The Cuenca Tramway () is a
tram
A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in Canada and the United States) is an urban rail transit in which Rolling stock, vehicles, whether individual railcars or multiple-unit trains, run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some ...
line in the
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
ian city of
Cuenca
Cuenca may refer to:
People
* Cuenca (surname)
Places
Ecuador
* Cuenca Canton, in the Azuay Province
** Cuenca, Ecuador, capital of Cuenca Canton and Azuay Province
** Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cuenca
Peru
* Cuenca District, Huarochirí ...
.
Background
Construction began in November 2013, with the city of Cuenca signing a US$142.6m contract with the CITA Cuenca consortium, which is led by
Alstom
Alstom SA () is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets. It is active in the fields of passenger transportation, signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional ...
and includes CIM, Ineo, and TSO, the same year. Testing of the tramway's
Alstom Citadis
The Alstom Citadis is a family of low-floor trams and light rail vehicles built by Alstom. , over 2,300 Citadis trams have been sold and 1,800 tramways are in revenue service throughout the world, with operations in all six inhabited continents ...
rolling stock on the southernmost part of the line began in 2015, and test runs over the full route began in July 2018.
In September 2018 an agreement with Metro Tenerife was signed by Cuenca municipality to operate the tramway.
Route
The 10.7 km route begins at Parque Industrial and ends at Rio Tarqui, passing through the historic center, and as of 2018 was forecast to carry 120,000 daily passengers.
See also
*
Quito Metro
The Quito Metro (), abbreviated as MDQ, is a rapid transit system consisting of a single line in Quito, the capital of Ecuador.
History
Construction on the main south and north stations began in December 2012. Construction of the metro line it ...
*
Empresa de Ferrocarriles Ecuatorianos
The Ferrocarriles del Ecuador Empresa Pública (Ecuadorian Railways Company) is the national railway of Ecuador. The railway system was devised to connect the Pacific coast with the Andean highlands. After many decades of service the railway was s ...
References
External links
* {{official, tranvia.cuenca.gob.ec
Light rail in Ecuador
2020 establishments in Ecuador
Railway lines opened in 2020
Buildings and structures in Cuenca, Ecuador