El Ejido metro station

{{short description|Quito metro station}}

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El Ejido is a Quito Metro station. It was officially opened on 21 December 2022 as part of the inaugural section of the system between Quitumbe and El Labrador. The revenue service started on 2 May 2023 and stopped on 11 May 2023.{{cite web |last1=Schwandl |first1=Robert |title=Quito |url=https://www.urbanrail.net/am/quito/quito.htm |publisher=urbanrail}} It resumed on 1 December 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/quito/metro-inauguracion-tickets-estaciones-recorrido/|title=Así fue el primer día de operación comercial del Metro de Quito|publisher=Primicias |language=es |trans-title=This was the first day of commercial operations of Quito Metro |access-date=2023-12-01}} The station is located between Universidad Central and La Alameda.

This is an underground station.{{cite news |title=Tuneladora "La Guaragua" llegó a Estación El Ejido |url=https://metrodequito.gob.ec/2018/07/30/tuneladora-la-guaragua-llego-a-estacion-el-ejido/ |work=Quito Metro |date=30 July 2018|language=es}} It is {{convert|28|m|ft}} deep.{{cite news |title=Finalizados los trabajos, el Metro restituyó el parque El Arbolito |url=https://metrodequito.gob.ec/2019/06/06/finalizados-los-trabajos-el-metro-restituyo-el-parque-el-arbolito/ |work=Quito Metro |date=6 June 2019}}

The station is located below Avenida 6 de Diciembre, between two parks, El Ejido and Parque del Arbolito.

The tunnel reached the station on 28 July 2018. On 23 January 2023, the first train with 600 passengers to whom invitations were extended arrived at the station.{{cite news |title=Desde este martes súbase al Metro de Quito |url=https://metrodequito.gob.ec/2023/01/23/inicio-induccion-dinamica/ |publisher=Metro de Quito |date=23 January 2023 |language=es}}