Metropolitano (Lima)
Metropolitano is a Bus rapid transit system serving the city of Lima, Peru. Its construction began in the year 2006.
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| Locale | Lima, Peru |
| Transit type | bus rapid transit |
| Number of lines | 1 |
| Number of stations | 38 |
| Operation | |
| Began operation | October 2010 |
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| System length | 33 km (21 mi) |
History
The origins of the Metropolitano go back to the Lima Bus project, which was planned and proposed during the administration of former mayor Alberto Andrade Carmona.
Its construction began in the year 2006 during Luis Castañeda Lossio's first period as Mayor of Lima.
It was put into service on July 28, 2010, during the second term of former mayor Luis Castañeda.
On March 18, 2019, the mayor of Lima, Jorge Muñoz announced the expansion work of the Metropolitano line, which consists of the construction of a 12-kilometer road from Naranjal station, in Independencia, to Chimpu Ocllo avenue, in Carabayllo.
This system is similar to the TransMilenio of Bogota, and inspired of the previous system that existed on the city the National Urban Transport Company (In spanish: Empresa Nacional de Transporte Urbano-ENATRU) which was the first urban transport system in Peru, that also even inspired other companies such as the Rede Integrada de Transporte (which started the era of BRT).
Services
Regular Service
These routes stop in all stations. "Regular A," "Regular B" and "Regular C" services are included in this category.
Regular A
This bus route stops in all stations from Estación Naranjal to Estación Central, going through Av. Emancipacion and Jr. Lampa in Downtown Lima. Skyblue is used by this bus route as its color.
Regular B
Currently, this is the only bus route that stops in all stations from Estación Naranjal to Estación Matellini. Unlike Regular A, it goes through Av. Alfonso Ugarte and Av. España. Orange is used by this bus route as its color.
Regular C
This bus route begins in Estación Ramón Castilla and finishes in Estación Matellini going through Av. Emancipación and Jr. Lampa in Downtown Lima. Green is used by this bus route as its color.
Express Services
There are nine Express services which stops only at designated stations.
Stations
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La Victoria and Lince
16. Canadá
Lima
EC. Estación Central-Grau
(Entering Paseo de la República)
Route A (Through Jr. Lampa)
19. Colmena
20. Jr. de la Unión
21. Tacna
25. Ramón Castilla
(Joins route A)
Route B (Through Av. España)
22. España
23. Quilca
24. Dos de Mayo
(Joins route B)
San Martín de Porres and Independencia
29. Honorio Delgado
30. El Milagro
31. Tomás Valle
Independencia
32. Los Jazmines
33. Independencia
34. Pacífico
35. Izaguirre
N. Naranjal
(Names in bold are the stations in which the Express services makes stops.)
Payment
Fares are paid through an Electronic Prepaid Card which can be purchased and refilled at any station in the system. There is a flat fee of S/. 2.50 (2.50 new soles, approximately US$ 0.83) for regular commuters. This originally was S/. 1.50, but it was raised in December 2012 to S/. 2.00 and then raised again so that by February, 2015 (or earlier) it became S/. 2.50. The card can be bought at a vending machine, which is available on every station, and will cost S/. 4.50. It can be charged up to S/. 100.00. The machines accept both coins and bills, but payment with bank cards (either debit or credit) is not possible.
There are separate Electronic Prepaid Cards available for students, either for university or for normal schools. These can only be obtained through a sales office, and are put on name. These are charged a lower rate, but can be recharged at the same vending machines. Firefighters as well as members of the police are not required to pay and do not have to possess any of these cards.
Buses
The buses are powered by natural gas, purchased from manufacturers such as King Long and Bonluck. These buses are articulated (split into two sections with an accordion-like rotating middle to allow sharp turns), between 18 and 19 meters long and can carry up to 120 passengers. The system uses around 300 of these gray-colored buses.
Smaller buses (in bright yellow and orange) are used as part of a feeder bus network available at each of the main stations (Naranjal, Estacion Central and Matellini). Those in yellow can carry up to 80 passengers while the orange ones only up to 40.