Rock in Rio: Find out how to get to the City of Rock by bus, subway, car or Uber

The festival, which kicks off on Friday 2, will have direct route options to the venue

The rock of Rio 2022 will start this Friday, 2, with concerts by Justin Bieber, Guns n ‘Roses, Iron Maiden and Dua Lipa. The event will take place on City of the rocknickname given to the Olympic Park, which will host the festival in western Rio de Janeiro, this weekend and from Thursday to Sunday next week.

In addition to the fact that the event is larger than the previous one, access to get there offers more options. or Rock Expressbus created by himself Rock in Rioit is the most recommended option by the festival: the metro lines only reach part of the road to Cidade do Rock, from the terminals it is necessary to take another means of transport.

Rock Express

Rock Express are collectives exclusive to public transportation to and from Rock in Rio. The Rock Express will use BRT corridors, operate from 1pm to 5am on event days, and cost BRL 22 for a return ticket. With exclusive buses and signposted boarding points at Terminals Jardim Oceânico and Alvorada, the articulated Rock Express leaves every 10 minutes for the Olympic Terminal during the days of the festival, without stops. From 10pm to 2am, after the end of the last attraction on the Mundo Stage, the Rock Express departs from the Olympic Terminal Cidade do Rock, which will be exclusively for users of this service, bound for the Jardim Oceânico and Alvorada Terminals, where they will be able to connect with MetrôRio or other urban bus lines, at 10 minute intervals.

Upon boarding, service users will receive an identification bracelet which, upon returning home, they will only need to show the support team to access the Rock Express. For this service it is not necessary to schedule boarding times, as the buses will depart at any time from the departure and return boarding points.

Those wishing to purchase the Rock Express transport ticket must log in to the website.

Important: Rock Express and MetrôRio tickets must be purchased separately.

• Rock Express boarding points – Direction Olympic Terminal Cidade do Rock

First Rock Express: 1pm

Departures every 10 minutes

Departures: Terminal Jardim Oceanico (access to the metro) and Terminal Alvorada

• Rock Express boarding points – Direction Alvorada Terminal and Jardim Oceanico

First Rock Express: 10pm

Last Rock Express: 5pm

Boarding: City of Rock Olympic Terminal

MetroRio

MetrôRio will have a special 24-hour operational scheme. MetrôRio will keep the Jardim Oceânico station open 24 hours a day for boarding and all other operational stations for disembarkation at dawn. BRT will not provide the service for the festival. Users will be able to disembark at all stations (lines 1, 2 and 4) which will be open for disembarkation only at night.

MetrôRio suggests customers purchase the ticket in advance, which costs R $ 6.50 each way, to facilitate boarding at the time of the event. You can buy your ticket on the GIRO website or app, at the stations, or you can pay for your tickets even on approach with cards or devices enabled with NFC technology, directly at the turnstile upon boarding.

First class

Another option is the First-class transportationbeing also an official service of the festival, which has been a hit in past editions of Rock in Rio, has one of the largest bus terminals set up at a music festival and will continue to offer the service to the public attending the event. In total, there are 17 non-stop routes, made in executive buses. The option is the most convenient and the only one that leaves customers with an exclusive entrance to the City of Rock, near the New Dance Order Stage. For this service, on the way to the event you need to choose a boarding location and schedule the departure time for Rock in Rio – which takes place between 11:00 and 19:00. On the way back, in the same place where it arrived at the festival, the public embarks at the time they want – without having to make an appointment – and can return to any of the 17 destinations (except the Petrópolis route), starting from 10 in the afternoon onwards, with departures on request. .

The fare is R $ 125 with direct round trip. The amount can be paid up to 3 installments, and the sale is open with limited places on the website www.transporteprimeiraclasse.com.br

Important: The sale is online only and buyers must choose the departure point, date and time they want, but they can return at any time and to any of the destinations mentioned above, with departures on request.

• First-class pickup and drop-off points

– in Bossa Nova Mix (Santos Dumont Airport), opposite the entrance to the shopping center

– at Galeão airport, upon arrival at Terminal 2

– in Petrópolis, in Rua Padre Siqueira, in front of nº 419

– in Ipanema, in Rua Prudente de Moraes, next to Praça General Osorio

– in Copacabana, in Rua Siqueira Campos, in front of building nº 143

– at Botafogo Praia Shopping, at the side entrance of Rua Professor Alfredo Gomes

– at Rio Design Barra, at Av. das Américas 7777, in front of the shopping center

– at Shopping Downtown, at Av. das Américas 500, in front of the shopping center

– at the beach of Barra da Tijuca, in front of the Av. Lucio Costa 3.600

– in Tijuca, in Rua Almirante Cochrane, 146

– at the Novo Rio bus station, in Av. Francisco Bicalho, 1, on platform 58; at Recreation in Av. das Américas, corner with Av. José Luiz Ferraz

– in the center, in Rua da Assembleia 1

– in Lagoa, in Avenida Borges de Medeiros, service lane next to nº 1424

– in Niterói, in San Francisco at Praça Don Orione; in NorteShopping

– at the Nova América shopping center.

Uber

Riocentro, which is about 1 km from the Olympic Park, will have a collection and delivery point for those taking an Uber. The walk to reach the venue also takes about 20 minutes. It may not be the most practical option, but it works.

Machine

Not the most recommended option as the streets around the Olympic Park will be closed from 2pm to 6am during the festival days. The solution is to look for businesses with parking lots, such as large shopping centers, close to the headquarters and which guarantee operation during the event.

Source: Terra

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