Mexico City Metro
Encyclopedia
The Mexico City Metro officially called Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, is a metro system that serves the metropolitan area
Greater Mexico City
Greater Mexico City refers to the conurbation around Mexico City, officially called Mexico City Metropolitan Area , constituted by the Federal District—itself composed of 16 boroughs—and 41 adjacent municipalities of the states of Mexico and Hidalgo...

 of Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

 (this includes some municipalities in Mexico State). It is the second largest metro system in North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

 after the New York City Subway
New York City Subway
The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...

, and in 2008 the system served 1.467 billion passengers, placing it as the eighth highest ridership
Metro systems by annual passenger rides
The most-used metro systems in terms of passenger rides per year:# Tokyo Subway 3.161 billion # Moscow Metro 2.348 billion # Seoul Subway 2.048 billion...

 in the world.

The first Metro line had 16 stations, and opened to the public in 1969. The system has expanded since then in a series of fits and starts. As of 2010, the system comprises eleven lines and 451 kilometres (280.2 mi) of passenger track. Ten of the lines are rubber-tyred metro
Rubber-tyred metro
A rubber-tyred metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road and rail technology. The vehicles have wheels with rubber tyres which run on rolling pads inside guide bars for traction, as well as traditional railway steel wheels with deep flanges on steel tracks for guidance through...

; instead of traditional steel wheels, they have rubber tires
Rubber-tyred metro
A rubber-tyred metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road and rail technology. The vehicles have wheels with rubber tyres which run on rolling pads inside guide bars for traction, as well as traditional railway steel wheels with deep flanges on steel tracks for guidance through...

 (also called pneumatic traction), which are quieter and cope better with Mexico City's unstable soils.

The STC metro system has 163 stations, 24 of which serve two or more lines (correspondencias or transfer stations). It has 106 underground stations (the deepest of which are 35 metres below street level); 53 surface stations and 16 elevated stations.

At the end of 2007, Mexican Federal District government announced the construction of a new metro line: line 12 will run towards the southeastern part of the city, connecting with lines 7, 3, 2 and 8 respectively.

Background

By the second half of the twentieth century, Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

 had serious public transport problems, with congested main roads and highways, especially in the downtown
Downtown
Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....

 zone, where 40 percent of the daily trips in the city
City
A city is a relatively large and permanent settlement. Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town within general English language meanings, many cities have a particular administrative, legal, or historical status based on local law.For example, in the U.S...

 were concentrated. In this area, 65 of the 91 lines of bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

 and electric transport circulated. With four thousand units in addition to 150,000 personal automobiles peak hours, the traffic speed was less than walking pace.

The principal promoter of the construction of Mexico City Metro was engineer Bernardo Quintana
Bernardo Quintana Arrioja
Bernardo Quintana Arrioja was a Mexican civil engineer who contributed to his country's infrastructure during the second part of the twentieth century...

, who was in charge of the construction company Ingenieros Civiles y Asociados (Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 for "Civil Engineers and Associates"). He carried out a series of studies that resulted in a draft plan and ultimately led to the construction of the Mexico City Metro. This plan was shown to different authorities of Mexico City but it was not made official until April 29, 1967, when the Government Gazzette (Spanish for "Diario Oficial de la Federación", roughly translated as "Official Journal of the Federation") published the presidential decree that created a public decentralized organism, the "Sistema de Transporte Colectivo" with the proposal to build, operate and run a rapid transit
Rapid transit
A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

 of subterranean
Subterranea (geography)
Subterranea refers to underground structures, both natural and man-made . Some subterranea include:* Bunker* Casemate* Catacombs* Caves** Ice caves* Cave dwellings, Cave house* Cave temple* Cellar* Cenote* Dungeon...

 course for the public transport of Mexico City.

Months later on June 19, 1967, in the crossroad of Chapultepec
Chapultepec
Chapultepec Park, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" in Mexico City, is the largest city park in Latin America, measuring in total just over 686 hectares. Centered on a rock formation called Chapultepec Hill, one of the park's main functions is to be an ecological space in the vast...

 Avenue with Bucareli Street, the inauguration ceremony for the Mexico City Metro took place. Two years later on September 4, 1969, an orange train made the inaugural trip between Zaragoza Station
Metro Zaragoza
Metro Zaragoza is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia 4 arboles and Colonia Puebla neighbourhoods of Venustiano Carranza borough, to the east of downtown Mexico City...

 and Insurgentes Station
Metro Insurgentes
Insurgentes is a station on the Mexico City Metro.It is located at the crossing of Avenida Insurgentes and Avenida Chapultepec in Mexico City's Cuauhtémoc borough, close to the Zona Rosa shopping and entertainment district....

.

1st stage

The first stage of construction took place between 1967 and 1972 with Lines 1, 2 and 3. This stage involved engineers, geologists, mechanics, civil engineers, chemists, hydraulic and sanitation workers, electricians, archaeologists, and biologists; specialists in ventilation, statistics, computation, and in traffic and transit; accountants, economists, lawyers, workers and laborers. Between 1,200 and 4,000 specialists and 48,000 workers participated, building at least one kilometer of metro per month, the fastest rate of construction ever for a subway.

During this stage of construction workers uncovered two archaeological ruins, one Aztec idol, and the bones of a mammoth (under exhibit in Talismán Station
Metro Talismán
Talismán is a station along Line 4 of the Mexico City Metro, located in Gustavo A. Madero borough.The station logo depicts a stylised image of a mammoth, with raised trunk and tusks. During the construction of this station, the fossilised remains of a mammoth were dug up by an excavation gang....

).

Line 1 was built from the Zaragoza Station
Metro Zaragoza
Metro Zaragoza is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia 4 arboles and Colonia Puebla neighbourhoods of Venustiano Carranza borough, to the east of downtown Mexico City...

 in the east to the Chapultepec Station
Metro Chapultepec
Chapultepec is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the centre of Mexico City.The station logo depicts a grasshopper . The station's name comes from the Bosque de Chapultepec, a large nearby park that contains a hill with the same name. Chapultepec...

; Line 2 from Tacuba Station
Metro Tacuba
Metro Tacuba is a station of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Tacuba district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough, to the west of downtown Mexico City. It lies along Lines 2 and 7....

 in the west to Tasqueña Station
Metro Tasqueña
Metro Tasqueña is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Campestre Churubusco neighborhood, within the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City, directly south of the city centre on Avenida Tasqueña and Canal de Miramontes...

 in the south; and Line 3 from Tlatelolco Station
Metro Tlatelolco
Metro Tlatelolco is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Tlatelolco neighbourhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, to the north of the downtown area...

 in the north to Hospital General Station
Metro Hospital General
Metro Hospital General is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.The station logo represents the symbol of International Red Cross...

 in the south.

The Metro began operation on September 4, 1969 with 48 stations and a total length of 42.4 kilometres (26.3 mi).

2nd stage

The second stage began with the creation of the "Comisión Ejecutiva del Metro" (Executive Technical Commission of Mexico City Metro), the commission in charge of extending the Mexico City Metro in the metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
The term metropolitan area refers to a region consisting of a densely populated urban core and its less-populated surrounding territories, sharing industry, infrastructure, and housing. A metropolitan area usually encompasses multiple jurisdictions and municipalities: neighborhoods, townships,...

. This stage took place between 1977 and 1982.

The stage began with the extension of Line 3 towards the north from Tlatelolco Station
Metro Tlatelolco
Metro Tlatelolco is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Tlatelolco neighbourhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, to the north of the downtown area...

 to La Raza Station
Metro La Raza
Metro La Raza is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is a combinedsubway and surface station, located in the Colonia Vallejo and Colonia Héroes de Nacozari neighbourhoods of the Gustavo A...

 and towards the south from Hospital General Station
Metro Hospital General
Metro Hospital General is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.The station logo represents the symbol of International Red Cross...

 to Zapata Station
Metro Zapata
Metro Zapata is a station on the Mexico City Metro. The station logo depicts Emiliano Zapata, a national hero from the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1921. This station used to be the terminus of Line 3; while the line has since been extended south, it still plays an important role in the...

. It also began the construction of Line 4 from Martín Carrera Station
Metro Martín Carrera
Metro Martín Carrera is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located at the borders of the Colonia Martín Carrera, Colonia 15 de Agosto, and Colonia Díaz Mirón districts in the Gustavo A. Madero borough, in the north of Mexico City...

 to Santa Anita Station
Metro Santa Anita
Metro Santa Anita is a station on the Mexico City Metro. Located in Mexico City's Iztacalco borough, the station is the current terminal of Line 4....

 and Line 5 from Pantitlán Station
Metro Pantitlán
Metro Pantitlán is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Iztacalco borough, to the east of downtown Mexico City city centre...

 to Politécnico Station
Metro Politécnico
Metro Politécnico is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the north of Mexico City, in the Gustavo A. Madero borough. It is the northern terminus for Line 5....

.

Line 4 was built as an elevated track, owing to the lower density of big buildings. The average height of this elevated track is 30 metres (98.4 ft).

3rd stage

This construction stage took place from the beginning of 1983 through the end of 1985. Lines 1, 2 and 3 were extended and new lines 6 and 7 were built. The length of the network increased by 35.2 kilometres (21.9 mi) and the number of stations increased by 105.

Line 3 was extended from Zapata Station
Metro Zapata
Metro Zapata is a station on the Mexico City Metro. The station logo depicts Emiliano Zapata, a national hero from the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1921. This station used to be the terminus of Line 3; while the line has since been extended south, it still plays an important role in the...

 to Universidad Station
Metro Universidad
Metro Universidad is astation on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the southern reaches of Mexico City, in Coyoacán borough. A surface station, it is the current terminus of Line 3...

, and was inaugurated on August 30, 1983. Line 1 was extended from Zaragoza Station
Metro Zaragoza
Metro Zaragoza is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia 4 arboles and Colonia Puebla neighbourhoods of Venustiano Carranza borough, to the east of downtown Mexico City...

 to Pantitlán Station
Metro Pantitlán
Metro Pantitlán is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Iztacalco borough, to the east of downtown Mexico City city centre...

, and Line 2 from Tacuba Station
Metro Tacuba
Metro Tacuba is a station of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Tacuba district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough, to the west of downtown Mexico City. It lies along Lines 2 and 7....

 to Cuatro Caminos Station
Metro Cuatro Caminos
Metro Cuatro Caminos is a station of the Mexico City metro network. It is the current north terminus of Line 2 and serves as a hub for regional transport from and into the State of México....

 between the limit with State of Mexico
Mexico (state)
México , officially: Estado Libre y Soberano de México is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of the United Mexican States. It is divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Toluca de Lerdo....

 but still in the metropolitan area of Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

. These two last extensions were both inaugurated on August 22, 1984.

Line 6 was built from El Rosario Station
Metro El Rosario
Metro El Rosario is a surface station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in Azcapotzalco borough, in the northern reaches of Mexico City. It serves as the terminal for both Lines 6 and 7.The station logo depicts a set of rosary beads....

 to Instituto del Petróleo Station
Metro Instituto del Petróleo
Metro Instituto del Petróleo is a station along Line 5 and Line 6 of the metro of Mexico City serving the Colonia Valle del Tepeyac, Colonia San Bartolo Atepehuapan, and Colonia Nueva Industrial districts of the Gustavo A...

 with underground and above-ground sections. Line 7 was built from Tacuba Station
Metro Tacuba
Metro Tacuba is a station of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Tacuba district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough, to the west of downtown Mexico City. It lies along Lines 2 and 7....

 to Barranca del Muerto Station
Metro Barranca del Muerto
Metro Barranca del Muerto is a station on the Mexico City Metro,Mexico. It is located in the Álvaro Obregón borough. Its logo represents two eagles, some say buzzards....

 and runs on the bottom of the Sierra de las Cruces mountain range that surrounds Mexico's valley by its west side, outside of the ancient lake zone; this made possible Line 7 to be built as a deep-tunnel.

1985 earthquake

On the morning of September 19, 1985, at almost the end of the third stage, an earthquake
1985 Mexico City earthquake
The 1985 Mexico City earthquake, a magnitude 8.0 earthquake that struck Mexico City on the early morning of 19 September 1985 at around 7:19 AM , caused the deaths of at least 10,000 people and serious damage to the greater Mexico City Area. The complete seismic event...

 struck Mexico City at 7:19 am (local time), with a magnitude of 8.1 on the Richter Scale. The earthquake caused several buildings such as old houses and hotels and even a Televisa
Televisa
Televisa is a Mexican multimedia conglomerate, the largest mass media company in Latin America and in the Spanish-speaking world. It is a major international entertainment business, with much of its programming airing in the United States on Univision, with which it has an exclusive contract...

 television office to collapse. Many buildings as well as streets were left with major damage making the transportation on the ground difficult, but the metro was not damaged because a rectangular structure was used instead of arches, making it resistant to earthquakes, thus giving the people a safe means of transportation in a time of crisis.

4th stage

This stage began in 1986 and ended in 1987. It began with the extensions of Line 6 from Instituto del Petróleo Station
Metro Instituto del Petróleo
Metro Instituto del Petróleo is a station along Line 5 and Line 6 of the metro of Mexico City serving the Colonia Valle del Tepeyac, Colonia San Bartolo Atepehuapan, and Colonia Nueva Industrial districts of the Gustavo A...

 to Martín Carrera Station
Metro Martín Carrera
Metro Martín Carrera is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located at the borders of the Colonia Martín Carrera, Colonia 15 de Agosto, and Colonia Díaz Mirón districts in the Gustavo A. Madero borough, in the north of Mexico City...

 and Line 7 from Tacuba Station
Metro Tacuba
Metro Tacuba is a station of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Tacuba district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough, to the west of downtown Mexico City. It lies along Lines 2 and 7....

 to El Rosario Station
Metro El Rosario
Metro El Rosario is a surface station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in Azcapotzalco borough, in the northern reaches of Mexico City. It serves as the terminal for both Lines 6 and 7.The station logo depicts a set of rosary beads....

, and with the construction of line 9 from Pantitlán Station
Metro Pantitlán
Metro Pantitlán is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Iztacalco borough, to the east of downtown Mexico City city centre...

 to Tacubaya Station
Metro Tacubaya
Metro Tacubaya is a station on Lines 1, 7 and 9 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, west of the city centre....

. On Line 9 a circular deep-tunnel and an elevated track were used.

5th stage

This stage began in 1988 and was completed in 1994.

This stage began the first extension of the metro to the State of Mexico
Mexico (state)
México , officially: Estado Libre y Soberano de México is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of the United Mexican States. It is divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Toluca de Lerdo....

 with the name Line A from Pantitlán Station
Metro Pantitlán
Metro Pantitlán is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Iztacalco borough, to the east of downtown Mexico City city centre...

 to La Paz Station
Metro La Paz (Mexico City Metro)
La Paz is a Mexico City Metro station that serves Line A. It is currently the terminal station. It opened, along with the other stations along Line A, on 12 August 1991...

. This line was built almost entirely above ground, and to reduce the cost of maintenance, steel railway tracks and overhead lines
Overhead lines
Overhead lines or overhead wires are used to transmit electrical energy to trams, trolleybuses or trains at a distance from the energy supply point...

 were used instead of pneumatic traction.

The draft for Line 8 planned a connection in Zócalo Station
Metro Zócalo
Metro Zócalo is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Centro district of the Cuauhtémoc borough exactly on the heart of Mexico City...

 the very center of the city, but it was cancelled because this could have damaged the colonial buildings and the Aztec ruins, so it was replanned and now it runs from Garibaldi Station
Metro Garibaldi
Metro Garibaldi, also known as Garibaldi/Lagunilla, is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is a transfer station, serving both Lines 8 and B. It is the northern terminus of Line 8....

, which is still downtown, to Constitucion de 1917 Station
Metro Constitución de 1917
Constitución de 1917 is a terminal station at the southeastern end of line 8 of the Mexico City Metro in Mexico City, Mexico.The logo of the station depicts a quill above a document dated 1917 and is intended to represent the Constitution of Mexico, which was adopted 5 February 1917. The station...

 in the southeast of the city. The construction of Line 8 began in 1988 and was completed in 1994.

With this, the length of the network increased 37.1 kilometres (23.1 mi), adding two lines and 29 more stations, giving the metro network at that point a total of 178.1 kilometres (110.7 mi), 154 stations and 10 lines.

6th stage

This stage began at the end of 1993 with the studies for Line B. Construction began in October 1994 of the subterranean
Subterranea (geography)
Subterranea refers to underground structures, both natural and man-made . Some subterranea include:* Bunker* Casemate* Catacombs* Caves** Ice caves* Cave dwellings, Cave house* Cave temple* Cellar* Cenote* Dungeon...

 track between Buenavista Station
Metro Buenavista
Metro Buenavista is a station on the Mexico City Metro, in the Colonia Buenavista neighborhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough. It is the southwestern terminal station of Line B . It also offers connections to the Insurgentes Metrobús bus rapid transit line.The station logo represents the front of an...

 (named after the Buenavista train station
Buenavista Station
Buenavista Station is a passenger rail station in Mexico City. The station provided intercity passenger rail service until those services were discontinued by Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México in 1997...

) and Garibaldi Station
Metro Garibaldi
Metro Garibaldi, also known as Garibaldi/Lagunilla, is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is a transfer station, serving both Lines 8 and B. It is the northern terminus of Line 8....

. In December 1997 the Mexican Federal District government had 178 kilometres (110.6 mi) of Metro network in operation and the extension of Line B. In October 1994 construction began on the subterranean section from Buenavista to Ecatepec in the neighboring state of Mexico but still forms part of the city. With a global advance of 49% it was completed in 2000.

7th stage

This stage is divided in two parts. Part one started in 2008 and was planned for completion in late 2009 with the creation of the future Line 12 from Tláhuac Station
Metro Tláhuac
The Metro Tláhuac is the future terminal station of Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.Its emblem is the symbol of the delegation Tláhuac....

 to the future Axomulco Station
Metro Axomulco
Metro Axomulco was a planned station that would serve Line 8 and Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro, but due to service issues the station construction was cancelled, leaving instead the Atlalilco station as the correspondence between these lines....

 and the aggregation of this station to Line 8. Part two, along with the whole new line was planned to be completed in 2010.

The book "Los Hombres del Metro" describes plans for the construction of Line 12, which will depart from Mixcoac and the Atlalilco and Constitución de 1917
Metro Constitución de 1917
Constitución de 1917 is a terminal station at the southeastern end of line 8 of the Mexico City Metro in Mexico City, Mexico.The logo of the station depicts a quill above a document dated 1917 and is intended to represent the Constitution of Mexico, which was adopted 5 February 1917. The station...

 stations of Line 8 will become part of Line 12. A map in the book shows that Line 8 will finish at Acoxpa and it will not start at Garibaldi. Supposedly it will start at Indios Verdes and it will run through Villa-Basílica and Misterios until reaching Garibaldi. In addition the map shows that Line 7 will finish at San Jerónimo. The only plan that has been officially confirmed by now is Line 12 which will be built starting June 2008 and it will start at Mixcoac station leading all the way to Tláhuac, a zone that has little public transportation far in the south/east of the City. Neither the plans of Line 8 nor the plans of Line 7 have been confirmed by the Mexico City Government.

According to the official web site of the Mexico City Metro, construction of Line 12 started in 2008 and the first part of it is to be ended in 2011 (giving service from Tlahuac to Atlalilco), while the whole line will be finished in 2012. The line will run from Mixcoac to Tláhuac, with 23 stations, 4 of them linking with another lines, and with the Mexico City Metrobús.

Station logos

Each station is identified by a minimalist logo related to the name of the station or the area around it. This is because, at the time of the first line's opening, the illiteracy rate was extremely high, so people found it easier to guide themselves with a system based on colors and visual signs. The design of the icons and the typography are a creation of Lance Wyman
Lance Wyman
Lance Wyman is an American graphic designer. He is known for such work as the logo of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games and the route map of the Washington Metro.-Life and career:...

, who also designed the logotype for the 1968 Summer Olympic Games at Mexico City. The logos are not assigned at random; rather, they are designated by considering the surrounding area, such as:
  • The reference places that are located around the stations (e.g., the logo for Salto del Agua
    Metro Salto del Agua
    Metro Salto del Agua is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the centre of Mexico City....

     fountain depicts a fountain);
  • The topology of an area (e.g., Coyoacán
    Metro Coyoacán
    Metro Coyoacán is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City. It is at the intersection of Universidad and Coyoacan avenues. Right outside the station lies the "Centro Coyoacan" shopping mall, Radio Formula and Bancomer...

    —in Nahuatl
    Nahuatl
    Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

     "place of coyotes"—depicts a coyote
    Coyote
    The coyote , also known as the American jackal or the prairie wolf, is a species of canine found throughout North and Central America, ranging from Panama in the south, north through Mexico, the United States and Canada...

    ); and
  • The history of the place (e.g., Juárez
    Metro Juárez
    Metro Juárez is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.The station logo depicts the bust of Benito Juárez , who served as president of Mexico for a long period in the 19th century. This station's name, along with Metro Guelatao, refers to...

    , named after President Benito Juárez
    Benito Juárez
    Benito Juárez born Benito Pablo Juárez García, was a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872...

    , depicts his silhouette).


The logos' background colors reflect those of the line the station serves. Stations serving two or more lines show the respective colors of each line in diagonal stripes, as in Salto del Agua
Metro Salto del Agua
Metro Salto del Agua is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the centre of Mexico City....

. This system was adopted for the Guadalajara
Guadalajara Metro
The Guadalajara light rail system , which is operated by SITEUR , is a light rail system serving the municipalities of Guadalajara, Zapopan and Tlaquepaque, in the state of Jalisco, Mexico...

 and Monterrey
Monterrey Metro
The Monterrey Metro is a fully grade-separated light rail, or metro, system in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It is the newest of Mexico's metro systems, with operation beginning in 1991. As of October 2008, the system operated 40 high-floor electric trains along 31 km of routes...

 metros, and recently for the 2005, 2009 and 2011 Mexico City Metrobús
Mexico City Metrobús
Metrobús is a bus rapid transit system in Mexico City, Mexico. It comprises 3 lines that traverse the city and connect with other forms of transit. It was officially opened to the public with service along Line 1 on 19 June 2005...

. Although logos are no longer necessary due to literacy being now widespread, their usage stuck, and the use of iconography as an illustration for public transportation remains largely a Mexican feature.

Lines and Stations


Line A

  • Agrícola Oriental is a station on Line A of the Mexico City Metro system.

  • Metro Canal de San Juan

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  • Metro Guelatao Line A

19.385162°N 99.03574°W
  • Metro Los Reyes Line A

19.358968°N 98.976903°W
  • Metro Peñón Viejo Line A

19.37332°N 99.017093°W
  • Metro Santa Marta Line A

19.36°N 98.994863°W
  • Metro Tepalcates is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Iztapalapa
    Iztapalapa
    Iztapalapa is one of the Federal District of Mexico City’s 16 boroughs, located on the east side of the entity. The borough is named after and centered on the formerly independent municipality of Iztapalapa, which is officially called Iztapalapa de Cuitláhuac for disambiguation purposes...

     borough, to the east of downtown Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    . It is on Line A. It is also the eastern terminus of Metrobús
    Mexico City Metrobús
    Metrobús is a bus rapid transit system in Mexico City, Mexico. It comprises 3 lines that traverse the city and connect with other forms of transit. It was officially opened to the public with service along Line 1 on 19 June 2005...

     line 2.

19.391335°N 99.046383°W

Line B

  • Ciudad Azteca is a station on Line B of the Mexico City metro system.

19.534595°N 99.0275°W
  • Metro Ecatepec is a station on Line B of the Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

     metro system. It is in the neighborhood of Ecatepec
    Ecatepec
    Ecatepec was an Aztec altepetl or city-state in the Valley of Mexico.-Tlatoque:From 1428 to 1539, Ecatepec was ruled by a tlatoani...

    . The station opened on November 30, 2000, under its original name, Metro Tecnológico. The station's icon was the emblem of the Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Ecatepec, whose facilities are located nearby. On July 23, 2008, Francisco Bojórquez Hernández, director of the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo-Metro, and José Luis Gutiérrez Cureño, Ecatepec's municipal president, established an agreement to improve the security, quality, and efficacy of the services at the station. As part of their agreement, they decided to change the name and iconography of the station. On August 25, 2008, Metro Tenológico was renamed Metro Ecatepec, after the neighborhood where it is located.

19.515301°N 99.035997°W
  • Metro Ecatepec is a station on Line B of the Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

     metro system. It is in the neighborhood of Ecatepec
    Ecatepec
    Ecatepec was an Aztec altepetl or city-state in the Valley of Mexico.-Tlatoque:From 1428 to 1539, Ecatepec was ruled by a tlatoani...

    . The station opened on November 30, 2000, under its original name, Metro Tecnológico. The station's icon was the emblem of the Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Ecatepec, whose facilities are located nearby. On July 23, 2008, Francisco Bojórquez Hernández, director of the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo-Metro, and José Luis Gutiérrez Cureño, Ecatepec's municipal president, established an agreement to improve the security, quality, and efficacy of the services at the station. As part of their agreement, they decided to change the name and iconography of the station. On August 25, 2008, Metro Tenológico was renamed Metro Ecatepec, after the neighborhood where it is located.

19.515301°N 99.035997°W
  • Impulsora is a station on Line B of the Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

     metro system.

19.485851°N 99.048915°W
  • Metro Lagunilla station is located north of the center of Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    , near the famous market with the same name (next to and used interchangeably with Tepito
    Tepito
    Tepito is a barrio located in Colonia Morelos in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City bordered by Avenida del Trabajo, Paseo de la Reforma, Eje 1 and Eje 2. Most of the neighborhood is taken up by the colorful tianguis or open-air market. Tepito’s economy has been linked to tianguis or traditional...

    ).

19.443386°N 99.131334°W
  • Nezahualcóyotl is a station on Line B of the Mexico city metro station.

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  • Olímpica is a station on Line B of the Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

     metro system.

19.521328°N 99.033422°W
  • Plaza Aragón is a station on Line B of the Mexico City metro system.

19.528447°N 99.030118°W
  • Metro Ricardo Flores Magón is a station on Line B of the Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

     metro system.


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  • Metro Río de los Remedios is a station on Line B of the Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

     metro system.

19.490908°N 99.046597°W
  • Romero Rubio is a station on Line B of the Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

     metro system.

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  • Villa de Aragón is a station on Line B of the Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

     metro system.

19.461656°N 99.061704°W

Line 5

  • Metro Eduardo Molina is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     in the Line 5
    Mexico City Metro Line 5
    Mexico City Metro Line 5 is one of the 11 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico.It has as its color the color yellow and runs from the north to the east...

     of the metro
    Rapid transit
    A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

     of Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    . Its logo represents a part of the masterpiece "El Agua, Origen de la Vida" (The water, origin of life) by Diego Rivera. It represents two hands taking water. The station name is in honor of Eduardo Molina, an important engineer, who solved the problem of lack of water in the 60's in Mexico.

19.451378°N 99.105434°W
  • Metro Hangares is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     in the Line 5 of the metro
    Rapid transit
    A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

     of Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    . Its logo represents a hangar
    Hangar
    A hangar is a closed structure to hold aircraft or spacecraft in protective storage. Most hangars are built of metal, but other materials such as wood and concrete are also sometimes used...

    , which are inside the airport, some of them private.

19.424142°N 99.087496°W
  • Metro Misterios is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     on Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro. The station was opened on July 1, 1982. The logo represents the silhouette of a misterio, a hermitage, of which fifteen were built in the Calzada de los Misterios.

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Line 6

  • La Villa-Basílica is a Mexico city metro station in line 6. Its logo is the facade of Our Lady of Guadalupe
    Our Lady of Guadalupe
    Our Lady of Guadalupe , also known as the Virgin of Guadalupe is a celebrated Catholic icon of the Virgin Mary.According to tradition, on December 9, 1531 Juan Diego, a simple indigenous peasant, had a vision of a young woman while he was on a hill in the Tepeyac desert, near Mexico City. The lady...

     Shrine.

19.481522°N 99.117923°W
  • Norte 45 is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     on Line 6 of the Mexico City Metro.

19.488683°N 99.162769°W
  • Metro Vallejo Line 6


Line 7

  • Metro Aquiles Serdán is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     in the Line 7 of the metro
    Rapid transit
    A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

     of Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    .Its logo represents the bust
    Bust (sculpture)
    A bust is a sculpted or cast representation of the upper part of the human figure, depicting a person's head and neck, as well as a variable portion of the chest and shoulders. The piece is normally supported by a plinth. These forms recreate the likeness of an individual...

     of Aquiles Serdán
    Aquiles Serdán
    Aquiles Serdán Alatriste , born in the city of Puebla, Puebla, was a Mexican politician who took part in the Mexican Revolution as an opponent of Porfirio Díaz, supporting Francisco I...

    , a martyr
    Martyr
    A martyr is somebody who suffers persecution and death for refusing to renounce, or accept, a belief or cause, usually religious.-Meaning:...

     in the Mexican Revolution
    Mexican Revolution
    The Mexican Revolution was a major armed struggle that started in 1910, with an uprising led by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz. The Revolution was characterized by several socialist, liberal, anarchist, populist, and agrarianist movements. Over time the Revolution...

    . This is the Third Station of Line 7.

Metro Auditorio

Metro Auditorio is a Mexico City Metro station located in line 7. It is one of the main metro gateways (along with Metro Polanco
Metro Polanco
Metro Polanco is a station along Line 7 of the Mexico City Metro. The station opened on 20 December 1984. It serves the Polanco neighborhood. The logo for the station features a silhouette of a building typical of the architecture of Polanco....

) to the chic and business-related neighbourhood, Polanco
Polanco (Mexico)
Polanco is the name that usually refers to a group of seven official neighborhoods in Mexico City, located north of Chapultepec Park. The official names of the neighborhoods are: Los Morales , Del Bosque, Polanco Reforma, Polanco Chapultepec, Chapultepec Morales, Bosque de Chapultepec and...

. The entrances to the station are on Paseo de la Reforma
Paseo de la Reforma
Paseo de la Reforma is a wide avenue that runs in a straight line, cutting diagonally across Mexico City. It was designed by Ferdinand von Rosenzweig in the 1860s and modeled after the great boulevards of Europe, such as Vienna's Ringstrasse or the Champs-Élysées in Paris...

, one of the main streets in the whole city.

Its symbol depicts the façade of the Auditorio Nacional National Auditorium, which is just above the station. This auditorium is one of the main venues for concerts, shows and entertainment in the city, so almost every weekend night, this station is used by the attendees of the events.

This station is also frequently used by tourists because of its vicinity with many landmarks of the city, such as Chapultepec
Chapultepec
Chapultepec Park, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" in Mexico City, is the largest city park in Latin America, measuring in total just over 686 hectares. Centered on a rock formation called Chapultepec Hill, one of the park's main functions is to be an ecological space in the vast...

. Outside the station, just in front of the Auditorio Nacional, is the main station of the Turibus, a double deck bus that runs a touristic route that goes from Chapultepec Park to the Historic Center along Reforma.

During weekdays, this station is also one of the busiest ones of the network because it is an entrance to the business, office and financial area in Polanco
Polanco (Mexico)
Polanco is the name that usually refers to a group of seven official neighborhoods in Mexico City, located north of Chapultepec Park. The official names of the neighborhoods are: Los Morales , Del Bosque, Polanco Reforma, Polanco Chapultepec, Chapultepec Morales, Bosque de Chapultepec and...

. Outside the station there is also one of the main microbus stops in the area; these microbuses transport people coming from the metro to other business and commercial zones in the city like northern Polanco
Polanco (Mexico)
Polanco is the name that usually refers to a group of seven official neighborhoods in Mexico City, located north of Chapultepec Park. The official names of the neighborhoods are: Los Morales , Del Bosque, Polanco Reforma, Polanco Chapultepec, Chapultepec Morales, Bosque de Chapultepec and...

, Palmas, Santa Fe
Santa Fe (Mexico City)
thumb|400px|Panoramic view of Santa Fethumb|200px|Carlos Lazo AveSanta Fe or City Santa Fe is one of Mexico City's major business districts, located in the west part of the city in the delegaciones of Cuajimalpa and Álvaro Obregón. Paseo de la Reforma and Constituyentes are the primary means of...

, Lomas de Chapultepec and Satélite
Ciudad Satélite
Satélite is a Greater Mexico City high-class suburban area located in Naucalpan, State of Mexico. Officially the name corresponds only to the homonym neighbourhood, Ciudad Satélite, founded circa 1957...

.

During the rush hour
Rush hour
A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest. Normally, this happens twice a day—once in the morning and once in the evening, the times during when the most people commute...

, due to the large mass of people taking these buses outside the metro station and to the poor infrastructure of the microbus stops, heavy traffic is originated in this part of Paseo de la Reforma
Paseo de la Reforma
Paseo de la Reforma is a wide avenue that runs in a straight line, cutting diagonally across Mexico City. It was designed by Ferdinand von Rosenzweig in the 1860s and modeled after the great boulevards of Europe, such as Vienna's Ringstrasse or the Champs-Élysées in Paris...

. Criticism has also been made to the layout of this metro station (among others of Line 7) because the heavy flows of people are not well managed; during the rush hours, flows of people walking in different directions often face each other causing a decrease in the speed of the flow. Another problem are the bottlenecks originated in bridges, narrow tunnels, electric and normal stairs due to low volume capacity and the lack of culture of using left side for fast travelers and right side for slower ones.
19.425498°N 99.191995°W
  • Metro Mixcoac is a station on Line 7 of the Mexico City Metro. It runs deep under Avenida Revolución.

There are two main entrances to the station: one in the west sidewalk of the previously mentioned avenue and other in a small plaza between Avenida Revolución, Avenida Patriotismo, Eje 7 Sur Extremadura and Calle Empresa. The station logo depicts a snake because Mixcoac means for "Nest of Cloudy Serpents"
19.375891°N 99.187531°W
  • Metro Polanco is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     of the Mexico City Metro, line 7.

19.433511°N 99.191029°W
  • Metro Refinería is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     in the Line 7 of the metro
    Rapid transit
    A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

     of Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    . The station is located very near to the PEMEX 18 de marzo refinery (which is now a sporting unit). Its logo represents three containers of the PEMEX
    Pemex
    Petróleos Mexicanos or Pemex is a Mexican state-owned petroleum company. As of 2010, with a total asset worth of $415.75 billion, it is the second non-publicly listed largest company in the world by total market value, and Latin America's second largest enterprise by annual revenue as of 2009...

     refinery
    Refinery
    A refinery is a production facility composed of a group of chemical engineering unit processes and unit operations refining certain materials or converting raw material into products of value.-Types of refineries:Different types of refineries are as follows:...

    .

19.469951°N 99.190578°W
  • Metro San Joaquín is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     in the Line 7 of the metro
    Rapid transit
    A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway, metro or metropolitan railway system is an electric passenger railway in an urban area with a high capacity and frequency, and grade separation from other traffic. Rapid transit systems are typically located either in underground tunnels or on...

     of Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    . Its logo represents the silhouette of a bridge of the radial viaduct Río San Joaquín.

19.445793°N 99.191823°W
  • Metro San Pedro de los Pinos is a station on Line 7 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo
    Miguel Hidalgo, D.F.
    Miguel Hidalgo is one of the 16 delegaciones into which Mexico's Federal District is divided. The borough includes some of the most affluent parts of Mexico City, such as Lomas de Chapultepec and Polanco. Its population at the 2010 census was 372,889 inhabitants, and it lies at an elevation of...

     borough of Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    , west of the city centre.

19.391275°N 99.186051°W

Line 8

  • Metro Aculco is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     in the Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City. The station's logo is a water wave in a channel. In Nahuatl
    Nahuatl
    Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

     it means "Where the water twists".

  • Metro Apatlaco is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     in the Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City. The station's logo is a house with hot water and steam inside of it. Apatlaco is a Nahuatl
    Nahuatl
    Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

     word that means "place of medicinal baths".

  • Metro Cerro de la Estrella is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     in the Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City. The station's logo is the silhouette of a hill with three crosses on it and a star on the back.

19.356012°N 99.085522°W
  • Metro Constitución de 1917 Line 8

19.34593°N 99.063892°W
  • Metro Doctores is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     on Line 8 of the Mexico City Metro. Its logo is the silhouette of two doctors. The station is named after Colonia Doctores, the neighborhood in which it is located, whose streets commemorate famous doctors of the era of La Reforma
    La Reforma
    La Reforma was a period halfway through the 19th century in the history of Mexico that was characterized by liberal reforms and the transformation of Mexico into a nation state...

    .


19.421612°N 99.143372°W
  • Metro Iztapalapa is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     in the Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City. The station's logo is a sun, representing the ceremony, celebrated in Iztapalapa every year, of the birth of the new sun.

19.357834°N 99.093461°W
  • Metro La Viga is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     in the Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City. The station's logo a pair of fishes, since in this zone is one of the most known markets of seafood, known as the Mercado de La Viga.

19.406495°N 99.126248°W
  • Metro Obrera is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     in the Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City. The station's logo is a construction worker helmet with two meshings. Its name comes from the neighbourhood of the same name, where the station is located.

19.413558°N 99.144187°W
  • Metro UAM-I is a station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     in the Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City. The station's logo is the logo of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
    Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
    The Metropolitan Autonomous University is a public university located in Mexico City, Mexico...

     campus Iztapalapa, which is close to the place the station is located. This station was previously known as La Purísima, the name of the street where it is located. The previous logo was the silhouette of the Virgin of Guadalupe.

19.351234°N 99.074707°W

Line 9

  • Metro Chilpancingo is a metro station
    Metro station
    A metro station or subway station is a railway station for a rapid transit system, often known by names such as "metro", "underground" and "subway". It is often underground or elevated. At crossings of metro lines, they are multi-level....

     on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc
    Cuauhtémoc, D.F.
    Cuauhtémoc, named after the former Aztec leader, is one of the 16 boroughs of the Federal district of Mexico City. It consists of the oldest parts of the city, extending over what was the entire city in the 1920s. This area is the historic and culture center of the city, although it is not the...

     borough of Mexico City
    Mexico City
    Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

    . It is very close to the Metrobús
    Mexico City Metrobús
    Metrobús is a bus rapid transit system in Mexico City, Mexico. It comprises 3 lines that traverse the city and connect with other forms of transit. It was officially opened to the public with service along Line 1 on 19 June 2005...

     station by the same name. The station is named after the city of Chilpancingo de los Bravos
    Chilpancingo
    Chilpancingo de los Bravo is the capital and second-largest city of the state of Guerrero, Mexico. It is located at . In the 2005 census the population of the city was 166,796. Its surrounding municipality, of which it is municipal seat, had a population of 214,219 persons...

    . The station logo is the silhouette of a wasp since Chilpancingo means the place of the wasp
    Wasp
    The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor an ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it, making wasps critically important in natural control of their...

    s in Nahuatl
    Nahuatl
    Nahuatl is thought to mean "a good, clear sound" This language name has several spellings, among them náhuatl , Naoatl, Nauatl, Nahuatl, Nawatl. In a back formation from the name of the language, the ethnic group of Nahuatl speakers are called Nahua...

    .The station serves the Roma
    Colonia Roma
    Colonia Roma is a colonia or neighborhood located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City just west of the city’s historic center. The area was a very shallow part of Lake Texcoco, dotted with tiny islands and one small island village of Aztacalco during the pre-Hispanic period...

     Sur and Condesa
    Condesa
    Officially, Colonia Condesa is an administrative division or “colonia” located west of the historic center of Mexico City, just south of Avenida Chapultepec. Popularly, the name “La Condesa” is named after the second, the María Magdalena Dávalos de Bracamontes y Orozco, the Countess of Miravalle,...

     neighbourhoods; it is located at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes
    Avenida de los Insurgentes
    Avenida de los Insurgentes , sometimes known simply as Insurgentes, is the longest avenue in Mexico City and said to be the longest in the world with a length of on a north-south axis across the city...

     and Baja California Street.

19.406131°N 99.168477°W
  • Metro Ciudad Deportiva Line 9


19.408357°N 99.091229°W
  • Metro Puebla Line 9

19.407142°N 99.082432°W
  • Metro Velódromo is a station located on Line 9 of the Mexico City Metro System. It is named after the bicycle-racing venue built for the 1968 Olympic Games that were held in Mexico City.

19.408478°N 99.103074°W

Fares and pay systems

Until 2009, a ticket to travel from one station to any other cost MXN
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

 $2 (
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...

 0.10, or US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....

 0.15 in 2009), making Mexico City Metro one of the cheapest rail system of the world. In January 2010 the price increased to $3 pesos (
Euro
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 0.15, or US$
United States dollar
The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies....

 0.24).

The Metro offers free service to the elderly, the physically impaired, and children under the age of 5 (accompanied by an adult).

Tickets can be purchased at booths. Rechargeable cards are also available for an initial cost of MXN
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

 10. The card can be recharged at the ticket counter in any metro station (or at machines in some metro stations) to a minimum of MXN
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

 3 up to a maximum of MXN
Mexican peso
The peso is the currency of Mexico. Modern peso and dollar currencies have a common origin in the 15th–19th century Spanish dollar, most continuing to use its sign, "$". The Mexican peso is the 12th most traded currency in the world, the third most traded in the Americas, and by far the most...

 620 (around
Euro
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 36.75, or US$
United States dollar
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 50 in 2010) for 310 trips.

Accidents

The major accident in Mexico City Metro was in October 20, 1975 when 2 trains crashed in Viaducto station, resulting in 39 people dead and 119 injured.
An estimated 30 people every year commit suicide in the Metro.

Metrobús

The express bus service Metrobús Insurgentes (built in 2005) is not part of the STC (Metro) network, but line 1's north terminal is located at Indios Verdes
Metro Indios Verdes
Indios Verdes is a station on the Mexico City Metro. Indios Verdes, located in the northern reaches of Mexico City, is the current terminal station for the Metro's Line 3.Indios Verdes literally means "Green Indians"...

 Station, line 2's west terminal is located at Tacubaya
Metro Tacubaya
Metro Tacubaya is a station on Lines 1, 7 and 9 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, west of the city centre....

 Station, line 3's south terminal is located at Etiopía
Metro Etiopía
Metro Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City....

 Station, and links to other stations all along its three lines.

Light rail

The light rail
Light rail
Light rail or light rail transit is a form of urban rail public transportation that generally has a lower capacity and lower speed than heavy rail and metro systems, but higher capacity and higher speed than traditional street-running tram systems...

 line from Xochimilco
Xochimilco
Xochimilco is one of the sixteen delegaciones or boroughs within Mexican Federal District. The borough is centered on the formerly independent city of Xochimilco, which was established on what was the southern shore of Lake Xochimilco in the pre-Hispanic period...

 to Tasqueña is operated by Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos
Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos
Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del Distrito Federal is a public transport agency responsible for the operation of all trolleybus and light rail services in Mexico City. As its name implies, its routes use only electrically powered vehicles...

 and is not formally part of the STC (Metro) network. It links with Line 2 at Tasqueña
Metro Tasqueña
Metro Tasqueña is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Campestre Churubusco neighborhood, within the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City, directly south of the city centre on Avenida Tasqueña and Canal de Miramontes...

 Station. It requires a separate 3-peso ticket.

See also

  • List of Mexico City metro stations
  • Mexico City metro lines
  • Ferrocarril Suburbano de la Zona Metropolitana del Valle de México
  • List of rapid transit systems
  • Metro systems by annual passenger rides
    Metro systems by annual passenger rides
    The most-used metro systems in terms of passenger rides per year:# Tokyo Subway 3.161 billion # Moscow Metro 2.348 billion # Seoul Subway 2.048 billion...

  • Metrobús
    Metrobus
    Metrobus may refer to:* MCW Metrobus, a bus model manufactured by MCW in the 1970s and 1980s* Metrobus a bus operator in south-east England* M-é-t-r-o-b-u-s, the bus and metro operator Tramway de Rouen in Rouen, France...

  • Rubber-tyred metro
    Rubber-tyred metro
    A rubber-tyred metro is a form of rapid transit system that uses a mix of road and rail technology. The vehicles have wheels with rubber tyres which run on rolling pads inside guide bars for traction, as well as traditional railway steel wheels with deep flanges on steel tracks for guidance through...

  • Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos
    Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos
    Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del Distrito Federal is a public transport agency responsible for the operation of all trolleybus and light rail services in Mexico City. As its name implies, its routes use only electrically powered vehicles...

  • Transportation in Mexico City
    Transportation in Mexico City
    Transportation in Mexico City is managed by the government of the Mexican Federal District through several public companies that administer the different means of transportation...

  • Mexico City Light Rail

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