Overview
- Lima’s municipality reports the elevated corridor is about 90% complete and could open in the first quarter, subject to ATU coordination.
- ATU chief David Hernández says he has proposed admitting complementary corridor buses with left-side doors to expand service and speed trips, including from San Juan de Lurigancho toward avenida Brasil.
- The project spans nearly 3 km with four stops, elevators, escalators and a new transfer station at jirón Junín linking the Metropolitano from Estación Central to Metro Line 1 at Estación Grau.
- Construction progress includes 2.8 km of paving, station works at Abancay (90%) and Andahuaylas (95%), Parinacochas/Huánuco pending, and transfer-station construction scheduled to begin in February.
- Specialists and transport guilds caution that exclusive use by the Metropolitano could push congestion to surface avenues such as Grau and Javier Prado and exclude many operators, while the mayor asserts the project holds all required permits.