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New trains arrived in Chile on February 22, 2005 and the old system was decommissioned on June 30 that year, in favour of the new Limache-Puerto service service. On May 29, 2019, basic engineering studies were awarded to the CDI and Consultrans consortia, with a deadline of 3 years for execution to extend the Valparaiso Metro towards La Calera. [9]
This is the list of the stations in the Valparaíso Metro in the boroughs or comunas of Valparaíso, Viña del Mar, Quilpué, Villa Alemana and the city of Limache, all part of the city of Valparaíso, capital of region Valparaíso and Chile's third biggest, most populous and important city, except for Limache, a suburban city in region Valparaíso.
The Metro now connects the city core of Valparaíso with Viña del Mar and other cities. It extends along most of Gran Valparaíso, and is the second underground urban rail system in operation in Chile (after Santiago's), as it includes a tunnel section that crosses Viña del Mar's commercial district.
Metro Regional de Valparaíso (MERVAL S.A.): Commuter rail on the Valparaíso Region. Operates the Valparaíso Metro, the commuter trains between Puerto Station in Valparaiso and Limache Station on the Valparaíso Region. Ferrocarriles Suburbanos de Concepción (Fesub Concepción S.A.): Commuter rail on the Biobío Region and Araucanía Region
X'Trapolis 100 – Metro Trains Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) and Valparaíso Metro . Melbourne version introduced in 2002 and Valparaíso version introduced in 2005. X'Trapolis Modular – Valparaíso Metro and Metrotrén (Rancagua Express and Nos Express – Santiago, Chile), introduced 2015.
Proposed routes for a new Santiago–Valparaíso line. A study commissioned by EFE in 2016 outlined three different potential routes for a new Santiago–Valparaíso line, using the Chilean rail network's existing Indian gauge, and cost between US$4–5 billion.
Greater Valparaíso (Gran Valparaíso) is the third largest metropolitan area in Chile, after the Greater Concepción and Greater Santiago. It takes this name after the city of Valparaíso, the oldest city of the group and the most important harbour in Chile. It's total population is 979,127 at the 2012 census, with an area of 401.6 square ...
Trolleybuses in Valparaíso, Chile, have provided a portion of the public transit service since 1952.The trolleybus system is the second-oldest in South America. [1] The originally state-owned system has been privately owned since 1982, and since 1994 it has been Chile's only operational trolleybus system.