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May 8, 2025 | Freight

China studies Brazil - Peru freight corridor

Delegation of Chinese engineers assesses viability of new line linking Atlantic and Pacific ports.

January 20, 2025 | Central/South America

Projects to watch in 2025 - South and Central America

IRJ highlights the key projects to watch in South and Central America in 2025, including the Transnordestina Railway, the Santiago commuter expansion, the Lima Metro Line 2 and the Panama Metro Line 3.

November 18, 2024 | Central/South America

Caltrain commuter trains find new home in Lima

Retired push-pull diesel trains are to be used to launch a new commuter rail service in the Peruvian capital.

June 11, 2024 | Central/South America

Peru prepares to award Tren Macho concession

Preferred bidder will upgrade Huancayo - Huancavelica line and operate it for 25 years.

January 22, 2024 | Metros

First section of Lima metro Line 2 opens

Over 93,000 passengers carried during first week of operations.

September 25, 2019 | Central/South America

Peru adopts PPP structure for Lima - Ica railway project

PERU’s Ministry of Transport and Communications has announced it plans to implement construction of a 323.7km mixed traffic railway linking the capital Lima with the southern city of Ica as a public private partnership (PPP).

February 19, 2018 | Freight

New infrastructure investments aim to curb volume decline

Regional editor Ian Thomson-Newman reports from the Rail LatAm conference held in Santiago in November, on the latest developments in Chile, Uruguay, Argentina and Peru.

August 31, 2017 | Central/South America

FGC consortium to supervise Lima metro maintenance

LIMA Metro has awarded a €2.1m two-year contract to a consortium of Catalunya Railways (FGC) and Spanish consultant engineering company Ardanuy to supervise infrastructure and rolling stock maintenance on Line 1.

August 16, 2017 | Central/South America

South American Bi-oceanic Railway talks falter

THE proposal to build a transcontinental railway linking Brazil and Peru - the Bi-oceanic Railway - has hit a stumbling block on the choice of the best route through Peru.

May 4, 2017 | Central/South America

Barcelona Metro and Ayesa to supervise Lima Line 1 upgrade

A consortium of Barcelona metro operator TMB and Spanish engineering consultancy Ayesa has been awarded a three-year contract to supervise a project to increase capacity on Lima metro Line 1.

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