Quito Metro

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Quito Metro
Overview
Native name	Metro de Quito
Locale	Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Transit type	Metro
Number of lines	1
Number of stations	15
Website	Metro de Quito (in Spanish)
Operation
Operation will start	Third trimester of 2022[1]
Number of vehicles	18 CAF EMUs[2]
Technical
System length	22 km (14 mi)[3]
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	1,500 V DC from overhead catenary
Average speed	37 kilometres per hour (23 mph)[2]
System map

The Quito Metro (Spanish: Metro de Quito), abbreviated as MDQ, is an underground rail mass transit system consisting of a single line that is under construction in Quito, the capital of Ecuador.

History[]

Construction on the main south and north stations began in December 2012. Construction of the metro line began in January 2016.^[4] The metro was projected to be operational in August 2020,^[5] but has been delayed to the third trimester of 2022.^[6]

System[]

The system's first line, which will include 15 stations, extends from Quitumbe (which is to the south of the city) to El Labrador (which is to the north of the city). The 15 stations on this line will be:^[7]

• Quitumbe
• Morán Valverde
• Solanda
• Cardenal de la Torre
• El Recreo
• La Magdalena
• San Francisco
• La Alameda
• El Ejido
• Universidad Central
• La Pradera
• La Carolina
• Iñaquito
• Jipijapa
• El Labrador

Only one of the stations, the one in Plaza de San Francisco (by the San Francisco monastery), will be placed in the historic center of Quito (declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1978).^[4] Due to archaeological remains found at the proposed site of the San Francisco Station in late 2016, the station will be moved two blocks further south to Plaza 24th of May, and the remains will not be disturbed further.

The design of Line 1 allows for a further five stations intermediate to those initially constructed to be built if demand warrants, and for a potential 5 km extension northwards to the Ofelia bus terminal.

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External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Metro de Quito.

• Metro de Quito – official website (in Spanish)
• Quito on UrbanRail.net

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