On January 19, Ecuador’s capital mayor Mauricio Rodas held an official ceremony to launch the construction of Quito metro that will start from the south of the city.
This phase of the construction needs USD 7.5 million and represent the earthworks (excavations, ditches, landfills, embankments) and mapping studies are the first works to be start in the area. In this site will be developed the Operation Center and Control Point of the Quito Metro system.
The line will have 22 km and 15 stations and will assure the connection on north-south axis with 30 min time travel. 18 six- car trains will operate on the line.
Quito’s first metro line will run from the Quitumbe bus terminal in the south of the city to El Labrador station in the north, on the site of an old airport. Construction is expected to take 36 months, with a further six months for systems integration and commissioning.
Quito Metro is the best solution to solve the transport problem within the city. The metro system will have a capacity of 400 thousand passengers/day, nearly fifth of the total of city’s population.
In october, the Quito City Council and Quito Metro announced that Acciona (Spain) – Odebrecht (Brazil) consortium is the preferred bidder for the Phase 2 of the first metro line in Ecuador’s capital. The consortium formed in equal parts by the two companies. Under the USD 1.5 billion contract, the consortium will have to build 22 km of tunnel and 13 metro stations, carriage sheds and workshops, and the railway facilities required for commissionin.
The line already has 2 metro stations build by Acciona.
The total cost of Metro de Quito is estimated at USD 2 billion and includes the Phase 1 of the project (El Labrador – La Magdalena line), the Phase 2 (for tunnel works, and construction of 13 stations) and the acquisition of the rolling stock.
The Municipality will finance 63% of the total cost and the 37% is covered by the Ecuadorian Government financing from Latin America Development Bank (CAF), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), European Investment Bank (EIB) and World Bank (WB).
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