Line 2 of the Lima metro: why is there still no start date for section 1A?

Lima and Callao are waiting for your line 2 from meter since eight years ago. In 2014, the Peruvian state signed a concession agreement for this historic work, which aims to increase the mobility of people in a city already nearly destroyed by traffic jams. However, the five Stage 1A stations have not even been placed on “free run” yet, despite being ready to start accepting users. Since last year, this stage has stalled due to disagreements between the concession company, Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) and City Transport Administration (ATU).

The Controller warned of these inconsistencies in October 2021. A few months later, the conflict persists. The concessionaire and the state have disagreements regarding the development Unified collection system and for delivery Interoperable Transport Cards (TIT) for implementation Passenger Control System (SCP) project.

According to the report, the concessionaire claims that it will not be able to implement or complete the Passenger Control System if TCM it does not provide level 4 information for the Collection System. TCM and YOU indicated that providing the information requested by the Concessionaire is inappropriate and that this does not prevent the Concessionaire from implementing the SCP.

Passenger control system This is a set of equipment and facilities for basic needs that stations meter. For example, controlling the entry and exit of users, verifying payments made, assisting in ticket sales, preventing fraud and evasion, etc. The system is based on the use of cards or other means with intelligent microprocessors and is contactless.

discrepancies

Dealer requested information at level 4. YOU has provided information up to level 3 and requires the concessionaire to take over the Passenger Control System. advisor YOU Killa Miranda argued for this report that the information provided up to level 3 is sufficient.

“As a technical entity, we answer to the Ministry of Transport and Communications, which is the principal. We repeatedly inform you of all the levels of information they have requested, up to and including level 3. At this time, this is what fits, and it is enough for them to have what they need, to ensure the optimal level of service security. Level 3 technologies have been delivered as requested,” he said.

According to Miranda, in 2014 and 2019, the concessionaire was brought up to level 3 information. According to him, the specified information corresponds to the memory card of the card, in addition to additional information regarding the passenger control system and the authorization of confidential information for use by the Line 2 concessionaire.

With regard to the supply of cards, the adviser YOU it is believed that the concessionaire “You have to take care of the cards.” “We informed our governing body, the PTS, and warned about this. Since we know that the company has repeatedly refused, we have informed Ositran so that it, as a supervisory authority, can go and carry out its supervisory actions,” he said in this report.

He insisted that, on the contrary, there should be control over the concessionaire, “who is the one who must do his part.”

“As a technical object, our proposals to the relevant authority are that the work is carried out with the right technical solutions that allow it to be opened as soon as possible. But, this is important, since in the history of our country there were many accepted works, not necessarily performed in the best possible way. That is why our responsibility – as a technical body – is to ensure that the quality of the works is such that they serve for a long time,” he said.

Line 2 is pronounced

RPP Noticias contacted the Line 2 concessionaire who said that the Passenger Control System (SCP) would become part of the Single Collection System (SRU).. Responsible for this system YOU.

“The administrator appointed by the Grantor to manage the SRU is YOU. The SRU Administrator, as part of his role as the Managing Authority of the Interoperable Card (TIT), must provide the necessary materials for the development (Compulsory Investment) and operation of the SCP,” the concessionaire stated.

The concessionaire indicates that the passenger control system it is level 3 “with level 4 inputs”.

According to the Line 2 concessionaire, “The delay in delivery and the shortage of these materials affected the development of SCP. and therefore at the start of the commercial commissioning of Phase 1A.”

They also reported that the passenger management system has hardware fully installed for Stage 1A and “software in line with the supplies delivered, the same that will be adapted for the delivery of pending supplies.” Similarly, they stated that “in order for SCP to serve Users, it needs TIT has been properly initialized by the SRU Administrator (ATU).”.

comprehensive responsibility

Former President of the Agency for the Supervision of Investments in Transport Infrastructure (Ositran) Patricia Benavente it held that since the concessionaire’s responsibility is “comprehensive” in relation to the operation and provision of the service, the state is under an obligation to provide him with the required information.

“It’s called an integrated operating system for a reason. These are physical integration and tariff integration. The basic concept is integration on the transaction side and on the collection side, so I see no reason, based on what I read in the controller’s report, for the ATU to deny the concessionaire information that allows it to ensure that the entire payment card processing system is properly aligned with the passenger handling system,” Benavente said in this report.

For a specialist, besides the one who is responsible for financing the acquisition of the “plastic” of the card, the main problem is that even after several months they have not yet reached an agreement. “So that citizens have time to put into operation the first section of the 2nd line. Why have 8 months passed, and the ATO has not been able to resolve this “inconsistency” with the concessionaire?

Benavente He wondered if this was a technical disagreement or a violation by the state. “The concessionaire is responsible for the entire operation, he will be responsible in case of failure in the collection system, in case of failure in the provision of services. So, if you require the necessary information about the cards to be able to relate this to your passenger processes, why were they not provided to you, or the state was unable to receive or process, or something else regarding the cards? What’s behind? Are these disagreements on a technical issue or the state has not fulfilled the obligation that was due to it under the contract?” he said.

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