Construction of line 1 began in 2000.
Free rides on Sundays, between Terminal Ejido and Alto Chama, began 26/11/2006.
Daily service between Ejido and Pie del Llano, still fare-free, began
18/6/2007.
Trolmérida finally began charging fares on 4 February 2008.
REFERENCES República de Venezuela. Dirección de Cartografía Nacional. Hoja (sheet) 5941 "Mérida", Edición Preliminar, 1977. Topographical map of the Ejido-Mérida area at scale 1:100,000. Mapa interactivo de Santiago de los Caballeros de Mérida. Wonderful, detailed, zoomable street map of Mérida, from the Mérida360 website of Gerardo Sánchez. Imagen de Mérida Vista desde la Estación Espacial Internacional. High resolution, zoomable satellite view of Mérida from the Mérida360 website of Gerardo Sánchez. These images were provided by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration ("NASA") and are not available on Google. Google Maps. High resolution satellite view of Ejido: enter "Ejido Venezuela" then select "Satellite". The same image is available on Google Earth, via software download. Google does not (yet) provide high resolution satellite views of Mérida. Trolmérida: unofficial site by Gerardo Sánchez. A large, excellent collection of photographs and 360° interactive panoramic views of the trolleybus line and Ejido terminal – taken at intervals since June 2006. Highly recommended.
The author wishes to acknowledge the extraordinary contributions of Mérida resident Gerardo Sánchez, who not only created the pages noted above, but also provided the author with valuable information about the trolleybus project and his home town in general.
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