Final Breakthrough on Lima Metro Line 4

Webuild has achieved the final breakthrough that had been scheduled for part of Line 4 of Metro de Lima, helping create the first underground service to be provided by the public transport operator in Peru’s capital. TBM Micaela reached Carmen de la Legua Station, the future interchange hub for Lines 2 and 4, completing the excavation work planned along the section of Line 4. Webuild with consortium partners responsible for the excavations on Line 2 and part of Line 4, comes closer to completing an important piece of infrastructure for sustainable mobility in the city.

Among those attending the official ceremony were the President of the Republic, Keiko Fujimori, and Minister of Transport and Communications, Angello Tangherlini. After excavating more than 20 km of tunnels under the city along with TBM Delia, TBM Micaela arrived at the eighth and final station of the section of Line 4, ready to proceed to a shaft where it is expected to arrive in November to be dismantled.

Commissioned by Peru’s Ministry of Transport and Communications, the two lines will provide Metro de Lima with its first underground service. The two lines comprise 35 km of lines, 27 for Line 2 and 8 for a section of Line 4.

Once completed, the lines will cross 10 districts to connect the port and industrial area of Callao with the heart of the capital and its main residential, industrial and logistics zones. It will improve mobility for millions of residents, reducing travel times between Ate and Callao from two hours and 45 minutes to just 45 minutes. It will deliver significant benefits in terms of quality of life, social inclusion, economic competitiveness and emissions reduction.

The work done for Metro de Lima confirms Webuild as a global leader in the delivery of sustainable urban mobility infrastructure. Having built more than 890 km of metro systems worldwide, the Group is involved in the development of some of the world’s most important projects, including the Grand Paris Express Line 15 West in France, the Sydney Metro–Western Sydney International Airport and the Suburban Rail Loop East in Melbourne, Australia. In Italy, projects include Rome Metro Line C and the Capodichino Station on Naples Metro Line 1.