Aerovia (Guayaquil)

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Guayaquil's Aerovia
First Gondola lift in Ecuador
Overview
Status	Operational
Character	Urban
Location	Guayaquil, Ecuador
Termini	Parque del Centenario Durán
No. of stations	5
Open	December 21, 2020; 14 months ago (2020-12-21)
Technical features
Line length	3,340 m (10,960 ft)
Operating speed	10 miles per hour (16 km/h)
Notes	Electric motor powering cable bullwheel

Aerovía is a multimodal mass transportation system (by cable and power bus) that contributes to sustainability and urban integration between Guayaquil and Durán, improving the mobility style of its users, transporting them in a safe, comfortable, agile, affordable way, efficient, inclusive and friendly with the environment.^[1]

General information[]

The Aerovía has five stations, one is technical and does not receive passengers. It has 154 cabins with capacity for ten passengers, but due to capacity restrictions, five or six users can enter. The fare costs $ 0.70 and in Durán users can use the urban buses of two cooperatives at no additional cost, which take them to the most representative populated sectors of the neighboring canton.^[2]

Infrastructure[]

The Aerovía consists of a cable car line (Guayaquil - Durán Line) with a length of 4 km, 5 stations and 154 cabins.

Duran - Guayaquil Line
Photo	Station	Interchange	Location
		Parque del Centenario	Quito Avenue and 9 de Octubre Avenue
			Julián Coronel Street and Quito Avenue.
			Luis Vernaza Hospital.
		Las Peñas	Malecón Simón Bolívar Avenue and Loja Street.
			Durán's Malecon.

See also[]

• Cable car
• Metrovia
• Metrocable (Medellín)

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