 on almost every day and did not close during the Madrugá, the small hours of Good Friday. On Easter Sunday it went back to its normal Sunday hours.
This page gives the plan day by day, compares it with a normal day and with 2025, and explains why the published time is not when the last train reaches your station. For buses and road closures, the reference is the Holy Week 2026 timetable guide.
What hours did the metro keep on each day of 2026?
According to the Metro de Sevilla plan reported by Europa Press on 26 March 2026 (2:00 means the small hours of the following day):
| Day | Metro hours |
|---|---|
| Friday of Sorrows (Viernes de Dolores) | 6:30 to 2:00 |
| Passion Saturday (Sábado de Pasión) | 7:30 to 2:00 |
| Palm Sunday | 7:30 to 2:00 |
| Holy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday | 6:30 to 2:00 |
| Maundy Thursday, the Madrugá and Good Friday | Non-stop service from 7:30 on Maundy Thursday, and on Good Friday until 2:00 |
| Holy Saturday | 7:30 to 2:00 |
| Easter Sunday | 7:30 to 23:00 |
The non-stop stretch is what matters: the metro links Maundy Thursday afternoon, the whole of the Madrugá and Good Friday without closing, until the small hours of Saturday.
What changes compared with a normal day?
Less than you might think. In an ordinary week the metro runs from 6:30 to 23:00 Monday to Thursday, from 6:30 to 2:00 on Fridays, from 7:30 to 2:00 on Saturdays and from 7:30 to 23:00 on Sundays.
There are three real changes: Palm Sunday and the nights of Holy Monday to Wednesday run until 2:00, and there is no closure from Maundy Thursday to Good Friday. Friday of Sorrows, Passion Saturday and Holy Saturday already had those hours, and Easter Sunday is an ordinary Sunday.
Can one year's plan be trusted for the next?
Between 2025 and 2026, yes. The 2025 municipal mobility plan set Palm Sunday from 7:30 to 2:00, Monday to Wednesday from 6:30 to 2:00, non-stop service from Maundy Thursday until 2:00 on Holy Saturday, Holy Saturday from 7:30 to 2:00 and Easter Sunday from 7:30 to 23:00: the same structure as in 2026.
For 2024 and 2023 no special timetable published in that detail has been found, so there is no series to speak of. In 2025 the service was stepped up by 63 % more capacity than the usual service, according to El Español.
With the metro open until 2:00, an afternoon guided tour and a night procession fit into the same day. The catalogue of activities in Seville lets you book morning and afternoon tours well away from the hours of the official route.
See activities and tours in Seville →Affiliate link: booking through it helps keep this guide going, and costs you nothing extra.Why does the last train not reach your station at 2:00?
Because Metro de Sevilla publishes the departure time of the last train from the ends of the line, not the time it passes each station. At an intermediate station, the last train comes later or earlier depending on the direction, and anyone who leaves it until 2:00 in the centre may be left behind.
The prudent rule is to leave a margin, especially after a procession returns in the small hours. Brotherhoods getting back to their church after midnight are common, as the guide to the processions and their passing times explains.
What happens at Puerta Jerez station?
It is the metro station closest to the official route (the Carrera Oficial) and the one subject to restrictions. According to Semana-santa.org, it is exit only from 13:00, from Palm Sunday to Maundy Thursday, with its own restrictions on Good Friday.
The Metro de Sevilla timetable page does not include that detail, so check it in each year's mobility plan. In practice, to get back to your hotel in the afternoon you have to walk to another station on the line.
Photo: Fanattiq, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
With Puerta Jerez exit only in the afternoon, the station that serves you is your hotel's. Accommodation within walking distance of the centre, or next to another line 1 station, means you do not depend on the last train.
See places to stay for the Holy Week dates →Affiliate link: booking through it helps keep this guide going, and costs you nothing extra.Is there a special Holy Week ticket?
The sources consulted publish no special fare for the week. Normal fares apply: €1.80 for one zone, €3.20 for two zones and €3.60 for three zones in 2026. Tickets are sold from the machines in each station.
Fares for the Consorcio transport card and the bus are in the guide to getting around Seville, and if you arrive by car you will find where to leave it in the one on park-and-ride car parks.
How many people use public transport during Holy Week?
The metro does not publish its own total. The figures that exist are for TUSSAM buses or for all transport, and they do not tally. The council's 2026 review gives 1,998,241 passengers between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday, 3.3 % more than the previous year, on TUSSAM buses alone.
For 2025, the mayor spoke of 2,511,643 passengers, 22.9 % more than in 2024 and 17.8 % more than in 2023 on the reinforced public transport network, without specifying what it included. The two figures do not measure the same thing, and this guide does not choose between them.
What is known about the metro for Holy Week 2027?
The expected dates are from 21 to 28 March 2027, but the metro's special plan has not been published as of September 2026. It is usually announced a few days before the week.
The consistency of 2025 and 2026 makes a similar pattern likely, but not certain. Until the plan comes out, the hours on this page are those of 2026.
Still unpublished
- The 2027 metro plan, which is announced just before the week.
- Metro passenger numbers during Holy Week, separate from the bus figures.
- Station-by-station restrictions, apart from Puerta Jerez.
- The time the last train passes each intermediate station.
- The special timetables for 2024 and 2023 in the same detail as those for 2025 and 2026.
Outside Holy Week, the metro closes at 23:00 on weekdays. Accommodation in the historic centre lets you walk back after dinner without watching the clock.
Compare places to stay in Seville →Affiliate link: booking through it helps keep this guide going, and costs you nothing extra.Sources
- Europa Press: metro hours during Holy Week 2026 and the station with restricted access, 26 March 2026.
- Seville City Council: Holy Week 2025 mobility plan (PDF) and Holy Week 2026 review, 6 April 2026.
- Metro de Sevilla: timetable and fares page, consulted in 2026.
- Semana-santa.org: metro hours during Holy Week and Puerta Jerez restrictions.
- El Español: transport reinforcement during Holy Week, 10 April 2025.
The hours are those of 2026 until Metro de Sevilla publishes the 2027 plan.
Frequently asked questions
Until what time does the Seville metro run during Holy Week?
Does the Seville metro run all night during the Madrugá?
Is Puerta Jerez station open during Holy Week?
Does the Seville metro cost more during Holy Week?
Marta Bermúdez
Marta spent five years on the front desk of a hotel in the centre, answering the same questions about parking and the metro every day. She writes the pages she would have liked to hand to her guests. She checks every fare on the operator's website, never in a guidebook.
