Guarenas / Guatire Metro

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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.

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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] As of November 2022, there is no official opening date. [2]

Lines

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

The light rail portion will have the following stations:

See also

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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. "Metro Caracas-Guarenas-Guatire: elevaron su costo en 600% y sirvió para pagar sobornos en otros países". El Pitazo (in Spanish). 2022-11-02. Retrieved 2023-01-11.