📋 Tender Overview
Services connect with universities and colleges with the greatest number of polling stations in these General Elections on April 12.A few days before the 2026 General Elections, one of the main doubts of citizens is how to get to their voting center. Given this, the Urban Transportation Authority for Lima and Callao (ATU) recalls that the Metropolitan, the complementary corridors and the Lima Metro allow quick and safe access to the main schools and universities that have more polling stations.
The Metropolitano is one of the main alternatives, since it connects Lima north and south through the Via Expresa. For example, it allows access to the Alfonso Ugarte Emblematic IE, in San Isidro, from the Aramburu or Canaval and Moreyra stations; to IE 1070 Meliton Carvajal, in Lince, from the Canada station; and to the IE Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, in Cercado, from the Espana or Central station.
Regular service buses A, B and C will operate from 5 a.m. to 4 p.m. m., while Expreso 1 and 5 services will start at 6 a.m. m. and 6:30 a.m. m., respectively.
If you vote at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, in Cercado de Lima, the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru or the Liceo Naval Contralmirante Montero, in San Miguel, the Red Corridor is a good option. Routes 206 and 209 run along Javier Prado, La Marina and Universitaria avenues, leaving you near these points and to complement your trips you can board the buses of one of the 448 routes authorized by the ATU that circulate in Lima and Callao.
This corridor also connects with the La Molina National Agrarian University through service 204 and with the National University of Callao, in Bellavista, through service 201. In both cases, you only have to walk a few blocks.
The Blue Corridor approaches the Teresa Gonzales de Fanning IE, in Jesus Maria, from the intersection of Arequipa and Cuba avenues through services 301 and 305. In addition, it connects with the Maria Parado de Bellido IE, in the Rimac.
For its part, the Purple Corridor, which runs through avenues such as Brasil, allows you to approach institutions such as the La Salle school, in Brena, through service 404. It should be noted that the complementary corridors will operate from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. m. normally.
If you vote at the Ricardo Palma University, you can use Line 1 and get off at the Cabitos station and complete your trip with one of the authorized routes that run along Aviacion or Benavides avenues. For the IE Pedro Adolfo Labarthe, in La Victoria, you can get off at the Arriola station. In the case of the San Martin de Porres University, in Santa Anita, you can use Line 2 to the Ovalo Santa Anita station and complete the journey on foot. It is important to note that Metro lines 1 and 2 will maintain their usual schedule.
The ATU recommends checking the voting location in advance, identifying the most convenient route and leaving with enough time to avoid setbacks.
Card recharge
In addition, to facilitate the recharge of Metropolitano and Lima Pass cards, special lockers will be enabled at key points of the system only for this Sunday, April 12. There will be service at the Matellini terminal (one ticket office), at the Naranjal terminal (two ticket offices, one on the south side and one on the north) and at Chimpu Ocllo (one ticket office). The hours of operation will be from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. m. to 3 p.m. m., with the aim that users can recharge their balance quickly.
The ATU calls on the electoral authorities to provide the necessary facilities to formal public transport drivers so that they can exercise their right to vote without affecting the service. The institution has taken preventive measures by organizing shifts (morning and afternoon) so that transporters can go to pay and complete their work day, identified with their identification card issued by the ATU.
