“Dear user, the page will be enabled soon. We will be communicating the new schedules through our website and through the media.”
That was the message that was read when you wanted to activate an account to be able to make trips on the Quito Metro trains, after noon this Sunday, January 8.
Trips in the Quito Metro are suspended due to a fall in the scheduling system
The trips on the trains were supposed to have started last Thursday, January 5, but were suspended due to a crash in the scheduling system.
According to the official website of the capital’s Municipality, in order to travel, you must activate a Metro Q account at https://cuentametroq.metrodequito.gob.ec/login
You have to follow the steps to register, the user of the account will be the ID number and your password. Each person must activate their own account, even minors, the entity explained.
“When reserving your passes you must choose the time, the start station of the trip and the direction in which you want to mobilize, either towards El Labrador (north) or Quitumbe (south). The platform will allow you to choose from a table of available trips to know the exact time you should board the train at the selected station. Limited places will be enabled for the tours, ”said the Municipality.
The operator of the Quito Metro will be able to select among 244 technicians graduated in Ecuador, personnel for the project
When can the trips be made?
There is no estimated date. Through a statement, the Metro indicated that during the night of January 4, a failure was detected in the technological platforms that prevented the synchronization between the issuance and recognition of the QR codes issued by the Metro Q account platform, which made control impossible. automatic access, an essential element for platform safety.
“Given this inconvenience, to protect the safety of the people concerned, work is being done to resolve what has arisen to, in the shortest possible time, rehabilitate the reserve of learning passes for the dynamic induction phase,” he added.
For the moment, the Quito Metro stations will have their doors open, according to the schedule, to continue the learning tours with the interested citizens, said that entity.
In fact, this Sunday, January 8, you could visit 11 of the 15 existing stations: El Labrador, Iñaquito, La Pradera, Universidad Central (to the north), Ejido, La Alameda, San Francisco (in the center), La Magdalena, El Recreo, Morán Valverde and Quitumbe (to the south), between 08:00 and 11:40.
The Metro fare is a key factor that Quiteños will consider when deciding whether to use the system permanently
Once the commercial operation of the Metro begins, in March, the value of the ticket will be $0.45 and if it is used with the municipal transport system, $0.60.
There will be 18 trains, each with six cars that will travel 22 kilometers in 34 minutes between the north and south of Quito.
Some 400,000 people would mobilize daily. (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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