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Línea 2 — Lima's Automated Underground Metro

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Billed by its concessionaire as Peru's first underground, GoA4-automated metro, Línea 2 opened a five-station, five-kilometre stretch in December 2023 — five of the 27 stations promised under a 2014 concession. Trains are commanded from a central control room. The remaining stages are now due in 2029 and October 2030.

Live 📅 since 2023
Outcome🔄 Ongoing
Evidence🏛️ Official
what does this mean?The strongest source is the operator's or the city's own reporting — an official report, dataset or press release. It grades who did the looking — not how well the project went. All four grades →
Run bySociedad Concesionaria Metro de Lima Línea 2 S.A. (concessionaire; MTC contracting authority, ATU service oversight, Ositrán regulator)
Scale🏙️ City-wide
Cost≈US$4.53bn investment commitment (concessionaire, excl. VAT)
FundingCo-financed concession (Peruvian state, MTC)

📊 Impact

19.6 million passengers between December 2023 and 14 June 2026, with a record 1,823,089 in May 2026 (concessionaire figures reported to Ositrán's rail users' council). Stage 1A had an original target of February 2017 in the comptroller's 2018 review; it opened in December 2023, and stages 1B and 2 stood at 96% and 91% complete in August 2026.

🎓 Lesson

Driverless trains were the procurable part; the tunnels and the timetable were not. A July 2026 regulator file shows the ministry and the concessionaire arguing over whether the scheduled interval of four minutes 34 seconds may be met with a statistical tolerance. No source found dates the day staff stopped riding along — the contract required a train operator aboard for the first three months of service.

🚲 MobilityPublic transportAutonomous vehicles

Sources

↗ Metro de Lima Línea 2 — project page (concessionaire)GoA4 claim, 27 km / 27 stations, stage 1A opened 21 December 2023 with 5 stations over 5 km, US$4,531M investment commitment, platform screen doors.
↗ La República — Line 2 stages 1B and 2 pass 90% (August 2026)Published 12 August 2026Only the five stage-1A stations operate; 96% / 91% stage progress; the 2018 Contraloría original targets; the 2029 and October 2030 reference dates.
↗ Revista Construir — 19.6m passengers reported to Ositrán (June 2026)Published 21 June 2026Concessionaire figures presented to Ositrán's rail users' council (session 38): 19.6m since December 2023, cut-off 14 June 2026; May 2026 record of 1,823,089.
↗ Ositrán — Line 2 carried more than 19 million passengersThe regulator's own publication of the ridership figure. gob.pe answers automated fetches with HTTP 418 (bot wall, not dead); existence and content confirmed by search.
↗ Infobae — MTC vs concessionaire on the service regularity index (July 2026)Published 13 July 2026Ositrán Informe Conjunto N° 00110-2026-IC-OSITRAN of 7 July 2026: scheduled interval 4 min 34 s; the concessionaire seeks tolerance to 6 min 28 s.
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↗ Agencia Andina — inside the control room of Lima's first driverless train (December 2023)Published 7 December 2023State news agency, 7 December 2023: the contract requires a train operator's direct assistance in the first three months; the Puesto Central de Operaciones commands trains remotely.
↗ Urban Transport Magazine — opening of Lima's line 2 (December 2023)Published 21 December 2023Free passenger service from 21 December 2023, 5 stops over 5 km; Hitachi (AnsaldoBreda) supplying 35 six-car trains, 5 then in service.
↗ Infobae — all five stations closed by a power failure (June 2025)Published 29 June 2025Reliability counterweight: ATU suspended service at all stations over 'un problema en el suministro de energía'.
↗ Ositrán — concession factsheet, Sociedad Concesionaria Metro de Lima Línea 2 S.A.Regulator factsheet for the 2014 concession (contract signed 28 April 2014, 35-year co-financed term). The PDF resisted text extraction; content confirmed via search and the 2014 award record.

📅 How old is the evidence?

Two clocks, kept apart: when this entry’s sources were published, and what has happened to its record in the atlas. Documented span: since 2023. 6 of 9 sources carry a publication date, from 7 December 2023 to 12 August 2026.

When the sources were published

  1. Agencia Andina · pressAgencia Andina — inside the control room of Lima's first driverless train (December 2023)
  2. Urban Transport Magazine · pressUrban Transport Magazine — opening of Lima's line 2 (December 2023)
  3. Infobae · pressInfobae — all five stations closed by a power failure (June 2025)
  4. Revista Construir · pressRevista Construir — 19.6m passengers reported to Ositrán (June 2026)
  5. Infobae · pressInfobae — MTC vs concessionaire on the service regularity index (July 2026)
  6. La República (Perú) · pressLa República — Line 2 stages 1B and 2 pass 90% (August 2026)

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Evidence Passport · public beta 12 addressable claims, 9 source dossiers, one permanent baseline. The passport is unreviewed — an AI-assisted structural migration, not a human or expert endorsement. Every revision keeps a permanent copy under revision history.

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Claim 1 clm-6ee05cb4dd034a45 quantitative
Billed by its concessionaire as Peru's first underground, GoA4-automated metro
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The concessionaire's own wording: 'primer metro pesado, subterráneo y automático en nivel GoA4 del Perú.' The superlative is attributed, not asserted — and no South-America first is claimed (Santiago's Lines 6 and 3 have run driverless since 2017/2019).
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Metro de Lima Línea 2 — project page (concessionaire)
Claim 2 clm-2f2f4baae111e316 quantitative
opened a five-station, five-kilometre stretch in December 2023
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The concessionaire dates stage 1A's start to 21 December 2023 over five stations and five kilometres; Urban Transport Magazine independently reports free passenger service from the same date.
Caveat
Some sources give 4.5 km for the same stretch.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Metro de Lima Línea 2 — project page (concessionaire)
Claim 3 clm-be54b13bbd3c33e1 quantitative
five of the 27 stations promised under a 2014 concession
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The full Line 2 scope is 27 km and 27 stations under the concession signed 28 April 2014; La República (August 2026) confirms only the five stage-1A stations in commercial service.
Caveat
The regulator's concession PDF resisted text extraction; the 2014 date is corroborated by the document title and the award record rather than read verbatim.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Metro de Lima Línea 2 — project page (concessionaire)
  2. Ositrán — concession factsheet, Sociedad Concesionaria Metro de Lima Línea 2 S.A.
Claim 4 clm-b21586b1ea2d8435 descriptive
Trains are commanded from a central control room
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The state news agency describes the Puesto Central de Operaciones remotely commanding all train management and safety subsystems.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Agencia Andina — inside the control room of Lima's first driverless train (December 2023)
Claim 5 clm-4244f705daccd148 quantitative
The remaining stages are now due in 2029 and October 2030
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Current commercial-operation reference dates: 'la puesta en operación comercial en 2029, mientras que la etapa 2 está prevista para octubre de 2030.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La República — Line 2 stages 1B and 2 pass 90% (August 2026)
Claim 6 clm-c20c9966892b32b3 quantitative
19.6 million passengers between December 2023 and 14 June 2026
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Concessionaire figures presented to Ositrán's rail users' council with a cut-off of 14 June 2026; the regulator published the same headline figure.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Revista Construir — 19.6m passengers reported to Ositrán (June 2026)
  2. Ositrán — Line 2 carried more than 19 million passengers
Claim 7 clm-29bf27c5b3ba7450 quantitative
a record 1,823,089 in May 2026
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
The highest monthly ridership since service began: 'En mayo del 2026 se registró la mayor afluencia mensual desde el inicio del servicio: 1 millón 823,089 usuarios.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Revista Construir — 19.6m passengers reported to Ositrán (June 2026)
Claim 8 clm-306c6e77bb37a464 descriptive
(concessionaire figures reported to Ositrán's rail users' council)
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Attribution of the ridership numbers to their real origin: the concession company reporting into Ositrán's Consejo de Usuarios de Ferrocarriles — not an independent count.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Revista Construir — 19.6m passengers reported to Ositrán (June 2026)
Claim 9 clm-52128820b6dbd9f5 quantitative
Stage 1A had an original target of February 2017 in the comptroller's 2018 review
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The paper cites a 2018 Contraloría report listing the original stage dates: 'febrero de 2017 para la etapa 1A, diciembre de 2018 para la 1B y mayo de 2020 para la etapa 2.'
Caveat
The comptroller's document itself was not fetched — the dates come via the newspaper.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La República — Line 2 stages 1B and 2 pass 90% (August 2026)
Claim 10 clm-57b4ec712c9531e9 quantitative
stages 1B and 2 stood at 96% and 91% complete in August 2026
Published field
impact · verbatim
Mapping
mapped · no interpretation or interpolation added by this passport
What the mapping says
Construction progress by stage at the article's date: 'Etapa 1B: 96% … Etapa 2: 91%.'
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. La República — Line 2 stages 1B and 2 pass 90% (August 2026)
Claim 11 clm-70a92b0c62de244a quantitative
A July 2026 regulator file shows the ministry and the concessionaire arguing over whether the scheduled interval of four minutes 34 seconds may be met with a statistical tolerance
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Ositrán's Informe Conjunto N° 00110-2026-IC-OSITRAN (7 July 2026) on the service regularity index: the scheduled interval is 4 minutes 34 seconds, and the concessionaire proposes stretching the effective tolerance to 6 minutes 28 seconds.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Infobae — MTC vs concessionaire on the service regularity index (July 2026)
Claim 12 clm-92a6383415ed2fb3 descriptive
the contract required a train operator aboard for the first three months of service
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The house driverless test: this is the only dated statement found about staff on board — 'en los primeros tres meses de funcionamiento se requerirá de la asistencia directa de un operador del tren.' No source gives a date from which nobody rides along.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Agencia Andina — inside the control room of Lima's first driverless train (December 2023)
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Sociedad Concesionaria Metro de Lima Línea 2 S.A. (concessionaire; MTC contracting authority, ATU service oversight, Ositrán regulator)
Actor types
private, national-government
Funding model
ppp
Funding description
Co-financed concession (Peruvian state, MTC)
Cost
≈US$4.53bn investment commitment (concessionaire, excl. VAT)
Ownership
Not recorded
Decision rights
Not recorded
Exit conditions
Not recorded

9 source dossiers

Metro de Lima Línea 2 — project page (concessionaire) metrolima2.com · 3 linked claims

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Publisher
Name not classified · metrolima2.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
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Updated
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Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-08-17
Dossier created
2026-08-21
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No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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GoA4 claim, 27 km / 27 stations, stage 1A opened 21 December 2023 with 5 stations over 5 km, US$4,531M investment commitment, platform screen doors.

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Claims linked
La República — Line 2 stages 1B and 2 pass 90% (August 2026) larepublica.pe · 3 linked claims

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Publisher
Name not classified · larepublica.pe
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-08-12
Updated
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Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-08-17
Dossier created
2026-08-21
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No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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Only the five stage-1A stations operate; 96% / 91% stage progress; the 2018 Contraloría original targets; the 2029 and October 2030 reference dates.

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Claims linked
Revista Construir — 19.6m passengers reported to Ositrán (June 2026) construir.com.pe · 3 linked claims

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src-635876563e45df6a
Publisher
Name not classified · construir.com.pe
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-06-21
Updated
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Record last verified
2026-08-17
Dossier created
2026-08-21
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No archived copy linked
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Open the recorded source note

Concessionaire figures presented to Ositrán's rail users' council (session 38): 19.6m since December 2023, cut-off 14 June 2026; May 2026 record of 1,823,089.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Ositrán — Line 2 carried more than 19 million passengers gob.pe · 1 linked claim

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src-2a67c469d6d8c184
Publisher
Name not classified · gob.pe
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
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Not recorded
Updated
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Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-08-17
Dossier created
2026-08-21
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No local capture recorded
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No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

The regulator's own publication of the ridership figure. gob.pe answers automated fetches with HTTP 418 (bot wall, not dead); existence and content confirmed by search.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Infobae — MTC vs concessionaire on the service regularity index (July 2026) infobae.com · 1 linked claim

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Publisher
Name not classified · infobae.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2026-07-13
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-17
Dossier created
2026-08-21
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Ositrán Informe Conjunto N° 00110-2026-IC-OSITRAN of 7 July 2026: scheduled interval 4 min 34 s; the concessionaire seeks tolerance to 6 min 28 s.

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Claims linked
Agencia Andina — inside the control room of Lima's first driverless train (December 2023) andina.pe · 2 linked claims

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Publisher
Name not classified · andina.pe
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2023-12-07
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-17
Dossier created
2026-08-21
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State news agency, 7 December 2023: the contract requires a train operator's direct assistance in the first three months; the Puesto Central de Operaciones commands trains remotely.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Urban Transport Magazine — opening of Lima's line 2 (December 2023) urban-transport-magazine.com · background

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Stable source ID
src-a9cb8687474e47d4
Publisher
Name not classified · urban-transport-magazine.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2023-12-21
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
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Record last verified
2026-08-17
Dossier created
2026-08-21
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No local capture recorded
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Free passenger service from 21 December 2023, 5 stops over 5 km; Hitachi (AnsaldoBreda) supplying 35 six-car trains, 5 then in service.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Background source; no baseline claim points here
Infobae — all five stations closed by a power failure (June 2025) infobae.com · background

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Publisher
Name not classified · infobae.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-06-29
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-17
Dossier created
2026-08-21
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No local capture recorded
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Reliability counterweight: ATU suspended service at all stations over 'un problema en el suministro de energía'.

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Claims linked
Background source; no baseline claim points here
Ositrán — concession factsheet, Sociedad Concesionaria Metro de Lima Línea 2 S.A. ositran.gob.pe · 1 linked claim

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Publisher
Name not classified · ositran.gob.pe
Type / language
pdf · language not classified
Published
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Updated
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Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-08-17
Dossier created
2026-08-21
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
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No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Regulator factsheet for the 2014 concession (contract signed 28 April 2014, 35-year co-financed term). The PDF resisted text extraction; content confirmed via search and the 2014 award record.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
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  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
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  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.

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1001 Smart Cities (2026). “Línea 2 — Lima's Automated Underground Metro” — Lima, Peru. The Smart City Atlas. https://1001smartcities.org/projects/lima-metro-line-2/ (last verified 2026-08-17). Data: CC BY 4.0.

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