The Metro System in Lima, Peru 2021: Metro de Lima y Callao

The Lima Metro (Spanish: Metro de Lima) is a rapid transit system that serves the area of the cities of Lima and Callao, both of which make up the Lima metropolitan area, currently linking the district of Villa El Salvador in the south of Lima with San Juan de Lurigancho in the northeast of the same city.

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 did not 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 longest bridge in Latin America. The elevated viaduct of the Metro railway was the longest in the world until it was surpassed by Wuhan Metro Line 1 in 2017 ~Wikipedia
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