Mexico City Metro Line 1 is one of the 16 metro lines built in 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...

, Mexico. It was the first to be built, the identifying color is pink and runs through the city from west to east.

The line is built under several avenues: Parque Lira, Pedro Antonio de los Santos, Circuito Interior, 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...

, Avenida Chapultepec, Arcos de Belén, Balderas, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas

Eje Central

The Eje Central is part of a system of roadways built by Carlos Hank González to make Mexico City more automobile-friendly....

, José María Izazaga, Isabel la Católica, Anillo de Circunvalación, Congreso de la Unión, Eduardo Molina, and Ignacio Zaragoza, it commutes with Line 7 and 9 at the Station 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....

, Line 3 at Balderas

Metro Balderas

Metro Balderas is an underground station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the center of Mexico City. It is a transfer station along Lines 1 and 3...

, Line 8 at 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....

, Line 2 at Pino Suárez

Metro Pino Suárez

Metro Pino Suárez is a station on Line 1 and Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, on the southern part of the city centre....

, Line 4 at Candelaria

Metro Candelaria

Metro Candelaria is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Venustiano Carranza borough to the east of downtown Mexico City. It lies along Lines 1 and 4.The station logo depicts a swimming duck...

, Line B at San Lázaro

Metro San Lázaro

San Lázaro is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City. It lies along Lines 1 and B. The station was opened on 5 September 1969. The station was designed by Félix Candela and consists of interlocked hyperbolic paraboloidal or saddle roof...

 and Lines 5, 9 and A at Pantitlán

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...

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Chronology

• September 4, 1969: from Chapultepec to Zaragoza.
• April 11, 1970: from Chapultepec to Juanacatlán.
• November 20, 1970: from Juanacatlán to Tacubaya.
• June 10, 1971: from Tacubaya to Observatorio.
• August 22, 1984: from Zaragoza to Pantitlán.