📋 Tender Overview
From its implementation until January 31, 2026. Users save time and avoid crowds at traditional charging points.Since the Urban Transportation Authority for Lima and Callao (ATU), an entity attached to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications, incorporated the Plin and Yape digital wallets as a way to recharge the concessioned transportation services, 4,877,954 operations have been registered in the Metropolitan and in the complementary Blue, Red and Purple corridors, until January 31 of this year.
Plin was the first digital wallet to join the system. In the Metropolitan it has been available since March 2025 and accumulates 4,187,042 recharges. Months later, at the end of December, Yape was enabled, which already has 235,889 operations.
In this service, the user makes the payment from their cell phone and then activates the balance in any of the 65 activation modules, located in the ticket office area, which are distributed in the 43 Metropolitano stations and terminals. To date, more than 90 thousand Metropolitan users use this means of charging.
In the Blue, Red and Purple complementary corridors, Plin has been enabled since September 2025 and registers 386,561 recharges until January 31, 2026; while Yape, incorporated at the end of December, has 68,462 operations.
Unlike the Metropolitano, in the corridors the activation is carried out within each bus. After recharging in the application, the user places their card in the units validator and confirms the operation by hearing three consecutive beeps.
The ATU recommends recharging at least 10 minutes in advance before activating it. This modality allows users to save time and avoid crowds at traditional charging points at stations and bus stops; In addition, it does not generate additional costs or modify the service rate.
Currently, of the total recharges of the Metropolitano and the complementary corridors, 21% are already done digitally with Yape and Plin.
Steps to recharge
The process is simple: the user must enter the application of their choice, select Recharge Transportation in Plin or Yapear services in Yape, enter the number that appears on the back of their Metropolitano or Lima Pass card, choose an amount between S/1 and S/200 maximum per day and make the payment.
To complete the process, activation must be done in the validators at the Metropolitano stations or on the corridor buses. Validation can be done between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m. m. and 11 p.m. m., up to seven days after virtual recharge.
The ATU will continue to incorporate digital solutions that improve the travel experience and promote a more practical service for users in Lima and Callao.
