List of Mexico City Metro lines
The Mexico City Metro provides mass transit transportation to large areas of the Mexican Federal District.
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It was the world's first metro system to identify its stations by means of symbols. It is also one of the cheapest – a ticket from any station to any other currently costs a mere MXN $2.00 (EUR 0.13 or USD 0.19).
This is a list of the Mexico City metro system's lines and stations
Line 1: Observatorio – Pantitlán
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Line colour: Pink
Length of passenger track: 16.654 km
Total track length: 18.828 km
Rolling stock: MP-68 trains, built in France in 1968; NE-92 trains, built in Spain in 1992
Stations: 20
Type of construction: Entire line underground
Prevailing direction: West to east, through the centre of the city
Inaugurated:
- 4 September 1969: Chapultepec to Zaragoza
- 11 April 1970: Chapultepec to Juanacatlán
- 20 November 1970: Juanacatlán to Tacubaya
- 10 June 1971: Tacubaya to Observatorio
- 22 August 1984: Zaragoza to Pantitlán
Observatorio | Tacubaya (+ Lines 7 & 9) | Juanacatlán | Chapultepec | Sevilla | Insurgentes | Cuauhtémoc | Balderas (+ Line 3) | Salto del Agua (+ Line 8) | Isabel la Católica | Pino Suárez (+ Line 2) | Merced | Candelaria (+ Line 4) | San Lázaro (+ Line B) | Moctezuma | Balbuena | Boulevard Puerto Aéreo | Gómez Farías | Zaragoza | Pantitlán (+ Lines 5, 9, & A)
Line 2: Cuatro Caminos – Tasqueña
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Mexico_metro_l2.png/120px-Mexico_metro_l2.png)
Line colour: Blue
Length of passenger track: 20.713 km
Total track length: 23.431 km
Rolling stock: Features 45 new NM-02 trains, made in Mexico in 2004.
Stations: 25
Type of construction: From Tasqueña to San Antonio Abad, on surface; from Pino Suárez to Panteones, underground. Cuatro Caminos is a surface terminal.
Prevailing direction: Northwest to south, through the centre of the city
Inaugurated:
- 1 August 1970: Pino Suárez to Tasqueña
- 14 September 1970: Pino Suárez to Tacuba
- 22 August 1984: Tacuba to Cuatro Caminos
Cuatro Caminos | Panteones | Tacuba (+ Line 7) | Cuitláhuac | Popotla | Colegio Militar | Normal | San Cosme | Revolución | Hidalgo (+ Line 3) | Bellas Artes (+ Line 8) | Allende | Zócalo | Pino Suárez (+ Line 1) | San Antonio Abad | Chabacano (+ Lines 8 & 9) | Viaducto | Xola | Villa de Cortés | Nativitas | Portales | Ermita | General Anaya | Tasqueña (+ Xochimilco Light Rail)
Line 3: Indios Verdes – Universidad
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Line colour: Khaki green
Length of passenger track: 21.278 km
Total track length: 23.609 km
Stations: 21
Type of construction: Universidad is a surface terminal. From Copilco to La Raza, underground. From Potrero to Indios Verdes, combines surface platforms and underground passenger corridors.
Prevailing direction: North to south, through the centre of the city
Inaugurated:
- 20 November 1970: Tlatelolco to Hospital General
- 25 August 1978: Tlatelolco to La Raza
- 1 December 1979: La Raza to Indios Verdes
- 7 June 1980: Hospital General to Centro Médico
- 25 August 1980: Centro Médico to Zapata
- 30 August 1983: Zapata to Universidad
Indios Verdes | Deportivo 18 de Marzo (+ Line 6) | Potrero | La Raza (+ Line 5) | Tlatelolco | Guerrero (+ Line B) | Hidalgo (+ Line 2) | Juárez | Balderas (+ Line 1) | Niños Héroes | Hospital General | Centro Médico (+ Line 9) | Etiopía | Eugenia | División del Norte | Zapata | Coyoacán | Viveros | Miguel Ángel de Quevedo | Copilco | Universidad
Line 4: Santa Anita – Martín Carrera
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Line colour: Aqua
Length of passenger track: 9.363 km
Total track length: 10.747 km
Rolling stock: Due to the low passenger traffic on this line, the STC introduced customised trains, consisting of only six cars.
Stations: 10
Type of construction: Elevated viaduct
Prevailing direction: North to south, to the east of the city centre
Inaugurated:
Martín Carrera (+ Line 6) | Talismán | Bondojito | Consulado (+ Line 5) | Canal del Norte | Morelos (+ Line B) | Candelaria (+ Line 1) | Fray Servando | Jamaica (+ Line 9) | Santa Anita (+ Line 8)
Line 5: Politécnico – Pantitlán
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Line colour: Yellow
Length of passenger track: 14.435 km
Total track length: 15.675 km
Stations: 13
Prevailing direction: North to east
Inaugurated:
- 19 December 1981: Pantitlán to Consulado
- 1 July 1982: Consulado to La Raza
- 30 August 1982: La Raza to Politécnico
Politécnico | Instituto del Petróleo (+ Line 6) | Autobuses del Norte | La Raza (+ Line 3) | Misterios | Valle Gómez | Consulado (+ Line 4) | Eduardo Molina | Aragón | Oceanía (+ Line B) | Terminal Aérea | Hangares | Pantitlán (+ Lines 1, 9, & A)
Line 6: El Rosario – Martín Carrera
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Line colour: Scarlet
Length of passenger track: 11.434 km
Total track length: 13.947 km
Rolling stock: Due to the low passenger traffic on this line, STC introduced customised trains, consisting of only six cars.
Stations: 11
Type of construction: El Rosario is a surface terminal. From Metro Tezozomoc to Martín Carrera, this line runs underground.
Prevailing direction: West to east, in the north of the city
Inaugurated:
- 21 December 1983: El Rosario to Instituto del Petróleo
- 8 July 1986: Instituto del Petróleo to Martín Carrera
El Rosario (+ Line 7) | Tezozomoc | Azcapotzalco | Ferrería | Norte 45 | Vallejo | Instituto del Petróleo (+ Line 5) | Lindavista | Deportivo 18 de Marzo (+ Line 3) | La Villa-Basílica | Martín Carrera (+ Line 4)
Line 7: El Rosario – Barranca del Muerto
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Line colour: Orange
Length of passenger track: 17.011 km
Total track length: 18.784 km
Stations: 14
Type of construction: El Rosario is a surface terminal. From Metro Aquiles Serdán to Metro Barranca del Muerto, this line runs underground. This line is also the deepest of all the metro system (more than 20 m underground).
Prevailing direction: North to south, west of the city centre
Inaugurated:
- 20 December 1984: Tacuba to Auditorio
- 22 August 1985: Auditorio to Tacubaya
- 19 December 1985: Tacubaya to Barranca
- 29 December 1988: Tacuba to El Rosario
El Rosario (+ Line 6) | Aquiles Serdán | Camarones | Refinería | Tacuba (+ Line 2) | San Joaquín | Polanco | Auditorio | Constituyentes | Tacubaya (+ Line 1 & 9) | San Pedro de los Pinos | San Antonio | Mixcoac | Barranca del Muerto
Line 8: Garibaldi – Constitución de 1917
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Line colour: Bright Green
Length of passenger track: 16.679 km
Total track length: 20.078 km
Stations: 19
Prevailing direction: City centre to south-east
Inaugurated:
Garibaldi (+ Line B) | Bellas Artes (+ Line 2) | San Juan de Letrán | Salto del Agua (+ Line 1) | Doctores | Obrera | Chabacano (+ Lines 2 & 9) | La Viga | Santa Anita (+ Line 4) | Coyuya | Iztacalco | Apatlaco | Aculco | Escuadrón 201 | Atlatilco | Iztapalapa | Cerro de la Estrella | UAM-I | Constitución de 1917
Line 9: Tacubaya – Pantitlán
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Line colour: Brown.
Length of passenger track: 13.033 km
Total track length: 15.375 km
Stations: 12
Prevailing direction: West to east, through the south of the city centre
Inaugurated:
Tacubaya (+ Lines 1 & 7) | Patriotismo | Chilpancingo | Centro Médico (+ Line 3) | Lázaro Cárdenas | Chabacano (+ Lines 2 & 8 ) | Jamaica (+ Line 4) | Mixiuhca | Velódromo | Ciudad Deportiva | Puebla | Pantitlán (+ Lines 1, 5, & A)
Line A: Pantitlán – La Paz
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Mexico_metro_la.png/120px-Mexico_metro_la.png)
Line colour: Plum-purple
Length of passenger track: 14.893 km
Total track length: 23.722 km
Rolling stock: FM-86 trains, built in Mexico in 1986; FM-95A trains, built in Mexico in 1998 and 1999. Trains on Line A use traditional rail traction, and gather electricity with a pantograph. All the "numbered" lines, as well as Line B, use pneumatic traction.
Stations: 10
Prevailing direction: East to far east
Inaugurated:
Pantitlán (+ Lines 1, 5, 9) | Agricola Oriental | Canal de San Juan | Tepalcates | Guelatao | Peñón Viejo | Acatitla | Santa Marta | Los Reyes | La Paz
Line B: Buenavista – Ciudad Azteca
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Line colour: Green-on-silver
Length of passenger track: 20.278 km
Total track length: 23.722 km
Stations: 21
Prevailing direction: City centre to far north-east
Inaugurated:
- 15 December 1999: Buenavista to Villa de Aragón
- 30 November 2000: Villa de Aragón to Ciudad Azteca
Buenavista | Guerrero (+ Line 3) | Garibaldi (+ Line 8) | Lagunilla | Tepito | Morelos (+ Line 4) | San Lázaro (+ Line 1) | Ricardo Flores Magón | Romero Rubio | Oceanía (+ Line 5) | Deportivo Oceanía | Bosque de Aragón | Villa de Aragón | Nezahualcóyotl | Impulsora | Río de los Remedios | Muzquiz | Tecnológico | Olímpica | Plaza Aragón | Ciudad Azteca
Xochimilco Light Rail: Tasqueña – Xochimilco
The Xochimilco to Tasqueña light rail line is not formally a part of the STC-Metro network. It does connect with Line 2 at Metro Tasqueña, but a separate ticket must be purchased.