Este sistema de transporte público tiene una extensión alrededor de 37.2 km de largo (incluyendo el nuevo Terminal). Tiene dos subsistemas diferenciados:.

Trunk

The system has an underground station, called Estación Central&action=edit&redlink=1 "Estación Central (Metropolitano) (not yet written)"). The station has four entrances for buses: av. Grau, av. Paseo de la República, Jirón Lampa and Av. Spain. Passengers can enter through six entrances: Palace of Justice, Museum of Italian Art and Exhibition Park. In addition, there is a two-level shopping area at the Central Station. The station is located below the Paseo de los Héroes Navales.

There are also three other important stations located at each end of the road: The first is located between Isabel Chimpu Ocllo and Universitaria avenues, called Terminal Chimpu Ocllo") (in Carabayllo, to the north), also between intersections of Túpac Amaru avenue, cdra. 45, with Chinchaysuyo avenue cdra. 1, called Naranjal terminal") (in Independencia, to the north) and another at the intersection of Matellini with Paseo de la República extension called Matellini terminal") (in Chorrillos, to the south). In addition, it has another 53 intermediate stations and 159 authorized stops including those on the feeder routes.

The route followed by the road corridor begins in the district of Carabayllo, in the north of the city, and goes part of Avenida Universitaria until reaching the district of Independencia "Distrito de Independencia (Lima)"), continues its route and part of Avenida Túpac Amaru "Avenida Túpac Amaru (Lima)") to Avenida Caquetá, from there it continues to Plaza Castilla "Plaza Ramón Castilla (Lima)") where it forks: side, continue towards Plaza Dos de Mayo until España Avenue "Avenida España (Lima)") and enter the Grau Central Station; On the other hand, it goes towards Jirón Lampa through Tacna Avenue, once there it heads towards the Central Station&action=edit&redlink=1 "Central Station (Metropolitan) (not yet written)") Grau.

From the Central Station it heads south along what is today the Paseo de la República expressway until its end, then continues towards the José Balta oval, continues towards the Municipality of Barranco, the municipal stadium of that district, and then reaches the Chorrillos Military School, once there it continues to end its route in the Matellini urbanization, near the border of the district of Chorrillos with Surco.

Itinerary.

Data updated according to ATU Portal in June 2025[24]​.

Schedules

Service times vary depending on the time of day, as well as the direction of travel. In the following table, north and south refer to the terminal station in the direction of travel, that is, towards Los Incas and Matellini respectively.

Los servicios troncales se diferencian entre regulares, expresos y servicio lechucero.

Regulares.

Se detienen en todas las estaciones. Se incluyen dentro de estos servicios el Regular A, el Regular B, el Regular C y el Regular D, determinados por su recorrido en la Troncal Centro "Corredor Centro (Metropolitano)").

Express

These services stop at stations with greater user demand in order to achieve greater fluidity during peak hours. Currently there are 16 express services. All of them, except Expreso 10 and Lechucero, use the branch of Av. Alfonso Ugarte and Av. España because it has two lanes which allows regular service buses to overtake.[25]​.

Route stops

The Metropolitano routes stop at the following stations (click on each route to see its route:.

Regular:*Regular A stopsRegular B stopsRegular C stops**Regular D stops*.

Expresses:*Express 1 stopsExpress 2 stopsExpress 3 stopsExpress 5 stopsExpress 6 stopsExpress 7 stopsExpress 8 stopsExpress 9 stopsExpress 10 stopsExpress 11 stopsExpress 12 stops* Express 13 stops Super Express stopsSuper Expreso Norte stopsExpreso Lechucero stops.

Son líneas de autobuses convencionales cuyo objetivo es facilitar el acceso de los usuarios a los terminales del corredor troncal.

North zone

The services are operated by 12 meter and 8.5 meter buses, being yellow and orange respectively. In the northern area, services converge from various stations: Terminal Naranjal"), at Terminal Chimpu Ocllo"), Los Incas Station&action=edit&redlink=1 "Los Incas (Metropolitano) (not yet drafted)"), Andrés Belaunde Station&action=edit&redlink=1 "Andrés Belaunde (Metropolitano) (not yet drafted)"), Station 22 August&action=edit&redlink=1 "August Twenty-two (Metropolitan) (not yet written)") and the University Station&action=edit&redlink=1 "University Station (Metropolitan) (not yet written)").

Orange Terminal:.

Chimpu Ocllo Terminal:.

Los Incas Station:.

University Station:.

South zone

All services converge at the Matellini terminal").

Operated by 12 meter buses:.

The valid means of payment for the system are the Metropolitano card and the Lima Pass card.[32]​ You must have a card since it is the only means of payment to use the system. It has a chip and is rechargeable. The stations have charging points. As well as around the city, they can be recharged at Tambo and Oxxo Stores and at various independent establishments called external charging points. There are 3 types of cards:

Firefighters and police officers, who have free access to the system, do not have a separate electronic card. People with disabilities have free access, upon presentation of the CONADIS accreditation card.

The rate in force since July 16, 2022 is S/ 3.20 for trunk services and S/ 1.00 and S/ 1.50 for feeders.[33]​[34]​ Likewise, there is an integrated rate of S/ 3.50, under the following modalities:.

In the case of preferential cards for schoolchildren and university students, half of the aforementioned rates are charged. The time that the system has enabled to carry out transfers considering them within the integrated rate is 122 minutes.

On March 2, 2022, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) and the Urban Transportation Authority for Lima and Callao (ATU) collaboratively delivered to the Lima Metro Line 2 concessionaire the profiles of the Interoperable Transportation Card "Transport Interoperable Card (TIT)") (TIT), with the purpose of promoting the development of the Passenger Control System of Line 2 of the Lima and Callao Metro, said cards. In the future, they will allow users to drive a single card for the different transportation systems (interconnecting the Metropolitan, the Complementary Corridors, Line 1 and the future Line 2).[35]​.

All Metropolitano buses have Euro 4 certification and use NGV (vehicular natural gas) as fuel.[36]​.

Trunk.

Feeder.

By 2015, the system had 300 articulated buses on trunk roads and 220 buses on feeder roads on its 23 routes.[37] These units will increase in the future with the expansion of its trunk route to Chimpu Ocllo. Currently there are 305 articulated buses and 244 conventional buses.

The operation of the buses is in charge of four consortia designated by public bidding.

Este sistema de transporte público tiene una extensión alrededor de 37.2 km de largo (incluyendo el nuevo Terminal). Tiene dos subsistemas diferenciados:.

Trunk

The system has an underground station, called Estación Central&action=edit&redlink=1 "Estación Central (Metropolitano) (not yet written)"). The station has four entrances for buses: av. Grau, av. Paseo de la República, Jirón Lampa and Av. Spain. Passengers can enter through six entrances: Palace of Justice, Museum of Italian Art and Exhibition Park. In addition, there is a two-level shopping area at the Central Station. The station is located below the Paseo de los Héroes Navales.

There are also three other important stations located at each end of the road: The first is located between Isabel Chimpu Ocllo and Universitaria avenues, called Terminal Chimpu Ocllo") (in Carabayllo, to the north), also between intersections of Túpac Amaru avenue, cdra. 45, with Chinchaysuyo avenue cdra. 1, called Naranjal terminal") (in Independencia, to the north) and another at the intersection of Matellini with Paseo de la República extension called Matellini terminal") (in Chorrillos, to the south). In addition, it has another 53 intermediate stations and 159 authorized stops including those on the feeder routes.

The route followed by the road corridor begins in the district of Carabayllo, in the north of the city, and goes part of Avenida Universitaria until reaching the district of Independencia "Distrito de Independencia (Lima)"), continues its route and part of Avenida Túpac Amaru "Avenida Túpac Amaru (Lima)") to Avenida Caquetá, from there it continues to Plaza Castilla "Plaza Ramón Castilla (Lima)") where it forks: side, continue towards Plaza Dos de Mayo until España Avenue "Avenida España (Lima)") and enter the Grau Central Station; On the other hand, it goes towards Jirón Lampa through Tacna Avenue, once there it heads towards the Central Station&action=edit&redlink=1 "Central Station (Metropolitan) (not yet written)") Grau.

From the Central Station it heads south along what is today the Paseo de la República expressway until its end, then continues towards the José Balta oval, continues towards the Municipality of Barranco, the municipal stadium of that district, and then reaches the Chorrillos Military School, once there it continues to end its route in the Matellini urbanization, near the border of the district of Chorrillos with Surco.

Itinerary.

Data updated according to ATU Portal in June 2025[24]​.

Schedules

Service times vary depending on the time of day, as well as the direction of travel. In the following table, north and south refer to the terminal station in the direction of travel, that is, towards Los Incas and Matellini respectively.

Los servicios troncales se diferencian entre regulares, expresos y servicio lechucero.

Regulares.

Se detienen en todas las estaciones. Se incluyen dentro de estos servicios el Regular A, el Regular B, el Regular C y el Regular D, determinados por su recorrido en la Troncal Centro "Corredor Centro (Metropolitano)").

Express

These services stop at stations with greater user demand in order to achieve greater fluidity during peak hours. Currently there are 16 express services. All of them, except Expreso 10 and Lechucero, use the branch of Av. Alfonso Ugarte and Av. España because it has two lanes which allows regular service buses to overtake.[25]​.

Route stops

The Metropolitano routes stop at the following stations (click on each route to see its route:.

Regular:*Regular A stopsRegular B stopsRegular C stops**Regular D stops*.

Expresses:*Express 1 stopsExpress 2 stopsExpress 3 stopsExpress 5 stopsExpress 6 stopsExpress 7 stopsExpress 8 stopsExpress 9 stopsExpress 10 stopsExpress 11 stopsExpress 12 stops* Express 13 stops Super Express stopsSuper Expreso Norte stopsExpreso Lechucero stops.

Son líneas de autobuses convencionales cuyo objetivo es facilitar el acceso de los usuarios a los terminales del corredor troncal.

North zone

The services are operated by 12 meter and 8.5 meter buses, being yellow and orange respectively. In the northern area, services converge from various stations: Terminal Naranjal"), at Terminal Chimpu Ocllo"), Los Incas Station&action=edit&redlink=1 "Los Incas (Metropolitano) (not yet drafted)"), Andrés Belaunde Station&action=edit&redlink=1 "Andrés Belaunde (Metropolitano) (not yet drafted)"), Station 22 August&action=edit&redlink=1 "August Twenty-two (Metropolitan) (not yet written)") and the University Station&action=edit&redlink=1 "University Station (Metropolitan) (not yet written)").

Orange Terminal:.

Chimpu Ocllo Terminal:.

Los Incas Station:.

University Station:.

South zone

All services converge at the Matellini terminal").

Operated by 12 meter buses:.

The valid means of payment for the system are the Metropolitano card and the Lima Pass card.[32]​ You must have a card since it is the only means of payment to use the system. It has a chip and is rechargeable. The stations have charging points. As well as around the city, they can be recharged at Tambo and Oxxo Stores and at various independent establishments called external charging points. There are 3 types of cards:

Firefighters and police officers, who have free access to the system, do not have a separate electronic card. People with disabilities have free access, upon presentation of the CONADIS accreditation card.

The rate in force since July 16, 2022 is S/ 3.20 for trunk services and S/ 1.00 and S/ 1.50 for feeders.[33]​[34]​ Likewise, there is an integrated rate of S/ 3.50, under the following modalities:.

In the case of preferential cards for schoolchildren and university students, half of the aforementioned rates are charged. The time that the system has enabled to carry out transfers considering them within the integrated rate is 122 minutes.

On March 2, 2022, the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC) and the Urban Transportation Authority for Lima and Callao (ATU) collaboratively delivered to the Lima Metro Line 2 concessionaire the profiles of the Interoperable Transportation Card "Transport Interoperable Card (TIT)") (TIT), with the purpose of promoting the development of the Passenger Control System of Line 2 of the Lima and Callao Metro, said cards. In the future, they will allow users to drive a single card for the different transportation systems (interconnecting the Metropolitan, the Complementary Corridors, Line 1 and the future Line 2).[35]​.

All Metropolitano buses have Euro 4 certification and use NGV (vehicular natural gas) as fuel.[36]​.

Trunk.

Feeder.

By 2015, the system had 300 articulated buses on trunk roads and 220 buses on feeder roads on its 23 routes.[37] These units will increase in the future with the expansion of its trunk route to Chimpu Ocllo. Currently there are 305 articulated buses and 244 conventional buses.

The operation of the buses is in charge of four consortia designated by public bidding.