Tren de la Costa (Peru)

Tren de la Costa is a planned regional rail line in Peru, paralleling the Pan American Highway between the cities of Sullana and Ica, via Lima.[1] The line is estimated to cost $10 billion,[2] and is expected to carry 57 million passengers per year.[3]

Tren de la Costa
Overview
StatusIn planning
LocalePeru
TerminiSullana
Ica
Service
TypeRegional rail, commuter rail
Technical
Line length323.7 km (201.1 mi)
Number of tracksDouble track
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge

Project

In October 2012, Congress declared the line a national priority and invited invitations to tender for the financing, construction, operation and maintenance of the line.[4][5] Little progress was made until a 2019 announcement from the Peruvian government declaring its intention to fund the line as a public private partnership.[6]

Route

The original plan for a 1,340 km (830 mi) line consisted of eleven trains per day serving the communities of Lima, Ica, Áncash, La Libertad, Lambayeque and Piura, totalling the most populous area of Peru. The first stage of construction will be from Huaco to Ica via Lima, with a commuter rail service planned on the line for the Lima metropolitan area. This section was planned to commence construction in 2019,[7] [8] but a 2020 construction start is now planned on the 323.7 km (201.1 mi) Lima to Ica section.[9][10] The rail line will provide a three-hour travel time between Lima and Ica, and cost $3.2 billion.

References
  1. "Proyecto Tren de la Costa busca tener luz verde en ProInversión". Gestión. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  2. "Unirán Piura y Callao con Tren de la Costa". Gestión. 24 October 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  3. http://www.proyectosapp.pe/modulos/JER/PlantillaProyectoIP.aspx?ARE=0&PFL=2&JER=7921&SEC=22
  4. "Tren de la Costa: Moderna red ferroviaria unirá el Callao y Piura". Peru.com. 22 October 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  5. "MTC: "No es el momento de empezar obras del Tren de la Costa"". El Comercio. 3 November 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2014.
  6. "Peru adopts PPP structure for Lima – Ica railway project". International Railway Journal. 25 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  7. El Tren de Cercanias
  8. El tren Ica - Barranca se construirá en 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2018.
  9. "Coastal train connecting Lima and Ica one step further on a long road". 7 February 2019.
  10. "MTC: "Ejecución física del tren de cercanías Lima – Ica iniciaría en el 2020"" (in Spanish). 1 February 2019.
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