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Lima Metro Line 2 Etapa 1A Still Suspended as Trailer Disruption Delays Metropolitano

Officials call the pause preventive for reasons outside operations, with no cause disclosed.

Overview

  • The temporary shutdown covers all Line 2 Etapa 1A stations from Evitamiento to Mercado Santa Anita and began on November 18.
  • MLL2 and the ATU say the halt is a safety measure unrelated to operations, and they have not provided technical details on the issue.
  • About 50,000 daily riders use this first underground segment, with Evitamiento handling roughly 40% of the flow since its December 2023 opening.
  • To ease the impact, ATU is adding Line 1 capacity with 15 extra weekday off-peak departures for a total of 510 daily trips and 40 additional Saturday trips from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m.
  • In a separate event, a trailer stranded near Plaza Dos de Mayo blocked the Metropolitano busway, causing roughly 30-minute delays on services A, C and X5 and prompting extended express operations to about 9:45 p.m.