Lima to launch commuter rail service with withdrawn Caltrain fleet

Blinken at Caltrain announcement in Lima (Photo US Embassy in Lima)

PERU: Lima municipality is to launch a commuter train service on the railway between Callao on the Pacific coast and Chosica in the capital’s eastern suburbs in 2025, using a fleet of diesel locos and double-deck coaches withdrawn from service by California’s Caltrain.

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