Line 2 of the Lima and Callao Metro INSIDE: this is what the stations of the first section of the underground train look like | VIDEO | rmmn | PERU

Last Friday, April 29, the last vehicular diversion plan was launched on Elmer Faucett Avenue, in order to conclude the relocation works of drinking water and sewage networks, and which are part of the construction of the Olivar stations. (E-5) and Quilca (E-6) of the line 2 Branch 4 of the Metro of Lima and Callao.

The Line 2 of the Lima Metro It will be the first underground metro in the country of 27 kilometers and 27 stations, which will be covered in an estimated time of 45 minutes from Callao to Ate.

Currently, this distance by public transport takes more than 2 hours and 30 minutes.

The project includes the construction of a Line 4 Branch on Elmer Faucett Avenue, with eight stations, from Óscar R. Benavides Avenue to Néstor Gambetta Avenue, that is, it will reach the Jorge Chávez International Airport.

It is estimated that Line 2 and Line 4 Branch of the Lima and Callao Metro will bring the destinations of more than 660 thousand passengers a day closerbenefiting 2.5 million people who travel through 10 districts: Ate, Santa Anita, El Agustino, San Luis, La Victoria, Cercado, Breña, Bellavista, Carmen de la Legua and El Callao.

As reported, the trains will travel at a maximum speed of 90 km/h and all stations will have lifts for people with reduced mobility and the elderly, escalators and fixed stairs. In addition, the floors will have a structure to facilitate the movement of people with visual problems.

The five stations of the first stage of Line 2 of the Lima and Callao Metro that will enter into test operations are Evitamiento, Óvalo Santa Anita, Colectora Industrial, Hermilio Valdizán and Mercado Santa Anita, in the Santa Anita district.

In a first stage, five trains will come into operation, each with six cars and with the capacity to transport up to 200 people.

In recently released videos you can see the progress of the work in some of its stations such as the Evitamientowhich is station number 20:

The following video shows the test of GoA4 automated trains in the station 21 of the Santa Anita Oval.

The following images show the entrance to the platform area at station 23 Hermilio Valdizán.

White March

On January 11, the Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) reported that the first stage of Line 2 of the Lima Metro will begin test operations with the transfer of passengers.

The MTC explained that five stations will be enabled in the first section (Avoidance, Óvalo Santa Anita, Colectora Industrial, Hermilio Valdizán and Mercado Santa Anita).

Once the first stage of the train is in operation, passengers will be able to transfer from the Santa Anita Market to the Evitamiento station in approximately 15 minutesas opposed to the 50 minutes it currently takes to get there by public transport.

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