📋 Tender Overview
The MTC signed an institutional cooperation agreement with the Municipality of Lima with the objective of studying and making the implementation of said service viable.The Urban Transportation Authority for Lima and Callao (ATU), an entity attached to the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MTC), will participate in the planning and future operation of the passenger rail service, which will connect Lima Center with Lima East, including the route to Chosica.
To this end, the MTC signed this morning with the Metropolitan Municipality of Lima (MML) the Framework Agreement for Interinstitutional Cooperation with the objective of studying and making the implementation of said service viable.
This agreement includes the intervention of the ATU and the Private Investment Promotion Agency (PROINVERSION) in an articulated effort that seeks to establish the technical, legal and institutional bases for the use of a donation of rolling stock from the United States.
According to the agreement, the MTC undertakes to collaborate in determining the necessary institutional and legal actions, guaranteeing that the project is framed within national mobility and sustainable transportation policies.
For its part, the ATU, in addition to participating in the planning and future operation of the service within its scope of competence, will ensure the integration of the system with the metropolitan transportation network.
In the case of PROINVERSION, a specialized technical organization attached to the Ministry of Economy and Finance, it will support the structuring of private participation in the design, financing, implementation and operation phases, under principles of transparency and efficiency.
A project in the study and articulation stage
It is important to highlight that this agreement seeks to establish a cooperation framework to carry out the required technical, operational, economic and legal studies, as well as to design public and private participation mechanisms.
The MTC emphasizes that this is a planned and collaborative process, which will require the signing of subsequent specific agreements, feasibility studies and obtaining the corresponding permits.
The agreement reflects a collaborative governance model between the national government, the municipality and specialized technical organizations. A coordination scheme has been established through technical teams designated by each institution, which will allow continuous monitoring and concerted decision-making.
The agreement will have an initial validity of three years, automatically renewable. During this period, the institutions will work on the preparation of diagnoses, technological validation of the donated rolling stock, and design of the intervention, always within the framework of their powers and without transfer of resources between the parties.
Lima, November 29, 2025
