Guarenas / Guatire Metro

Guarenas / Guatire Metro is a combined metro/light rail project of the Caracas Metro to connect the twin cities of the Guarenas-Guatire conurbation and intermediate communities to Caracas, Venezuela.

Overview

The 2 billion dollar project aimed to accommodate 125,000 daily users consists of 2 distinct parts the urban metro line and suburban light rail line. Construction started on March 18, 2007 with a planned completion projected for late July 2012. The opening date was later changed to 2015 and then to 2016.[1]

The 6.7 km (4.2 mi) metro line (part of Line 5) will start from the Caracas Metro Miranda/Hugo Chávez (formerly: Parque del Este II) station and end at the Warairarepano station, while the 31.4 km (19.5 mi) light rail line will start from the Warairarepano station and end at the Guatire II station.[2] Future extensions beyond Guatire II are in the planning stages.

Lines

The metro portion of the project will have the following four stations (part of Line 5):

  • Miranda/Hugo Chávez (existing station on Line 1; formerly: Parque del Este II)
  • Montecristo
  • Boleíta
  • El Marqués
  • Warairarepano (transfer station for the light rail portion; formerly: Guaraira Repano)

The light rail portion will have the following stations:

  • Warairarepano (transfer station for the metro portion; formerly: Guaraira Repano)
  • Caucaugüita
  • Belén
  • Guarenas I
  • Guarenas II
  • Guatire I
  • Guatire II

See also
  • IAFE – Venezuelan National Railway

References
  1. Cardona, Lisette (16 October 2012). "Metro de Guarenas ha tenido 4 fechas de inauguración". Gran Caracas (in Spanish). El Nacional. Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.
  2. "Estaciones del metro del tramo Guarenas-Guatire estarán listas para 2014". Economía (in Spanish). Agencia Venezolana de Noticias Torre Lincoln. 23 March 2012. Retrieved 25 November 2012.

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