First year of the Quito Metro

The Quito Metro celebrates añor operations, now yesí regular, making life easier for millions of peopleños. We review how it works, changes and improvements during this time.

There have been más de 50 million trips in these first 365 días de operationón of the transportation system más modern del Ecuador and some 150 a thousand people a day use the subway 400 thousand that are needed.

The metro revolutionó transportation púcity ​​war, has benefited many who now see their travel times greatly reduced for whatever reasons., but there is a lot to improve, do and continue to grow.

Firstñor the Quito Metro

Regular readers of the blog and my social networks know thaté, just a year agoñthe apríwithout knowing the ésuccess to beía ,a new space on the blog and YouTube channel. Empecé showing cóhow it worked Quito Metro y más de 500 a thousand people read or saw the content I made, this is my reasonó to do más routes of that type and I have already done it in Lima, Santiago, The Ádrooling and Cuenca (until now), the list continueá growing.

Now, arrivedó the moment to review the metro that saw the birth of this space on my digital channels in its firstñor operation with video touring your facilities, but I have to tell you, no terminó GOOD. In the video I show everything that has improved and changed in this time, and the altercation I had with private personnel who work hereí:

Schedules

Hours of operation:

• Monday to Friday: 5:30 a 22:00
• Sábadass: 7:00 a 23:00
• Sundays and holidays: 7:00 a 22:00
• Pets: Allowed from 9:00 a 15:00 (monday to friday), 9:00 a 12:00 (sáSaturdays and Sundays).
  • Go sábadass, Sundays and holidays between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m..
    • Conditions of Transport: To ensure safe travel and cómode for everyone:
    • Pets must weigh up to 10 kg.
    • It is essential that it beén inside a carrying case ríhome.
• Bicycles and skateboards: Allowed from 10:00 a 16:00 (off-peak time).
• Access: Upon entering the stationón, the user must carry the bicycle, don't ride it.
  • Spaces: It is essential that, when using the Quito Metro with bicycles, the designated spaces are used for their placement.ón.
  • Amount: One bicycle per user is allowed.
  • Locationóon the train: Travelers with bicycles must ride in the vagótrain number specified for it.

Prices and payment methods

Regarding prices, These are maintained as follows:

• • Normal fare: $0.45.
  • Reduced rate (niños, niñas, teenagers up to 17 años and older adults): $0.22.
  • Preferential rate (People with disabilities): $0.10

To access the reduced or preferential rate you mustás always present your license or céidentity question.

Regarding payment methods, we have the following:

• Purchase of a single ticket at the box office.
• Purchase ticket in mávending machines.
• City card
• Céidentity question
• CóI say QR in app.
• Purchase of cóI say QR in DeUna!

¿Whaté can improve?

After thisñO, I have personally identified, the following aspects toún keys for improvement:

• Rate úonly integrated with surface buses púwar and municipal.
• Integrationón with surface transportation systems to increase demand.
• Sale of passes in stores, pharmacies or others to reduce queue times inside the stations.
• Promote the use of electronic mediaópayment options and improve the current.
• Unlimited daily or weekly passes with preferential price for national or foreign tourists.
• Air conditioning in trains and wagons.
• Expansionón of the Línea 1 to La Ofelia and más to the north even.
• And since we're talking about transportation, A comprehensive improvement to the different surface transportation services is urgently needed.

Being the seasons máIf you use the ones from Quitumbe, San Francisco and Labrador, the subway keeps looking for cóhow to increase your demand, that at the moment the authorities indicate that they border Los 140 thousand daily users, very far from what is necessary 400 thousand to be able to reduce pélosses.

For this, There is so much to do, connect new lísurface lines with the different stops in the eastern direction – West, integrate Trole services, Ecovíand y Metersíwith a single fare with the metro.

Spaghettién, grow as indicatedé necessary. There are highly populated areas of Quito that must beía great contribution of demand for the metro, There are plans to grow to La Ofelia, but it seems not to be enough and it is said that it shouldíto be until Carapungo, Sure, This implies new millionaire investments.

as we see, there is a lot to do in the subway, but there is a good base and there are important improvements that help people continue changing the way they move in the city.

¿Whaté what they think of the metro in their firstñor operations?