Lima Metro

Lima Metro

Alstom Metropolis 9000 on the Line 1 (2013)
Overview
Native name	Metro de Lima
Locale	Lima, Peru
Transit type	Metro
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	26
Daily ridership	320,000
Annual ridership	116,000,000
Operation
Began operation	April 28, 1990 (completion) July 11, 2011 (revenue service)
Operator(s)	Ferrovías (Grupo Emepa)
Technical
System length	34.6 km (21.5 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	overhead lines
System map

The Lima Metro (Spanish: Metro de Lima), is a metropolitan railway operated by Argentine company Ferrovías and Peruvian company Graña y Montero, currently linking the district of Villa El Salvador in the south of Lima with San Juan de Lurigancho in the east of the capital of Peru.

Despite the line having obtained 32 cars and completed construction of 7 stations for over many years, it did not operate a commercial service in 1990 during the first presidency of Alan García (1985–1990) because the constructed section didn't have the distance or demand required to make it commercially viable. The construction of the Lima Metro remained paralyzed since that time under accusations of bribes, after an investment of 226 million dollars co-financed by the Italian government.

Thus, the Peruvian Government under the second presidency of Alan García (2006–2011) put the Ministry of Transport and Communications in charge of completing Line 1, extending its current tracks up to Av. Grau in the city center, making a total of 34.6 kilometers (21.5 mi) of elevated viaduct with 26 stations and crossing several districts: Villa El Salvador, Villa María del Triunfo, San Juan de Miraflores, Santiago de Surco, Surquillo, San Borja, San Luis, La Victoria, Lima District and San Juan de Lurigancho. Line 1 finally opened for revenue service on July 11, 2011. At 35 km (22 mi) long, Metro Line 1 is the longest in the Americas, and the elevated viaduct of Metro railway the longest in the world.