Editing Lima and Callao Metro (section)

=== 1980s:  Initial construction ===
In 1986, the first presidency of [[Alan García]] created the "Autonomous Authority for the Mass Transit Electrical Transport System Special Project" with the Supreme Decree N° 001-86 MIPRE, with degree of Law N° 24565.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=5 March 2016|author=AATE|date=20 February 1986|language=es|title=Decreto supremo N° 001-86 MIPRE|url=http://www.aate.gob.pe/transparencia_aate/upload_planes/DS001_86_MIPRE.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=5 March 2016|author=AATE|date=19 May 2015|language=es|title=Memoria anual 2010|url=http://www.aate.gob.pe/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Memoria-Anual-2010.pdf}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> This entity called for a public contest for the implementation of this system, won by the Italian-capital "Consorcio Tralima" consortium. It started promptly the infrastructure work for an elevated viaduct metro.

Construction started by placing the first stone on October 18, 1986,<ref>{{Cite web |date=October 18, 1986 |title=Cosapi Setiembre - Octubre 1986 |url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MxmOOhjYzQpeiZfxSlVLX04guq-MeJTO/view |website=Cosapi |language=es}}</ref> making its construction the main promise made in 1987 by the newly elected Mayor of Lima and member of the government party [[Jorge del Castillo]].[[File:Tren Eléctrico viaducto inconcluso.jpg|thumb|left|The construction of Line 1 of the Lima Metro remained paralyzed for over 20 years until it was resumed in 2010.]]The work began with a maintenance facility in the [[Villa El Salvador|district of Villa El Salvador]], south of the city, where the trains were meant to be stored and receive preventive maintenance. Construction advanced at a relatively fast pace, but when Line 1 reached the Atocongo Station, the country became immersed in a deep economical and social crisis, in addition to corruption scandals involving President Garcia,<ref name=":0" /> which halted construction. It was meant to continue through [[Av. Aviación]] up to the Dos de Mayo Hospital in the city center, but the assigned budget had been already spent.

On April 28, 1990, three months before ending the first government by [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|APRA]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=April 20, 1990 |orig-date= |title=Innaguran parcialmente el tren eléctrico |url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ChOyzIXWYAIUCO0.jpg |publisher=[[El Comercio (Peru)|El Comercio]] |language=es |via=[[Twitter]]}}</ref> Alan García celebrated the opening of the line, despite the fact that the line was incomplete and did not reach areas of higher demand and density. The metro remained nearly useless in practice, given that the required investments for its operation and maintenance were unjustifiable for its ridership. In spite of that, the subsequent governments tried to revive the project because of the significant investment put into the trains and infrastructure. On several occasions, candidates in both presidential and municipal elections used it politically with the promise of finishing the project, although it never materialized.

The municipalities crossed by the metro started to cover the unfinished segments in an attempt to diminish the negative impact on the urban landscape. This way, the centre median of Av. Aviación had pillars with grass in order to avoid the invasion of ambulatory commerce (which represented a large problem in Lima at the time). Vegetation was planted in order to cover the uncovered pieces of steel and concrete of the unfinished project. Some districts also painted the columns and walls with images of Peruvian landscapes and nature, deeming the project as definitively cancelled.[[File:Tren Urbano Lima 2.jpg|thumb|left|The Lima Metro at its beginnings]]On August 5, 2001, the AATE (Electrical Train Autonomous Authority) was passed on to the [[Metropolitan Municipality of Lima]] through the Urgency Decree N° 058–2001.<ref>{{Cite web |author-link= |title=Expediente del Decreto Urgencia Nº 00058 |url=https://www2.congreso.gob.pe/Sicr/TraDocEstProc/TraDoc_expdig_2001.nsf/B8A7D82F30BFAF7305256F260056634D/3A3BF47584383C6F05257DCB0055DF26?OpenDocument |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=Congreso de la República |language=es}}</ref> Subsequently, the Lima Metro only made trips to give preventive maintenance to the trains.

The columns and rights-of-way of the train remained, for more than two decades, as a living example of the bad management of the first [[American Popular Revolutionary Alliance|APRA]] government between 1985 and 1990. Several artistic and musical groups took advantage of the situation to satirize the project. The "El Tren Eléctrico" song by Juan Luis Dammert<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPhKHA0s11I Video of the "El Tren Eléctrico" song] ''YouTube.com''.</ref> and the imaginary launch campaign denominated "Lima 2427" (calculated finishing year given the progress rate the project had thus far), launched by artist Camila Bustamante. This campaign placed stickers in the supposed future stations and gave out informative flyers on the streets, allowing the general public to find out that the project didn't have just one line but seven interconnected lines servicing the whole city.