Editing Lima and Callao Metro (section)

{{Short description|Rapid transit system in Lima, Peru}}
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{{Infobox public transit
| name = Lima and Callao Metro
| image = Logotipo del Metro de Lima y Callao (ATU).svg
| imagesize = 90px
| image2 = El gran metro de lima.jpg
| imagesize2 = 
| caption2 = Train [[Alstom]] Metropolis 9000 in station "Villa el Salvador" (Line 1)
| native_name = ''Metro de Lima y Callao''
| locale = [[Lima]], [[Peru]]
| transit_type = [[Rapid transit]]
| lines = 2
| stations = 61
| ridership = 692,000 per day<ref>{{cite web |url=https://andina.pe/agencia/noticia-linea-1-del-metro-lima-bate-record-al-movilizar-692-mil-pasajeros-un-solo-dia-779425.aspx |title=Línea 1 del Metro de Lima bate récord al movilizar 692 mil pasajeros en un solo día |website=www.andina.com.pe |date=2019-12-25 |access-date=2019-12-25 |language=es}}</ref>
| annual_ridership = 124,134,820<ref>[https://www.lineauno.pe/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Reporte-de-Sostenibilidad-2018.pdf] Informe Anual de la concesion pg13</ref>
| began_operation = April 28, 1990 (completion)<br />April 11, 2011 (revenue service - Line 1)<br />December 21, 2023 (Line 2)
| operator = [[Ferrovías]] ([[Grupo Emepa]])
| vehicles = 5 × [[Hitachi Rail Italy|AnsaldoBreda]] MB-300<br />39 × [[Alstom Metropolis]] [[Barcelona Metro 9000 Series|9000]]
| track_gauge = {{track gauge|sg|allk=on}}
| el = {{1,500 V DC}} [[overhead line|overhead catenary]]
| system_length = {{convert|39.6|km|mi|1|abbr=on}}
| map = [[File:Lima Metro Map.svg|Center|300 px|alt=As of 2021, only the green line is in operation.]]
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| owner = Authority for Urban Transport in Lima and Callao (ATU)
| area served = 
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| top_speed = 80 km/h (50 mph)
}}
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The '''Lima and Callao Metro''' ({{langx|es|Metro de Lima y Callao}}) is a [[rapid transit]] system that serves the cities of [[Lima]] and [[Callao]], which make up the [[Lima metropolitan area]].<ref>[http://www.grupoemepa.com.ar/ferroviario_emp.php?mn=3 Linea 1] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150414232653/http://www.grupoemepa.com.ar/ferroviario_emp.php?mn=3 |date=April 14, 2015 }} - Grupo Emepa</ref> The existing metro lines (1 and 2) currently link the district of [[Villa El Salvador]] in the south of Lima with [[San Juan de Lurigancho]] in the northeast of the city, as well as a {{Convert|5|km|abbr=on}} segment in the east of the metro area. Furthermore, there are four additional lines planned for the network.<ref>{{cite web|archive-date=8 July 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708135752/http://www.aate.gob.pe/metro-de-lima/|date=2011|language=es|title=Metro de Lima|url=http://www.aate.gob.pe/metro-de-lima/|website=Autoridad Autónoma del Sistema Eléctrico de Transporte Masivo de Lima y el Callao}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

Line 1 started full operations on July 28, 2014, after decades of delays.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=International2014-07-28T09:50:00+01:00 |first=Railway Gazette |title=Lima metro opens Line 1 extension |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/lima-metro-opens-line-1-extension/39761.article |access-date=2024-01-30 |website=Railway Gazette International |language=en}}</ref> Construction of the line began during the [[first presidency of Alan García]] (1985–1990) with an initial seven stations, but the segment did not have the distance or demand required to make it commercially viable.  Thus, the project stalled and became mired in accusations of bribery<ref name=":0">{{cite web |date=2014 |title=Sergio Siragusa: El escándalo que persiguió a García en los 90 |url=http://elcomercio.pe/politica/polemica/sergio-siragusa-escandalo-que-persiguio-alan-garcia-90-noticia-1765458 |website=El Comercio |language=es}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> involving an investment of 226 million dollars co-financed by the Italian government.

During the [[second presidency of Alan García]] (2006–2011) the government resumed construction of Line 1, which opened for full revenue service in 2014.<ref name=":2" /> The completed line now totals {{convert|34.6|km|mi|1|sp=us}} of elevated viaduct with 26 stations and crosses several districts: [[Villa El Salvador]], [[Villa María del Triunfo]], [[San Juan de Miraflores]], [[Santiago de Surco]], [[Surquillo]], [[San Borja District|San Borja]], [[San Luis District, Lima|San Luis]], [[La Victoria District, Lima|La Victoria]], [[Lima District]] and [[San Juan de Lurigancho]].  The elevated viaduct of the Metro railway is the longest in [[Latin America]], and was the longest in the world until it was surpassed by [[Wuhan Metro]] [[Line 1 (Wuhan Metro)|Line 1]] in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.perupress.com/2011/04/11/tren-electrico-tendra-el-viaducto-mas-largo-del-mundo/ |title=Tren Eléctrico tendrá el viaducto más largo del mundo |website=www.perupress.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111001839/http://www.perupress.com/2011/04/11/tren-electrico-tendra-el-viaducto-mas-largo-del-mundo/ |archive-date=11 January 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Line 2 started operations on December 21, 2023 with the opening of its first 5 stations within [[Santa Anita District|Santa Anita]] district in the east of the city.<ref name=":3" />