Mexico City Metro Line 2

Mexico City Metro Line 2

     Line 2 / Línea 2

Inside a wagon in Line 2
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Mexico City Metro
Locale Mexico City
Termini Metro Cuatro Caminos
Metro Tasqueña
Stations 24
Operation
Opened August 1, 1970
Operator(s) Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock 45 NM-02 trains made by Bombardier México in 2004
Technical
Line length 20.713 km (13 mi)
Track length 23.431 km (15 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 12 in)
(standard gauge)
Electrification Third rail
Operating speed 36 km/h (22 mph)
Route map

Mexico City Metro line 2.svg

Mexico City Metro Line 2 is one of the 11 lines of the Mexico City Metro.[1]

Line 2 is the second of the network, the color that identifies it is blue and it runs from west to east and north to south, turning at the city center. It starts at the border of the city and the Estado de México and ends in the south of the city.

It commutes with Line 7 at Tacuba, Line 3 at Hidalgo, Line 8 at Bellas Artes, Line 1 at Pino Suárez and Lines 8 and 9 at Chabacano. At Tasqueña it links with the Mexico City Light Rail to Xochimilco. It used to be served by NC-82 and some NM-83 trains.

This line was temporarily served by an NM-02 train with landscapes and images of Mexico City.

This line has seen the worst accident in Mexico City history when on October 20, 1975 there was a crash between two trains at Metro Viaducto. One train was parked at the station picking up passengers when it was hit by another train that did not stop on time. 20 people were killed and several wounded. After that accident automatic traffic lights were installed in all the lines.

See also

References

  1. ^ Archambault, Richard. "Metro Line 2 » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line2/. Retrieved 9 August 2011. 



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