Trolleybuses in Quito
| Quito trolleybus system | |
|---|---|
A trolleybus stopped at one of the high-platform stations typical of the line | |
| Operation | |
| Locale | Quito, Ecuador |
| Open | 18 December 1995 |
| Status | Open |
| Infrastructure | |
| Electrification | 750 V DC |
| Statistics | |
| Route length | 20 km (12 mi) |
The Quito trolleybus system is a bus rapid transit line located in Quito, Ecuador, which opened in 1995 and by 2002 was carrying approximately 220,000 passengers per day. It is managed by an agency of the municipality known as Empresa Metropolitana de Servicios y Administración del Transporte (EMSAT) and is operated by Compañía Trolebús Quito, S.A. The service is named (informally) El Trole, Spanish for "The Trolley", meaning trolleybus; this name is shown on signage at stops, and is used in publicity and marketing. Before being a subsystem of a larger bus rapid transit system of Quito known as MetrobusQ, El Trole was itself a whole system. Its formal name is Corredor Trole or; simply Trole, currently.