in the stations central do brasil (centro), praça onze (north zone) and general osório (ipanema), the metrô will stay open continuously until 2 am of ash wednesday.

further, as of saturday at noon, the trains of line two get directly into general osório station without having to stop and transfer at the botafogo station.

the same will be true for saturday at 5 am and sunday at 11 pm due to the parade of the champions.

to make it easier for foreigners, metrôrio, the company that runs the subway, will have attendants fluent in english and spanish near the exits of the main metrô stations near both parades, and blocos .