On the occasion of the canonization of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II, Rome will improve his transport network. On April 26-27 starts special transport plan: bus, metro and tram improvements.
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Subway
Metro Lines A and B extraordinarily open at 5,30am of saturday 26 to 00,30am of monday 28. Metro no-stop service helps who wants to attend the night prayer. Saturday Metro Line B1 close at 1,30am; sunday at 23,30pm. Bus night lines n1 and n2 will be suspended with the extraordinary metro opening.
Tram
From 2pm of Saturday tram lines 2, 8 e 19 will be improved. All tram lines are active until midnight. Line 8, like all weekends, is active until 3am.
Bus
From 2pm of Saturday bus lines 40, 46, 64, 218, 280, 881, 892, 907 e 982 will be improved. Line 64 will be active 24 hours: from 0:30am to 5am departures every 30 minutes. Sunday, until 3:30pm, it will be suspended.
Saturday, line 982 will be suspended at 19.
Bus Navette
From 2pm to midnight of saturday, 10 bus shuttles are active from Olimpico parking (piazza De Bosis) to St. Peter (Ottaviano Station of metro A). Bus shuttles will not make intermediate stops.
Deviations and limitations
From 7pm of saturday the area around St. Peter close. Following bus lines will be diverted or restricted: 23, 34, 40, 46, 46 barrato, 62, 64, 98, 115, 116T, 271, 280, 571, 870, 881 e 916. From 7pm, line 982 will be suspended.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Bus/tram
Sunday following bus lines improve: H, 2, 3, 5, 8, 31, 32, 46, 49, 60, 62, 80, 85, 87, 105, 170, 201, 218, 246, 280, 314, 404, 409, 492, 495, 628, 714, 719, 764, 791, 881, 892, 907, 990, 991 e 998.
Until 3,30pm lines 34, 40, 64, 70, 116 e 982 aren’t active.
Terminal suspension
Following terminal will be closed: piazza Risorgimento, piazza Cavour, via Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa, piazza Pia, via Paola and lungotevere Sangallo. From start service to 3:30pm, following lines will be diverted: 19, 23, 32, 46, 49, 62, 81, 87, 115, 130, 180, 190, 280, 490, 492, 590, 628, 870, 881, 913, 916, 990, 991, C3. During the night between Saturday and Sunday n5, n11, n15 e n20 will be diverted.
Bus shuttles
From 4am to 3:30pm, special bus shuttles connect St. Peter, Olimpico parking and Termini Station.
Bus shuttles will not make intermediate stops. Olimpico/St. Peter shuttle starts at piazza De Bosis and stops at viale Giulio Cesare (it will come back out of service). At the end of ceremony, it starts at viale Angelico to come back to piazza De Bosis.
Termini/St. Peter shuttle starts at viale Einaudi and stops at lungotevere Tebaldi, same for the return trip.