Transport in Peru

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This article describes the transport in Peru.

Railways

Railways in Peru

total: 2,374 km (1,475 mi)
standard gauge: 1,608 km (999 mi),

4 ft 8+1⁄2 in
(1,435 mm) gauge
narrow gauge: 380 km (240 mi), 3 ft (914 mm) gauge

Main article: Rail transport in Peru

There are two unconnected principal railways in Peru.

The

standard gauge and it was finished in 2010. There was also a proposal for a 21 km (13 mi) tunnel under the Andes.[2]

The Ferrocarriles del Sur del Perú (FCS), now operated by PeruRail, runs from the coast at Matarani to Cuzco, and to Puno on Lake Titicaca. From Cuzco, PeruRail runs the 914 mm (3 ft) gauge line to Aguas Calientes for Machu Picchu.[3]

Towns served

Main article:
Railway stations in Peru

Central railways

A PeruRail passenger train stopping in La Raya

See Ferrocarril Central Andino

Southern railway

See PeruRail

Metro

A car in the Villa El Salvador station in Lima

Lima Metro
, also called Tren eléctrico that has now only one line (called Linea 1). The line has an extension of 34.6 km (21.5 mi), with 26 stations, and goes from the south east to north east Lima urban districts passing downtown (This is Villa El Salvador to San Juan de Lurigancho). The second line (called Linea 2) is now under construction and will run from the port of Callao to Ate passing downtown too (west to east).(2015).

Huancayo Metro is the second urban rail line in Peru, is located in the Andean city of Huancayo and is currently under construction (2012).

Proposed

Highways


total: 85,900 km (53,400 mi)
paved: 45,000 km (Of which approximately 350 km of divided multi-line roads)
unpaved: 40,900 km (1999 est.)

The

Tumbes (Ecuadoran border) to Tacna (Chilean border). From Arequipa a branch goes to Puno and then to Bolivia. Other important highways in Peru are the Longitudinal de la Sierra,[4] that goes from north to south in the highlands; and the Carretera Central, that goes from Lima (in the coast) to Pucallpa (in the jungle).[5]

Long distance buses

Inter-city travel in Peru is almost exclusively done in long-distance buses. Buses in most of the cities depart from bus terminals called terminal terrestre. The main bus companies which link Lima with the major cities include Cruz del Sur and Ormeño. Other companies are Civa and Oltursa.,[6] while the full list of carriers include Transported Libertad and Turismo Mer, among others.[7]

Maps

Waterways

8,600 km (5,300 mi) of

navigable tributaries of Amazon system and 208 km (129 mi) of Lake Titicaca
.

There are river boat service from

Amazon river. Touristic boats can be reached at Puno
in Lake Titicaca.

Pipelines

Ports and harbors

Portuary administration in Peru is carried out by the National Port Authority.

Pacific Ocean

Lake Titicaca

Amazon basin

Merchant marine


total: 7 ships (1,000 gross tonnage (GT) or over) totaling 65,193 GT/100,584 tonnes deadweight (DWT)
ships by type: (1999 est.)

Airports and airlines

Airports
The exterior of Jorge Chavez International airport in 2008

According to a 1999 estimate there are 234

Lima is Peru's main national and international gateway,[8] with an estimate of 98 percent of all international flights into Peru landing at this airport. Other important airports are located in Cusco, Arequipa, Iquitos and Piura
.

Airports – with paved runways:
total: 44
over 3,047 m: 7
2,438 to 3,047 m: 17
1,524 to 2,437 m: 12
914 to 1,523 m: 7
under 914 m: 1 (1999 est.)

Airports – with unpaved runways:
total: 190
over 3,047 m: 1
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 26
914 to 1,523 m: 67
under 914 m: 94 (1999 est.)

Airlines
A Peruvian Airlines plane

International airlines connecting Peru with North America, Europe and other Latin American countries include:

AeroMexico, and British Airways
.
Star Peru, Peruvian Airlines, and LC Perú. Charter and Cargo airlines include ATSA, Andes Air and Cielos Airlines
.
Faucett
.

See also

References

  1. OCLC 24175552
    .
  2. ^ "Huancavelica upgrade". Railway Gazette International. 2006-06-01.
  3. ISBN 978-1-900095-37-2
    .
  4. ^ "Longitudinal de la Sierra llevará desarrollo y crecimiento económico". andina.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  5. ^ "Carretera Central: ¿Cuál es la mejor ruta alterna para descongestionar esta vía?". El Comercio Perú (in Spanish). 2022-10-17. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  6. ^ "Oltursa".
  7. ^ "Bus Companies Peru - Full list of all carriers".
  8. ^ "El aeropuerto internacional Jorge Chávez: historia y actuales necesidades". Ingeniería e instalaciones de telecomunicación y baja tensión (in Spanish). 2019-07-10. Retrieved 2022-11-03.

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