For 2027 planning, Perugia Minimetro tickets currently cost €1.50 for a standard 70-minute UP journey. Buy from a machine at any station or pay contactless at the turnstile. With a paper ticket, validate at the entrance and again at the exit, even if you already used it on a city bus. Cabins pass each station about every 2.5 minutes on average. The main uncertainty is late service: the 01:05 Saturday extension is confirmed only through December 26, 2026, so do not build a 2027 evening around it until the new timetable appears.
What the UP ticket costs and what it covers
Minimetrò uses the UP, or Unico Perugia, fare system rather than a separate metro-only fare. The published tariffs in force after September 1, 2026 list the ordinary single ticket at €1.50, valid for 70 minutes from the first validation. A 10-journey ticket costs €12.90, the 24-hour tourist ticket costs €5.40, and the published senior single fare is €1.20. These are sensible figures to use when budgeting a 2027 trip, but fares can change, so check the official Minimetrò ticket page shortly before travelling.
The useful part of UP is that it is integrated with other local transport. For ordinary visitors, that means the same valid ticket can be used on the Minimetrò and Perugia’s participating urban bus services within the fare rules. It does not mean that a €1.50 city ticket automatically covers any regional or extra-urban journey you happen to take from Perugia. Keep an eye on the 70-minute clock if you are transferring.
The 24-hour ticket starts from its first validation, not from midnight. If your day includes four or more separate paid local journeys, €5.40 can be cheaper than repeatedly buying €1.50 singles. For a simple Fontivegge-to-centre trip and one return many hours later, two singles are still cheaper.
Where to buy before you reach the gate
Every Minimetrò station has an automatic ticket machine, and the operator says these accept both cash and card payments. At Pian di Massiano there is also a staffed ticket office, plus a separate blue automatic machine at the entrance that accepts card payments. Contactless payment by bank card or smartphone is available directly at the turnstiles at all stations.
For most short-stay visitors, the easiest choices are therefore simple:
- Starting at Fontivegge after arriving by train: buy from the station machine or use contactless at the gate.
- Starting in the historic centre at Pincetto: do the same. There is no reason to travel elsewhere just to find a ticket office.
- Starting at Pian di Massiano: machines, contactless and the staffed office give you the most options.
The online-ticket trap
Buying online is less convenient than it sounds under the current procedure. The official site says an online single-ticket purchase generates an emailed QR code, but that QR code is used to collect a paper ticket at Pian di Massiano. It is not described as a mobile QR ticket that you can simply scan at Pincetto or Fontivegge. If that procedure remains in place for 2027, travellers boarding anywhere else are better off using the local machine or contactless payment.
How validation actually works
The detail that catches visitors is the exit gate. A paper ticket is not something you stamp once and then bury in a pocket.
- Buy your UP ticket before entering the controlled area.
- Insert the ticket into the turnstile validator when entering the station.
- Keep it with you for the whole journey.
- At your destination, insert it again at the exit turnstile.
- If you later board a participating bus while the fare is still valid, validate there according to that operator’s rules.
Minimetrò explicitly requires validation at its turnstiles even when the ticket has already been validated on another UP transport service. In other words, arriving on a bus with a ticket that is still within its time limit does not let you simply walk through the metro gate. The paper ticket must also be validated when leaving a Minimetrò station.
A standard single is valid for 70 minutes from its first validation. The operator also states that reuse on the Minimetrò is permitted only after 20 minutes have passed from the previous exit validation, assuming the ticket itself is still within its 70-minute validity. That matters mainly for very quick out-and-back trips.
Frequency: you normally do not need a timetable
The line has seven stations:
Pian di Massiano → Cortonese → Madonna Alta → Fontivegge → Case Bruciate → Cupa → Pincetto.
The official average interval is about 2.5 minutes at each station. This is an automated people mover rather than a conventional metro with trains departing every 10 or 20 minutes, so during normal service you generally go through the gate and take the next cabin.
For most travellers, three stations matter particularly:
- Fontivegge is the interchange for Perugia’s main railway station, connected by a pedestrian route. If you arrive by Trenitalia and are heading to the old town, follow signs for the Minimetrò rather than taking a taxi by default.
- Pincetto is the historic-centre terminal. From the station, escalators and an inclined lift continue upward toward the centre, putting Corso Vannucci and the main sights within a short walk.
- Pian di Massiano is the useful park-and-ride end of the line. The operator advertises roughly 3,000 free car spaces there.
If Perugia is one stop in a longer rail-based trip through central Italy, it can help to organize the rest of your Italy route around the Fontivegge connection rather than treating the historic centre as if it had its own intercity railway station.
Last service: the important 2027 caveat
As of September 2026, a dedicated 2027 operating timetable has not yet been published. The current official hours show weekday service from 07:00 to 21:05 and Sunday and public-holiday service from 09:00 to 20:45. The operator describes the closing time as the ultima corsa, or last run.
Saturday needs more care. The very useful 01:05 Saturday last service is part of a specific extension announced from June 6 through December 26, 2026. The Comune also describes the extension as applying through the end of 2026. It should not be silently carried forward into January or summer 2027 until Minimetrò publishes the new schedule.
For an early-2027 itinerary, the safe rule is therefore: do not assume the 01:05 Saturday departure exists. Check the official operating-hours page for your actual date, especially before booking a dinner, performance or late train that depends on the ride back to Fontivegge or Pian di Massiano.
Major events can produce special hours. Umbria Jazz, Eurochocolate, New Year’s Eve and other large events have received extensions or earlier openings in recent operating plans, but those are event-specific decisions rather than permanent timetable rules. A late closing used for one year’s festival is not evidence that the same hour will apply in 2027.
The Pincetto escalators have their own timetable
Do not confuse the operating hours of the cabins with those of the escalators and inclined lift at Pincetto. Those access systems have a separate published schedule and, during part of the year, can operate later than the people mover itself. Seeing an escalator still running does not mean there is another cabin to Fontivegge. Check the Pincetto access-system hours separately if you will be moving around the centre late at night.
August travellers need to check for the annual shutdown
The late-night timetable is not the only calendar issue. Minimetrò says the system normally closes each year for scheduled maintenance, generally for a period of about two weeks around the first half of August, with replacement travel handled through regular Busitalia services according to notices posted for the closure.
The exact shutdown can be longer or move slightly. In 2026, for example, the line was officially closed from August 3 through August 23 for inspections, tests and planned maintenance. That does not establish the 2027 dates, but it is enough reason to check before an August trip rather than arriving at Fontivegge and assuming the line is running.
Luggage, children and reduced mobility
The official luggage rule is stricter than many travellers expect. One piece of hand luggage can travel free if it is no larger than 50 × 30 × 25 cm, weighs no more than 10 kg, is not dangerous or excessively bulky, and is kept out of other passengers’ way. Larger or heavier baggage that is otherwise acceptable is subject to an ordinary ticket for each item. There is no luggage-storage service in the stations.
That is worth knowing if you are transferring from an intercity train with a large wheeled suitcase. Do not assume that airline-style cabin-bag rules or Trenitalia’s luggage policy apply here simply because Fontivegge links the two systems.
Children under six can travel free when accompanied by a paying adult. If one adult accompanies more than one child under six, the operator requires one ticket for every two children. Each cabin can carry a maximum of two strollers, placed according to the onboard signs.
All stations are designed to be accessible using lifts or ramps, with tactile routes and maps. The operator allows one wheelchair passenger per cabin in the designated position. Travellers who need assistance can use the station intercoms near the ticket machines to contact staff before boarding.
If the ticket or the last ride goes wrong
If a paper ticket fails at a gate, do not throw it away and buy another immediately. Minimetrò provides intercoms near the station ticket machines for contacting service staff. The operator also directs passengers with ticket-purchase or validation problems to staff and, where necessary, to the ticket office at Pian di Massiano for refund or replacement procedures.
If you simply miss the last service at Fontivegge, look for current Busitalia urban services or use a taxi from the railway-station area. Do not rely on a remembered night-bus number or a previous year’s festival timetable, since late services are published for specific operating periods.
If the whole line is closed for annual maintenance, follow the replacement information posted at the stations and check Busitalia’s current Perugia schedules. The most expensive mistake is usually not buying the wrong fare. It is assuming that a late-Saturday or August service from the previous year automatically exists on your 2027 travel date.