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CIUDAD
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MEXICO
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The capital city of Mexico, Ciudad de México - Distrito Federal, is home to some 8.8 million people. The metropolitan area extends beyond the D.F. borders mostly towards the north and east, with several more millions of inhabitants. Besides the metro, the city has a light rail line which is linked to the metro system at the southern line 2 terminus. So far, a single commuter rail line connects the capital with the northern metropolitan area.
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| METRO | |
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Total length of Mexico City Subway is now 176.8 km (201.7 km including service and depot tracks). Except for lines A and 12, the trains of which have standard steel wheels, all other lines use rubber-tyred trains like some lines in Paris and the metros of Montréal and Santiago de Chile. All lines have underground and surface sections, except line 1, which is completely underground, and line 4, which is entirely on the surface. Mexico City was the first metro system to use symbols and colours for identifying stations. Find out about the Metro's History and all opening dates
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| Line 1 | |
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Observatorio - Pantitlán; 16.7 km (in passenger service), 20 stations 05-09-1969: Zaragoza
- Chapultepec (12.7 km) |
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| Line 2 | |
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Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña; 20.7 km (in passenger service), 24 stations 01-08-1970:
Tasqueña - Pino Suárez (11.3 km) |
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| Line 3 | |
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Indios Verdes - Universidad; 21.3 km (in passenger service), 21 stations 20-11-1970:
Tlatelolco - Hospital General (5.4 km) |
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| Line 4 | |
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Martín Carrera - Santa Anita; 9.4 km (in passenger service), 10 stations (all elevated/at grade) 29-08-1981:
Martín Carrera - Candelaria (7.5 km) |
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| Line 5 | |
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Politécnico - Pantitlán; 14.4 km (in passenger service), 13 stations 19-12-1981:
Consulado - Pantitlán (9.2 km) |
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| Line 6 | |
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El Rosario - Martín Carrera, 11.4 km (in passenger service), 11 stations 21-12-1983:
El Rosario - Instituto del Petróleo (9.3 km) |
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| Line 7 | |
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El Rosario - Barranca del Muerto; 17 km (in passenger service), 14 stations 20-12-1984:
Tacuba - Auditorio (5.4 km) |
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| Line 8 | |
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Garibaldi-Lagunilla - Constitución de 1917; 17.7 km (in passenger service), 19 stations 20-07-1994:
Garibaldi - Constitución de 1917 (20.0 km) |
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| Line 9 | |
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Tacubaya - Pantitlán; 13 km (in passenger service), 12 stations 26-08-1987:
Pantitlán - Centro Médico (11.5 km) |
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| Line A | |
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Pantitlán - La Paz; 14.9 km (in passenger service), 10 stations - until 2012, the only line in Mexico City to use conventional steel wheel/steel rail technology 12-08-1991:
Pantitlán - La Paz (17.0 km) |
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| Line B | |
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Buenavista - Ciudad Azteca; 20.3 km (in passenger service), 21 stations 15-12-1999:
Buenavista - Villa de Aragón (13.5 km) |
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| Line 12 | |
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Mixcoac - Tláhuac; 24.5 km, 20 stations 30 Oct 2012: Mixcoac - Tláhuac - second line to use conventional steel wheel/steel rail technology In Aug. 2007, the construction of Line 12 (gold line) was officially announced. It runs from Mixcoac (Line 7) to Tlahuac in the southeast of Mexico City, intersecting with line 3 at Zapata, line 2 at Ermita and line 8 at Atlalilco (initially a new station had been planned on line 8 at Del Paso). Although initially planned to be entirely underground, Line 12 was eventually built underground only along its western half, while the rest is partly at grade and mostly elevated. After the collapse of the viaduct between Olivos and Tezonco stations in Tláhuac on 3 May 2021, service on line 12 was suspended! The section from Mixcoac to Atlalilco reopened 15 January 2023, followed by Atlalilco to Periférico Oriente on 15 July 2023, and finally the easternmost section on 30 Jan 2024. - western extension to Observatorio with two intermediate stations planned
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TREN
LIGERO (Light Rail)
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Tasqueña - Xochimilco; 12.6 km, 18 stations From the southern line 2 terminus Tasqueña, a high-floor light rail line runs to Xochimilco. This line was upgraded from a former tram line, and opened in two stages: 1986
Tasqueña - Estadio Azteca
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| FERROCARRIL SUBURBANO | |
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The first line of several planned radial routes opened on 01 June 2008, leaving from Buenavista railway station and heading north. It intersects with metro line 6 at Ferrería/Fortuna station. The initial 20 km line terminated at Lechería, with three intermediate stations, before it was extended 7 km to Cuautitlán on 05 Jan 2009, with two additional stations. Trains operate every 6-15 minutes.
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| EL INSURGENTE | |
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Suburban railway built from scratch, running 56.4 km form Mexico City (Observatorio) west to Toluca, the capital of the State of Mexico [Website]. 15
Sept 2023:
Lerma – Zinacantepec (18.2
km)
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Links
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METRO DE CIUDAD DE MÉXICO Official Site Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos de D.F. (Tren Ligero & Trolebús) - Official Site Ferrocarriles Suburbanos (Suburban Rail) - Official Site El Insurgente (Suburban Rail) - Official Site Mexico City Metro at Wikipedia Ferrocarriles Suburbanos & El Insurgente at Wikipedia Mexico Metro Gallery at nycsubway.org Craig Moore's impressions of the Mexico Metro (Feb 2018)
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Photos
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| Notes | |
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25 Aug 2008: Tecnológico station on line B renamed Ecatepec
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2007 © Robert Schwandl (UrbanRail.Net)
