Editing Caracas (section)

== Transport ==
[[File:Iafetren.JPG|thumb|Railway Caracas – Cúa]]

The [[Caracas Metro]] has been in operation since 27 March 1983, with four lines, 47 stations and about 10 more to be constructed. It covers a great part of the city and also has an integrated ticket system that combines the route of the ''Metro'' with those offered by the ''Metrobús'', a bus service of the Caracas Metro. In 2010, the first segment of a new aerial cable car system opened, [[Metrocable (Caracas)|Metrocable]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.urbanrail.net/am/cara/pix/caracas-gallery5.htm|title=Caracas Metro Cable|website=www.urbanrail.net|access-date=4 April 2013|archive-date=13 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513015219/http://www.urbanrail.net/am/cara/pix/caracas-gallery5.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> which feeds into the larger metro system.

Buses are the main means of [[Public transport|mass transportation]]. There are two bus systems: the traditional system and the ''Metrobús''. Other transportation services include the [[Instituto Autónomo de Ferrocarriles del Estado|IFE]] train to and from the Tuy Valley cities of [[Charallave]] and [[Cúa]]; the [[Simón Bolívar International Airport (Venezuela)|Simón Bolívar International Airport]], the biggest and most important in the country; the metro additional services [[Caracas Aerial Tramway]] and [[Los Teques Metro]] (connecting Caracas with the suburban city of [[Los Teques]]); and the [[Generalissimo Francisco de Miranda Air Base]] used by military aviation and government airplanes.{{citation needed|date=May 2020}}

=== Highways and main roads ===
The largest concentration of road networks in the country is in the Caracas region and its surroundings, with a large network of highways and avenues in the Metropolitan District and urban, suburban and interurban roads. The road network has become a great crossroads between the West, the East and the Center of the country. Not very advantageous role for a city saturated with population and vehicles of all kinds, both from the same city and from its immediate area of influence (La Guaira State, Valles del Tuy, Guarenas-Guatire, Altos Mirandinos) and from other areas of the country.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Currently, a link is being built that will connect the Central Regional highway (at km 31) with the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho highway (Kempis sector), in order to serve as a spillway to the city of Caracas and neighboring Guarenas and Guatire, so that vehicles that go from east to west or center, and vice versa, do not have the need to enter Caracas. The route of this highway would be from the vicinity of the Charallave airport, passing through Santa Lucía and going up to the Kempis area (between Guatire and Caucagua).{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Traffic in the Caracas Region is very congested, since it is the city with the largest number of cars in the country, causing traffic jams at any time in the city and being over-saturated at peak hours, where Caracas residents last up to 3 hours to get out of congestion.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Since 1986 a mysterious black substance referred to as [[La Mancha Negra|La Mancha Negra (The Black Stain)]] has oozed from roads has caused many car accidents killing multiple people.<ref>{{cite news|last1=González|first1=Aliana|title=La Guillotina Espera en la Autopista|work=[[El Nacional (Caracas)|El Nacional]]|date=22 January 1992}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Blob of sticky goo spreading on roads terrifies Venezuelan drivers|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/1992/08/30/blob-of-sticky-goo-spreading-on-roads-terrifies-venezuelan-drivers/|access-date=19 July 2015|work=[[The Baltimore Sun]]|date=30 August 1992|archive-date=22 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722031510/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1992-08-30/news/1992243008_1_blob-mancha-negra-caracas|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Caracas metro ===
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[[File:Estacion Coche L3 METRO DE CARACAS.JPG|thumb|Coche Station, Caracas Metro]]

It is one of the most important means of transportation in the city, since its 47 operating stations transport about 2 million people, according to official figures83 The Caracas Metro system covers the central area of the city from east to west, with lines that connect the southwest and with other surface systems of the Metro system (BusCaracas, MetroCable San Agustín) as well as the southeast (Cabletrén de Petare, Metrocable Mariche), Metrobús feeder routes in most of the stations, in addition to the expansion of lines existing stations (La Rinconada terminal station of line 3 and intermediate stations of the extension; interconnection of the Plaza Venezuela and Capuchinos stations – extension of line 2, better known as line 4, as well as the future interconnection with the Metro Guarenas Guatire system, which began with the Bello Monte station) and an appendix that extends to the city of Los Teques (capital of the Miranda state). The three stations that comprise this last line make up the Los Teques Metro System86. Both systems are operated by the company C. A. Metro de Caracas (Cametro)

The system inaugurated in 1983 has 71&nbsp;km and with five lines, being one of the longest in Latin America and expansions of it are being built towards the towns of Guarenas and Guatire. The expansion plans also include the extension to the Baruta and Hatillo municipalities, as well as other metrocable systems in the city center.

=== BusCaracas ===
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BusCaracas is a [[mass transit system]] that connects some areas of the Libertador municipality of Caracas. It began operations in October 201290, taking as a model other means of transportation such as the Trolemérida, and Transbarca. The work was undertaken by the Government of Venezuela through the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MOPVI), the company in charge of the construction was VIALPA, until its contract was cancelled and replaced by PILPERCA in 2010, and inaugurated on 3 October 2012. Also known as Line 7 of the Caracas subway has 11 stations with two connections to the subway system at La Hoyada and La bandera, lines 1 and 3 respectively.

=== Metrocable ===
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[[File:Teleferico waraira repano caracas.JPG|thumb|Caracas Metrocable]]

The Caracas Metrocable is a [[Aerial lift|cable car]] system integrated into the Caracas Metro, conceived in such a way that residents of Caracas neighborhoods usually located in mountainous areas can travel faster and safer to the city center. It works like a feeder route in the style of the metrobus.

In 2011, a new metrocable system was built in the Parroquia de San Agustín del Sur, where people can freely go and enjoy a view of a large part of Caracas.

=== Rail system ===
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There is a national railway project, which aims to connect Caracas with the central area of the country. Currently, the Caracas-[[Cúa]] train service is operating, belonging to the Central Railway System of Venezuela "Ezequiel Zamora I". Inaugurated in 2006, it is the only railway section currently operating in Venezuela, according to the Instituto de Ferrocarriles del Estado (IFE). This commuter train line connects the city of Caracas with the towns of the [[Valles del Tuy]] (Charallave, Santa Lucía, Ocumare, Santa Teresa, Yare and Cúa) and runs for 41.4 kilometers.

The network begins its journey at the Libertador Simón Bolivar station in Caracas, located in La Rinconada and connected to line 3 of the Caracas metro. From the city it communicates with three other stations: Charallave Norte Francisco de Miranda and Charallave Sur Don Simón Rodríguez; both in the town of Charallave and ends at the Cúa General Ezequiel Zamora station (Cúa, [[Miranda (state)|Miranda]]).