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The Mexico City Metro is the largest and busiest heavy-rail rapid transit system in Mexico and second in North America, only behind the New York City Subway. As of 2014 [update] , the system is composed of 12 lines denominated 1 through 9, 12, A and B, totalling 226.5 km (140.7 mi) of track length and 195 stations.
The following table lists alphabetically all 195 metro stations of the Mexico City Metro system; [1] the line or lines serving each station; the year the station opened; the type of station (underground, elevated or at-grade); and other transportation services the station has connections with, such as the Mexico City Metrobús (a bus rapid transit system), [3] the Xochimilco Light Rail, [4 ...
1985 plan for the Mexico City Metro with the earlier project for Line 12. In the 1980s, the Comisión de Vialidad y Transporte Urbano (COVITUR), an organization of the Federal District Department, presented a plan for the Mexico City Metro based on several studies and reports related to the rapid growth of the city and its demand for public transportation.
Derou, Georges. "El metro de ciudad de México visto por los franceses," Presencia 1 (1970). "El arte del metro mexicano," Life en Español. 29 September 1969. Espinosa Ulloa, Jorge. El metro: Una solución al problema del transporte urbano. Mexico City: Representaciones y Servicios de Ingeniería 1975.
The first section of Line 1 was opened on 4 September 1969 as part of Mexico City Metro's first construction stage, it was inaugurated by Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970, and Alfonso Corona del Rosal, Regent of the Federal District Department. [3] The inauguration ceremony took place at the Insurgentes station. [4]
Insurgentes is a station on the Line 1 of Mexico City Metro. [2] [3] It is located within the Glorieta de los Insurgentes at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes and Avenida Chapultepec in Mexico City's Cuauhtémoc borough, close to the Zona Rosa shopping and entertainment district and the Colonia Roma, two of the most iconic neighborhoods in the city. [2]
Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 12 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico. [2] [3] Line 3 is the longest line, its color is olive green and it runs from north to south of the city covering almost all of it. It is built under Avenida de los Insurgentes, Guerrero, Zarco, Balderas, Cuauhtémoc, Universidad, Copilco and Delfín Madrigal ...
Viaducto is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. [2] [3] It is located in the border of Benito Juárez and Iztacalco boroughs of Mexico City, south of the city centre on Calzada de Tlalpan. [2] It is a surface station.