GojiMet86 Posted March 22, 2020 Report Share Posted March 22, 2020 QUITO Quito is home to a BRT system with 3 corridors. The city is narrow but long, and the corridors run in the center, east (oriental) and west (occidental). The trollebus corridor (Troncal Trolebus) is the oldest and uses a combination of the trolleybus and diesel articulated and biarticulated buses. Ecovia (Troncal Oriental) is the second one to have opened, and the third (Troncal Occidental) is run by private companies. Feeder lines run to terminals and some stations. All transit buses in Quito all under the Metrobus-Q brand but aside from the two city-control BRT lines, all other buses are privately owned by many cooperativas. The blue buses act as feeders to the BRT or as their own proper routes. Green buses are interparroquiales running between counties in the outskirts into the outer parts of the city. One thing I saw on this year I didn't see in 2016 were intraparroquiales, smaller buses that run in the Cumbaya county right next to Quito. These guys are painted white, with green on the bottom. There are two other color schemes, an all-red scheme, and a white with red. The white with red (ejecutivos) buses are special buses, but most of them are gone now. A site with maps of the routes is available here: https://callejero-ecuador.openalfa.com/quito/lineas-de-autobus The city and the privates have their own numbering systems and both are displayed. The big numbers on the sides of the blue and green buses is the city numbering, and a smaller one (recognizeable as being two digits, sometimes with a leading zero, usually at the front of the bus) is the companies own. The name of the private company is on the front of the bus (Paquisha, Trans Perifericos, Catar, Yaruqui, Flota Pichincha, Guadalajara, etc) and sometimes on the side. The trolleybuses (T001-T113) make up the first 113 of all city numbers (0001-0113). The all-red Marcopolos (D001-D042) have non-sequential city numbers (spread in the 1100-1300 range). The Caio Millennium II (A01-A80) have city numbers 2845 to at least 2923. I don't know yet the city numbers of the other two fleets (Mercedes-Benz O500M M01-M40 and the biarticulates V01-V80). The rest of the bus lines are run by private companies, which use a huge range of models and makes, too much to list......for now. The most common manufacturers are IMETAM, Imce, Miral, Picosa, Olimpica, Marielbus, Varma, and Zamora. A lot of units seem to have custom decals, and because the chassis is usually displayed on the bus, it has made it difficult to me to identify exactly what is what. The numbering isn't based on the model or year, but on the company. Each company has blocks dedicated to it and if an old bus is replaced, then the new bus takes the old number. Or there may be new blocks opened up later. All buses are high-floor buses. I did not see any exception to this. Buses that run on feeder lines or next to the BRT corridors usually have doors on both sides. BYD has been testing some models, unfortunately while I saw two units (one standard and one artic) I couldn't take good photos. The Quito Metro is also under construction, with an expected opening moving from 2019 to late 2020, but now with COVID-19 it may be pushed further down. The line will have 15 stations and will use 18 trains made up of 6 cars each. I've visited Quito twice now, so I'll be using photos from both trips. All the trolleybus pics I have in my possession except one were taken this year. CITY FLEET Mercedes-Benz O405G and O405GT (T001-T113) The first batch of 54 buses (01 to 54) came in 1995 and the second of 59 (55 to 113). They are dual-mode, since some sections have a change and are the only ones with right-side only boarding. All other artics have doors on both sides. A good number have been retired now (26) but the majority is still rolling, at least that's my general understanding (I have seen some sources saying that up to 60 were retired). There are plans to buy 70 new trolleybuses and 20 electric artics, which were supposed to be bought in 2019 but there are funding problems. IMG_5115 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5107 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5109 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5247 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5250 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5074 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5256 by GojiMet86, on Flickr Marcopolo Viale Volvo B10M (D001-D042) These guys run on the Ecovia corridor and were built in 2003. One thing I haven't understood yet is if the corridor opened in 2001, what was used in between? Anyway, there were 42 and 5 of them were retired some years back. IMG_4105 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4779 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4781 by GojiMet86, on Flickr Caio Millennium II Volvo B12M (A01-A80) These were built in 2011. IMG_4103 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4777 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4786 by GojiMet86, on Flickr Busscar Urbanuss Pluss Mercedes-Benz 0500M (M01-M40) There were built in 2015 and came with a special scheme. Now they are usually white with a blue or red line. IMG_4782 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4096 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5112 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5245 by GojiMet86, on Flickr Marcopolo Gran Viale Biarticulated Volvo B340M (V01-V80) These were built in 2016 and were the first biarticulateds in Quito. IMG_2834 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5114 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4783 by GojiMet86, on Flickr PRIVATE FLEET Busscar Urbanuss Pluss Scania L94IA (2759-2775?) IMG_2821 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_2586 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_2820 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5078 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3644 by GojiMet86, on Flickr Marcopolo Gran Viale Volvo B10M (2778?-2841?) IMG_5077 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_2823 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMETAM (VIP City, City Plus, City Mini, older unknown models) IMG_5081 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5230 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4986 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_2137 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_2678 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3582 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3655 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4075 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4144 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMCE (Silver, Silver City, Platinum, older unknown models) IMG_4988 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4097 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4537 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3980 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4002 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5163 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5097 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5224 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4984 by GojiMet86, on Flickr Miral (Milenium, Urban Plus, Enjoy, Quantum, older unknown models) IMG_3444 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5169 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5220 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5234 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4974 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4993 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5096 by GojiMet86, on Flickr Picosa IMG_5091 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4962 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5164 by GojiMet86, on Flickr Zamora IMG_2119 by GojiMet86, on Flickr Marielbus IMG_5172 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5176 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_5227 by GojiMet86, on Flickr Other buses and models IMG_3397 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3401 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3388 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3391 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_2814 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_2526 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_4095 by GojiMet86, on Flickr 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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