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] 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):

  • 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. ↑ "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.

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