The Tren de la Costa is a planned regional rail line in Peru, paralleling the Pan American Highway between the cities of Sullana, Lima, and Ica.
[1] The line is estimated to cost $10 billion,[2] and is expected to carry 57 million passengers per year.
[4][5] Little progress was made until a 2019 announcement from the Peruvian government declaring its intention to fund the line as a public private partnership.
[6] The original plan for a 1,340 km (830 mi) line consisted of eleven trains per day serving the communities of Lima, Ica, Áncash, La Libertad, Lambayeque and Piura, totalling the most populous area of Peru.
[9][10] The rail line will provide a three-hour travel time between Lima and Ica, and cost $3.2 billion.