List of Mexico City metro stations

Presented below is a list stations within the Mexico City Metro system, as of 2006, organized by line. The order in which they are listed follows the convention used by Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (the public company that manages the system) to list the stations in north-south and west-east fashion.

In addition to listing all 175 stations, the opening date of each one of them is also provided, including their type of construction, which can fit in one of three categories: underground, surface ("street-level") and elevated (in form of an elevated viaduct). In total, 107 stations are under ground, 52 are located on street-level and 16 are elevated.

Finally, this list also provides the connections with other government operated public transportation systems within Mexico City. These include the STE (Sistema de Transportes Electricos) Xochimilco to Tasqueña light rail, the Insurgentes Metrobús (a bus rapid transit line), municipal RTP (Red de Transporte de Pasajeros) motor bus and STE trolleybus networks. It does not include connections to private means of transportation such as "peseros" (mini-buses) or bus depots.

Line 1: Observatorio – Pantitlán

The first section of line 1 was the first to be opened in the system, in 1969. After four expansions, the line currently has 20 stations over a total track length of 18.828 km, of which 16.654 km are passenger track. The line has a general east-west direction passing through the city center and its color is pink.

It is the only line in the system where all stations run underground, and although a section of the track past the Observatorio terminal is located on the street-level, it is only used for train maintenance. Six stations connect with other metro lines. Line 1 is served by MP-68 trains, built in France in 1968 and NE-92 trains, built in Spain in 1992.

Line 4: Santa Anita – Martín Carrera

The first section of line 4 was opened in 1981, and it was expanded once to bring the total extension of this line to ten stations over 10.747 km of track, of which 9.363 km are passenger track. The line has a general north-south direction and is located east of the city center and its color is aqua.

Line 4 is the only one in the system that does not have underground sections. Eight of the ten stations are built on an elevated viaduct and the remaining two are surface stations. Additionally, six stations connect with other metro lines. The line is served by customized trains consisting of only six cars due to the low passenger traffic.

Line 7: El Rosario – Barranca del Muerto

The first section of line 7 was opened to the public in 1984. It has been expanded three times to bring the total length of the line to 14 stations over 18.784 km of track, of which 17.011 km are passenger track. Line 7 has a north-south direction running west of the city center and its color is orange.

The line has its only surface station in the El Rosario terminal. The rest of the line runs under ground, with some sections being located more than 20 m below street-level, making it the deepest line in the system. Three stations connect with other metro lines.

Line A: Pantitlán – La Paz

Line A was the first metro line that extended into the suburbs of Mexico City outside the Mexican Federal District. Opened in its entirety in 1991, it comprises ten stations over 17.192 km of track, of which 14.893 km are passenger track. Line A runs in a general south-east direction, east of the city center, and its color is purple.

Line A has only one underground station, the terminal Pantitlán, while the rest of the line runs at street-level. Only one station makes connections with other metro lines.

Line A is unique within the system in the sense that it uses traditional rail traction as opposed to pneumatic traction as the rest of the lines. The line is served by FM-86 trains, built in Mexico in 1986 and FM-95A trains, also built in Mexico between 1998 and 1999, which draw electricity through a pantograph.

References

*Government of the Mexican Federal District (2005). [http://www.metrobus.df.gob.mx/ruta/index.htm Metrobús-Proyecto] . Last retrieved February 22, 2006.
*Monroy F., Marco A. (2004) [http://web.archive.org/web/20040711033400/http://web.media.mit.edu/~mmonroy/metro/mapas/Esquema.pdf] PDF map showing station type (Internet Archive link). Last retrieved February 25, 2006.
*Red de Transporte de Pasajeros del Distrito Federal (2005). [http://www.rtp.gob.mx/red_rutas.htm Red de Rutas por Zona.-RTP] . Last retrieved February 23, 2006.
*Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del Distrito Federal (2003). [http://www.ste.df.gob.mx/servicios/lineas.html Servicios.- Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del D.F.] Last retrieved February 22, 2006.
*Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (2005). [http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/ Página del Sistema de Transporte Colectivo] . Last retrieved February 22, 2006.

External links

* [http://www.mexicometro.org/Mexico-Metro.kml Map of the metro network in Google Earth] - Google Earth is required to open this file.
* [http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mexico.htm UrbanRail.Net page on the Mexico City Metro] - Contains a general description of the system as well as a table showing the chronological order in which all sections of the system have been opened.