On the Carnival holiday most of the services their hours are interrupted or shortened. And Abitab and Red Pagos are no exception. Although most of the stores in Montevideo are open, some open with reduced hours and others close their doors.
The Abitab network does not close in its entirety since it is a third-party network and it depends on each Abitab if it opens or not. Those found in the main shopping malls are open during normal hours. The same happens with Red Payments.
It is advisable to call the local to make sure that they are indeed open.
What other services are affected in Carnival?
The Municipality of Montevideo (IM) will have special hours for this Monday, February 20 and Tuesday, February 21, Carnival holidays. The central building of the commune will remain closed, but other services are governed by different modalities:
Health
The polyclinics will remain closed during both days.
Cleaning
There will be service waste collection as normal for both days.” This applies both for operations and with motorcycles.
Transit
There will be buses during both days, but they will have “special schedules”that is, “less hours,” sources from the commune pointed out to The Observer. For the user to check, he can go to the page of the Metropolitan Transportation System (STM) and select the option “Special Hours – Carnival Monday and Tuesday”.
On the other hand, the traffic inspection service —that is, inspection on public roads— “will have regular operation” (except for the administrative sector, which will not open).
In addition, there will be a winch service from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
cemeteries
• mill step: it will open from 10:00 to 16:00.
• Central: it will open from 9:00 to 17:00.
• Dive: it will open from 8:00 to 17:00.
• from North: it will open from 8:00 to 17:00.
parks
• of friendship maintains its summer time.
• Espinillo Point it will work as usual.
Shopping malls operate during normal hours
Shopping centers will operate at their usual hours, that is, between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. This is the case of Montevideo Shopping, Nuevocentro Shopping, Portones Shopping, Costa Urbana Shopping, Plaza Italia Shopping Outlet, Punta Carretas Shopping and Tres Cruces Shopping.
Meanwhile, the Tres Cruces bus terminal will also function normally. His head of control said that there is a 34% increase in the movement in these days compared to the same period last year.
