Trolmérida

The Trolmérida is a combination bus rapid transit and funicular system that serves Mérida, Venezuela and surrounding communities.

Routes

TrolleyBus

Route 1

The first 14 of a planned 33 stationed trolley bus route (18,2 km in length) were inaugurated on June 18th 2007. This route serves Ejido and Mérida.

The following stations are in full operation:

* "Pozo Hondo"
* "Centenario"
* "Montalbán"
* "Las Cruces"
* "Pan de Azúcar"
* "La Parroquia" (Proposed Route 2 Transfer point)
* "La Mara"
* "Alto Chama"
* "Carrizal"
* "Museo de Ciencias"
* "Las Tapias"
* "El Acuario"
* "San Antonio"
* "Pie del Llano".

Route 1 construction continues on the following stations:

* "Santa Juana"
* "Soto Rosa"
* "María Mazzarello"
* "Campo de Oro"
* "Juan XXIII"
* "Luis Ghersy"
* "Medicina, facultad de"
* "Liceo Libertador"
* "Simón Bolívar" (Transfer stop to Line 2)
* "Obispo Lora" (Transfer stop to Line 2)
* "Las Américas"
* "Sor Juana Inés"
* "Plaza de Toros"
* "Albarregas"
* "Santa Ana"
* "Domingo Salazar"
* "Fundacite"
* "Los Chorros"
* "Núcleo La Hechicera"

Route 2

This route is in the planning stages and is expected to be 12 km long with 3 common stations alongside or crossing route 1

Funicular

Route 3

This 3km route will connect the community Chama to a Mérida trolley bus station.

ee also

* Cable car (railway)
* Funicular

External links

* [http://www.merida360.com/mrd-city/trolmerida/trolmerida.html Site dedicated to the Trolleybus in Spanish]
* [http://www.tramz.com/ve/me/mem.html Trolmérida route map]