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The Mexico City Metro (Spanish: Metro de la Ciudad de México, lit. 'Metro of the City of Mexico') is a rapid transit system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City , including some municipalities in the State of Mexico .
Line 2 was the second line in the system to open, in 1970. After two expansions, the line has 24 stations, (the most number of stations on a line in the entire metro network), over a total track length of 23.431 km (14.559 mi), of which 20.713 km (12.870 mi) are passenger track.
Chapultepec station during the first day of operations after the inauguration. 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]
Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built in early 1980s by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA. [2] The line was inaugurated on 19 December 1981 and originally ran from Pantitlán (in Venustiano Carranza) to Consulado station (in the limits of Venustiano Carranza and Gustavo A. Madero), [3] with seven operative stations and a 9.154 kilometers (5.688 mi) long track. [4]
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 ...
Mexico City Metro logo. Mexico City is served by a 225.9 km (140 mi) metro system operated by Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, which is the largest in Latin America. The first portions were opened in 1969 and it has expanded to 12 lines with 195 stations. The metro transports 4.4 million people every day.
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Line 9 was the 8th metro line to be built in the network, built between 1985 and 1988. (Line 8 started operations until 1994). It is identified by the color dark brown, and runs from East to West in an almost straight fashion. It was built in order to support Line 1, providing a redistribution alternative for east–west commuters. [2]