By the end of 2022, the most expensive work in the capital will have to operate. This January 13, a tour was made and details of the progress of the Metro were given.
Mayor Santiago Guarderas upholds the forecast that the Quito Metro operates in the last quarter of 2022. However, the Mayor is cautious not to specify a month for the inauguration of the mega-project that has cost the city more than 2 billion dollars.
This January 13, 2022, during a tour to two of the 16 Metro stations, the authorities gave more details, such as the system of payment of the passage and costs.
Two types of tickets
Guarderas explained that the rate will be 45 cents (when you take only the Metro) and the integrated rate (when you also take other types of systems, such as Ecovía) will be 60 cents.
Cards for payment
Efraín Bastidas, manager of the Quito Metro, mentioned that the payment process will be through cards that the person will bring to the validator so that swing gates open or the turnstiles to activate. “Those cards They can be recharged both at ticket offices and machines and other institutions such as pharmacy networks or shops in the city ”.
Currently, in the Metro stations swing gates and turnstiles are installed; but the validators are missing, which are the systems that they scan the cards of the users. Guarderas said that there is already a hiring process for that.
There are at least seven countries interested in the operation of the @MetrodeQuito. The winner will be defined in June 2022. More details ???? https://t.co/SXjIYOLUXe pic.twitter.com/wlDoWsSYYh
– The Ecuador Hour (@lahoraecuador) January 13, 2022
Routes and frequencies
Bastidas said that there is “a high integration»With corridor systems with the Meter. However, with buses the restructuring of routes and frequencies. “The issue is that today all buses circulate in a north-south direction, but in the transversality there are almost no lines,” said the Manager of the Meter. This means that there are no routes that take the citizen, for example, from Monteserrín to the Forest directly. The Ministry of Mobility is working on that – Bastidas stressed. (AVV)
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