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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 and includes CIM, Ineo, and TSO, the same year. [3] Testing of the tramway's Alstom Citadis rolling stock on the southernmost part of the line began in 2015, and test runs over the full route began in ...
It was founded decades after other major Spanish settlements in the region, such as Quito (1534), Guayaquil (1538), and Loja (1548). Cuenca's population and importance grew steadily during the colonial era. Cuenca reached the peak of its importance in the first years of Ecuador's independence; Cuenca achieved its independence on November 3, 1820.
The first Japanese tram line began in 1895 as the Kyoto Electric Railroad. The tram reached its zenith in 1932, when 82 rail companies operated 1,479 kilometres (919 mi) of track in 65 cities. Its popularity declined during the rest of the decade, a trend accelerated by the Pacific War, the occupation of Japan and the rebuilding years. Although ...
This is a list of cities and towns in South America that have, or once had, town tramway (urban tramway, or streetcar) systems as part of their public transport system. . Separate lists have been created for Argentina, Brazil and Chile to increase user-friendliness and reduce article
Light rail is a commonly used mode of public transit in South America. The term light rail was coined in 1972 by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA; the precursor to the U.S. Federal Transit Administration) to describe new streetcar transformations which were taking place in Europe and the United States.
Cuenca tram: Cuenca: Ecuador: 2020 The system uses APS in certain regions only and conventional overhead wires elsewhere. [23] Istanbul T5 tramway: Istanbul: Turkey: 2021 [24] Lusail Tram: Lusail: Qatar: 2022 The system uses APS on the above ground sections, with around 19 km of APS. [25] Barcelona tram: Barcelona: Spain: 2024
In 2020, the Cuenca Tramway (Tranvía Cuenca), the first modern rail transit line in Ecuador, opened for service. The Quito Metro initiated its commercial operations on 1 December 2023. Waterways
The system length of a tram/streetcar or light rail network is the sum of the lengths of all routes in the ... Cuenca Ecuador: Cuenca tram: 2020 [305] [306] 27 1 10.7 ...