- Mexico City Metro Line 1
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Line 1 / Línea 1
Metro ObservatorioOverview Type Rapid transit System Mexico City Metro Locale Mexico City Termini Metro Observatorio
Metro PantitlánStations 20 Daily ridership 631,523 (2007)[1] Operation Opened September 4, 1969 Operator(s) Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) Rolling stock - Trains MP-68 made in France in 1968, refurbished by CAF
- Trains NE-92 made in Spain in 1992
- Trains NM-83 made in Mexico between 1983 and 1991Technical Line length 16.654 km (10 mi) Track length 18.828 km (12 mi) Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
(standard gauge)Electrification Third rail Operating speed 36 km/h (22 mph) Route map Mexico City Metro Line 1 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Mexico City, 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 Chapultepec, Arcos de Belén, Balderas, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, 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, Line 3 at Balderas, Line 8 at Salto del Agua, Line 2 at Pino Suárez, Line 4 at Candelaria, Line B at San Lázaro and Lines 5, 9 and A at Pantitlán.
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.
See also
Line 1 of Mexico City Metro Stations Observatorio • Tacubaya • Juanacatlán • Chapultepec • Sevilla • Insurgentes • Cuauhtémoc • Balderas • Salto del Agua • Isabel la Católica • Pino Suárez • Merced • Candelaria • San Lázaro • Moctezuma • Balbuena • Boulevard Puerto Aéreo • Gómez Farías • Zaragoza • PantitlánTransfer Stations Categories:- Mexico City Metro lines
- Railway lines opened in 1969
- 1969 in Mexico
- Mexico metro stubs
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