Overview
- The Autoridad de Transporte Urbano (ATU) put temporary measures in place on Thursday to secure Pope León XIV’s visits, including the closure of six Metropolitano stations near the Plaza de Armas and focused traffic restrictions for an evening vigil at the Estadio Nacional.
- Metropolitano service was altered so route C terminates at Estación Central, route A runs on Avenida Alfonso Ugarte with a single stop at Quilca, and express services and route D kept their usual paths on Av. España and Alfonso Ugarte.
- Corredor Azul was sent on a detour because Puente Santa Rosa and parts of Av. Tacna were closed, running instead via Av. Francisco Pizarro, Alfonso Ugarte and Nicolás de Piérola with nearby paraderos Virú and Piérola enabled for access to the Centro.
- Operators opened regular services and corridors from 4:00 a.m. and staged reserve and refuerzo buses at Estación Central, and ATU later deployed additional buses after long exit lines formed at stations such as Estadio Nacional and México following the evening vigil.
- Riders were told to preload Metropolitano or Lima Pass cards, use only authorized routes and follow staff directions so boarding stays fast and safe, a routine crowd-control step the ATU uses for large events to balance security and mobility.