transportation which was inaugurated on 23 November 2005 .
Valparaiso has a Metro line from the port, to Vi�a del Mar, following
the commune Quilpu� and Villa Alemana to end in Limache , a city that
does not belong to Gran Valpara�so . The route was drawn up Limache,
because many of their citizens used the old Metrotren service, operating
MERVAL subsidiary of EFE in Valparaiso and Metro operates the same as
today. Line 1 has 20 stations and 43 km in length. Currently, Metro
Valpara�so has implemented to complement the system bus service that
operates in more meters and Olmu� Limache Viejo, besides the satellite
village communes composed of Quillota, La Cruz and La Calera.
Airport
Currently
at the aerodrome and Naval Air Vi�a del Mar, which depends on the Navy
and that formerly belonged to the Vi�a del Mar, not operate airline .
Previously the airline Ladeco had, as one of its routes, this airport .
The company stopped flying the route due to lack of sufficient
passengers to make it profitable. The reason for this was that, in those
years, it was faster and cheaper to travel to Santiago by car or bus to
travel to the airport. However, the sustained growth of tourism and
higher education establishments in the town of Vi�a del Mar and
Valpara�so rest of Great make plausible the reopening and expansion of
the air terminal that could become the Valparaiso International Airport,
due to the intention of several national and international airlines
interested in operating in the area.
One of the major drawbacks of
this airport and definitely preventing its use in commercial operations,
is that its runway is too short, with a length of only 1756 meters, so
it is completely inadequate and unsafe to operate aircraft of medium and
large size. The solution would be to extend the track to a suitable
length (minimum 2500 meters), which would start commercial operations at
this airport that is located
