Madonna show: find out what the traffic and public transport scheme will be like in Rio

The city of Rio de Janeiro is preparing for the show “The Celebration Tour in Rio”, in celebration of singer Madonna's 40th anniversary. The event will take place on Saturday (4) on Copacabana beach and is expected to attract an audience of 1.5 million people. For the show, the city hall prepared a scheme similar to that of New Year's Eve.

The show is scheduled to start at 9:45 pm and will last two hours. Before, at 7pm, DJs will open the party. The stage where the pop diva will perform is being set up in front of the Copacabana Palace. Along the entire Copacabana beach, 18 sound towers will be spread out to ensure that the entire public can hear the show.

The Municipal Transport Secretariat informed that the municipal bus system – including the BRT – will operate uninterruptedly, for 24 hours.

New for passengers will be the exclusive Gentileza X Madonna line. The Gentileza Terminal, in the São Cristóvão neighborhood, in the north zone, will be the central connection point between the BRTs, intercity lines, the bus station and Galeão airport. The itinerary will take spectators from the terminal to Copacabana, passing through Aterro do Flamengo.

The fare for this line will be R$8.60, round trip, with access control and exclusive payment through the Jaé ticketing platform. At the time of purchase, passengers will receive a bracelet to facilitate return. Bus departures start at 1pm. Until 7:30 pm, disembarkation will take place at Avenida Princesa Isabel, number 186. After this time, the disembarkation point will be at Botafogo cove.

For the return journey, boarding will take place at Botafogo cove, between midnight (from Saturday to Sunday) and 4am. You will need to present your bracelet to enter the bus. The city advises users to download the Jaé app in advance and top up R$8.60 or recharge their cards.

Between 6pm and 7:30pm, only buses and taxis will be able to travel through Copacabana. In the case of public transport, the lines that pass through the Botafogo cove will be able to use the route until 7:30 pm. After this time, only lines authorized by the Transport Department will have access to the Botafogo Enseada Terminal.

Two bus terminals will be used for boarding from 7:30 pm. One in Botafogo cove, close to Botafogo Praia Shopping, for passengers bound for Central, Terminal Gentileza and neighborhoods in the North Zone, such as Abolição, Jacaré, Penha and Ilha do Governador.

The other point will be at station 6, with conventional and executive buses heading to neighborhoods in the west zone, such as Barra da Tijuca (Alvorada terminal), Cidade de Deus, Recreio, Piabas, Santa Cruz, Rio das Pedras and Campo Grande.

See the line options:

Center and bus station

For those who need to go to the center or the bus station, boarding lines 100 and 167 to Central do Brasil and Gentileza terminal, respectively, will be on Avenida das Nações Unidas, heading towards Centro, in Botafogo cove.

North Zone

Boarding will take place on Avenida das Nações, towards the south, also in Botafogo cove.

Lines 415 (Enseada de Botafogo x Usina), 492 (Enseada de Botafogo x Bankários), 457 (Enseada de Botafogo x Abolição), 474 (Enseada de Botafogo x Jacaré) or 483 (Enseada de Botafogo x Penha) will be available.

West Zone

At the boarding point, located at station 6, conventional and executive buses will be available to the west zone.

Conventional lines include: Integrated 2 – 552 (Ipanema x Alvorada, via Av. Lúcio Costa), Integrated 6 – 558 (Ipanema x Cidade de Deus, via Itanhangá), Integrated 8 – 553 (Ipanema x Recreio, via Lagoa-Barra / Av. das Américas), Integrated 9 – 554 (Ipanema x Piabas, via Av. Niemeyer / Av. Benvindo Novaes), 539 (Ipanema x Rocinha, via Estrada da Gávea) and 557 (Ipanema x Rio das Pedras).

Additionally, the executive lines include: 2334 (Ipanema x Campo Grande), 2335 (Ipanema x Santa Cruz, via Barra da Tijuca), and 2338 (Ipanema x Campo Grande, via Estrada do Magarça).

BRT, VLT, Metro and Supervia

In the BRT service, nine lines with four corridors will have their opening hours extended until 4am on Sunday (5). Are they:

Transoeste

• 11 (Alvorada x Santa Cruz)
• 17 (Santa Cruz x Campo Grande)
• 22 (Jardim Oceânico x Alvorada)

Transcarioca

• 35 (Alvorada x Paulo da Portela)
• 38 (Alvorada x Galeão)

Transolímpica

• 51 (Recreio x Deodoro)
• 50 (Jardim Oceânico x Centro Olímpico)

Transbrasil

• 60 (Deodoro x Kindness)
• 80 (Penha x Kindness)

VLT line 1 (Santos Dumont – Terminal Gentileza) will operate 24 hours a day, with a 20-minute break.

From 3pm on Saturday, the Metro will have a maximum supply of trains, with boarding at all stations. Metrô Rio recommends that you disembark at Siqueira Campos station. At Cardeal Arcoverde station, disembarkation will only take place from 4pm to 10pm.

After the show, the Cardeal Arcoverde, Siqueira Campos and Cantagalo stations will operate until 4am on Sunday. After midnight on Saturday, the other stations in the system will only operate for disembarkation.

At Supervia, the Central do Brasil station will be open until 9:15 pm, for the public going to the show to disembark. On return, the Santa Cruz, Saracuruna and Japeri branches will operate from 00:15 to 02:15 on Sunday.

Traffic

The Rio Traffic Engineering Company (CET-Rio) will work with 205 employees, including operators and traffic supporters.

From midnight on Saturday, some parts of the capital will already be closed. After 7:30 pm, access to Copacabana will be completely blocked for all types of vehicles, including buses and taxis.

Check the closure schedule:

From midnight

Chartered bus access to the Copacabana neighborhood will be prohibited. In addition to the access ban, parking of these vehicles will also be prohibited in Botafogo, Ipanema, Urca and Morro do Pasmado.

From 7am

The track along the edge of Avenida Atlântica will be closed to implement the leisure area. The track next to the buildings will operate reversibly, as is the case on Sundays and holidays. In addition, Avenida Atlântica, the waterfront lane, in the section near Leme, will also be closed.

From 11am

The track next to the buildings on Avenida Atlântica and all access points will be closed.

From 6pm

All access to the Copacabana neighborhood will be closed, except for regular buses and taxis.

From 7:30 pm

There will be a total blockage of access to Copacabana for all types of vehicles, including buses and taxis.

Clearing the roads

According to CET-Rio, access to Copacabana for all vehicles is expected to be released from 4 am on Sunday, but the closure of Avenida Atlântica will remain in both lanes.

From 7am onwards, the runway for the buildings on Avenida Atlântica will be opened, running in the opposite direction (direction from post 6 to Leme), as occurs on Sundays and holidays.

Recommendations

• Avoid passing through places where there are restrictions: try to anticipate your travel times;
• Use public transport to get to the event;
• Respect the prohibited parking areas;

* Under supervision