Cuenca tram


The Cuenca tram is a tram line in the Ecuadorian city of Cuenca.

Background

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. Testing of the tramway's Alstom Citadis rolling stock began in August 2017.
In September 2018 an agreement with Metro Tenerife was signed by Cuenca municipality to operate the tramway.

Route

The 10.7 km route begins at Parque Industrial and ends at Rio Tarqui, and is expected to carry 120,000 daily passengers.