Guarenas
Guarenas is a city in Miranda (state), Miranda, Venezuela. It was established in 1621 as ''Nuestra Señora de Copacabana de los Guarenas''. It is part of the Guarenas-Guatire conurbation
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Guatire
Guatire is a city in Miranda (state), Miranda, Venezuela. In 2006, its population has been estimated at 200,417. Today, Guatire has virtually merged with its neighbour, Guarenas forming the Guarenas-Guatire conurbation.
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Metro is a combined
metro
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* A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center
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light rail
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project of the
Caracas Metro
The Caracas Metro () is a mass rapid transit system serving Caracas, Venezuela. It was constructed and is operated by Compañía Anónima Metro de Caracas, a government-owned company that was founded in 1977 by José González-Lander who ...
to connect the twin cities of the
Guarenas-Guatire conurbation
Guarenas-Guatire conurbation or Guarenas-Guatire metropolitan area ( or ''Area Metropolitana de Guarenas-Guatire''), also known as El Nuevo Este de Caracas (''New East of Caracas''), is a conurbation, conurbation area in Miranda (state), Mirand ...
and intermediate communities to
Caracas
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Venezuela
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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. , there is no official opening date.
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
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IAFE – Venezuelan National Railway
References
External links
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Rapid transit in Venezuela
Underground rapid transit in Venezuela
Proposed public transport in South America
Guarenas
Buildings and structures in Miranda (state)
Guatire