MetrobusQ or Sistema MetrobusQ (the name is short for ''Metrobús (de) Quito'') is a bus rapid transit system managed by the Empresa Metropolitana de Servicios y Administración del Transporte (EMSAT), the transportation agency of the municipality of the city of Quito,

Pichincha Province Pichincha () is a province of Ecuador located in the northern Sierra region; its capital and largest city is Quito. It is bordered by Imbabura and Esmeraldas to the north, Cotopaxi and Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas to the south, Napo and ...

Ecuador Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...

. It is composed of three subsystems, or three busways: *

Trolleybus A trolleybus (also known as trolley bus, trolley coach, trackless trolley, trackless tramin the 1910s and 1920sJoyce, J.; King, J. S.; and Newman, A. G. (1986). ''British Trolleybus Systems'', pp. 9, 12. London: Ian Allan Publishing. .or trol ...

system (" Trole"), opened in 1995 and subsequently extended. * Articulated bus line (" Ecovía"), opened in 2001. *Articulated bus line (" Metrobus") running through northern and central Quito ("Corredor Central Norte").

External links

"Sistema Convencional de Transporte"
''Metrobús Quito.'' Retrieved 2009-03-26. Transport in Quito Bus rapid transit {{Ecuador-transport-stub