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 Bus arriving at El Dorado Mall | |
| Founded | December 28, 2010 |
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| Locale | Panama City, Panama |
| Routes | 142 |
| Fleet | 1,436 buses |
| Daily ridership | 325,000 (2021) |
| Website | mibus |
The Metrobus is the massive bus transportation system that operates in the districts of Panama, San Miguelito and Colón. The system began operations on December 28, 2010, replacing the "diablo rojo" bus system (used school buses from the United States) that existed for several decades. It travels the main roads of Panama City (Vía España, Vía Simón Bolívar or Transístmica, Vía Ricardo J. Alfaro or Tumba Muerto, Avenida Balboa / Vía Israel and Avenida Domingo Díaz), the main toll highways (Corredor Norte and Corredor Sur ), as well as other minor transversal routes. In Colón the route is from Altos de Los Lagos-city center. The MiBus transport service is expected to be implemented in the Arraiján District and the western sector of the country.[1]
The system is in charge of the MiBus company,[2] initially managed by the Colombian-Panamanian consortium Transporte Masivo de Panamá until 2015, when the Panamanian government bought and assumed the operations of the company (remaining under the umbrella of the Panama Metro) and hired the American company First Transit, a subsidiary of FirstGroup, in the administrative part.[3]