Desamparados station
Estación de Desamparados | |||||
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The station in 2018. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Jirón Áncash 15001, Lima, Peru | ||||
| Coordinates | 12°02′40″S 77°01′43″W / 12.04444°S 77.02861°W | ||||
| System | Commuter and Regional rail | ||||
| Owned by | Government of Peru | ||||
| Line | Ferrocarril Central Andino | ||||
| Tracks | 1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1870 | ||||
| Rebuilt | 1912 | ||||
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Desamparados station (Spanish: Estación de Desamparados) is a railway station in Lima, Peru. It is situated on the southern margin of the Rímac River, next to the Government Palace, at the intersection of Áncash and Carabaya streets. The station was named after the Church of Our Lady of the Forsaken, which stood next to the station until 1937. The project began in 1890 by the Peruvian Corporation and three years later the Lima–La Oroya route was inaugurated. The line became known as the Ferrocarril Central Andino.
The House of Peruvian Literature (Spanish: Casa de la Literatura Peruana), a museum dedicated to Peruvian literature, was inaugurated in 2009, occupying most of the building. As of 2025, the station only has an administrative use, although it regularly offers passenger services between Lima and Huancayo. It also serves as an exhibition hall, exhibiting such items as the presidential wagon "Paquita", named in honor of the wife of the then President of the Republic Oscar R. Benavides.