Overview
- As of Feb. 5, service remains suspended between La Cultura and Caja de Agua, with trains running only Villa El Salvador–La Cultura and Caja de Agua–Bayóvar and the intermediate stations closed.
- Images showed passengers evacuating trains and walking along the tracks toward operating stations, prompting fresh safety concerns.
- Ositrán said it has opened an investigation to determine the cause and will continue supervision and enforcement under the concession contract.
- The Transport Ministry and the Line 1 concessionaire are assessing an adenda estimated at about $2.7 billion to add power and signaling upgrades, expand stations, and buy new trains to cut peak headways from 3 to 1.5 minutes.
- Officials note the original infrastructure was state-built and only operations and maintenance were concessioned in 2012, as ridership has surged from 33 million in 2012 to over 215 million in 2025; Congress’s consumer commission has requested explanations and pledged oversight.