First year of the Quito Metro

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The Quito Metro celebrates one year of operations, Now they are regular, making life easier for millions of Quito residents. We review how it works, changes and improvements during this time.

There have been more than 50 million trips in these first 365 days of operation of the most modern transportation system in the world Ecuador and some 150 a thousand people a day use the subway 400 thousand that are needed.

The metro revolutionized the city's public transportation, 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.

First year of the Quito Metro

Regular readers of the blog and my social networks know what, Just a year ago it opened without knowing how successful it would be. ,a new space on the blog and YouTube channel. I started to show how the Quito Metro and more of 500 a thousand people read or saw the content I made, This motivated me to do more tours of this type and I have already done it in Lima, Santiago, The Angels and Cuenca (until now), the list will continue to grow.

Now, The time has come to review the metro that saw the birth of this space on my digital channels in its first year of operation with video touring its facilities, but I have to tell you, it didn't end well. In the video I show everything that has improved and changed in this time, and the altercation I had with private personnel who work here:

Schedules

Hours of operation:

• Monday to Friday: 5:30 a 22:00
• Saturdays: 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 (Saturdays and Sundays).
  • Saturdays, Sundays and holidays between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m..
    • Conditions of Transport: To ensure a safe and comfortable journey for everyone:
    • Pets must weigh up to 10 kg.
    • It is essential that they be inside a rigid carrying case..
• Bicycles and skateboards: Allowed from 10:00 a 16:00 (off-peak time).
• Access: Upon entering the station, the user must carry the bicycle, don't ride it.
  • Spaces: It is essential that, when using the Quito Metro with bicycles, designated spaces are used for placement.
  • Amount: One bicycle per user is allowed.
  • Location on the train: Travelers with bicycles must travel in the specified train car.

Prices and payment methods

Regarding prices, These are maintained as follows:

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

To access the reduced or preferential rate you must always present your card or identification card..

Regarding payment methods, we have the following:

• Purchase of a single ticket at the box office.
• Purchasing tickets from vending machines.
• City card
• Identity card
• QR code in app.
• QR code purchase at DeUna!

What can improve?

After this year, I have personally identified, the following aspects still key for improvement:

• Single fare integrated with public and municipal surface buses.
• Integration 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 payment methods and improve current ones.
• Unlimited daily or weekly passes with preferential price for national or foreign tourists.
• Air conditioning in trains and wagons.
• Line Extension 1 to La Ofelia and even further north.
• And since we're talking about transportation, A comprehensive improvement to the different surface transportation services is urgently needed.

The most used stations are those in Quitumbe., San Francisco and Labrador, the metro continues looking for ways to increase its 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 losses.

For this, There is so much to do, connect new lines on the surface with the different stops in the eastern direction – West, integrate Trole services, Ecovía and Metrovía with a single fare with the metro.

Too, grow as I indicated is necessary. There are highly populated areas of Quito that would be a great source 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 should 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.

What do you think of the metro in its first year of operations??

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