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The Mexico City Metro (Spanish: Metro de la Ciudad de México, lit. 'Metro of the City of Mexico') is a rapid transit system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City, including some municipalities in the State of Mexico. Operated by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC), it is the second largest metro system in North America after ...
Mexico City Metro Line 8 is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico.Its distinctive color is green. Opened in 1994, it was the tenth line to be built (despite its name being Line 8). With a length of 20.078 kilometres (12.476 mi) and 19 stations, Line 8 runs through Mexico City from downtown to the south
The line has 14 underground stations and five surface stations, including the southern terminal Constitución de 1917. Six stations connect line 8 with other metro lines. According to the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, the volume of people moved in this line was 117,386,342 persons in 2006.
Insurgentes is a station on the Line 1 of Mexico City Metro. [2] [3] It is located within the Glorieta de los Insurgentes at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes and Avenida Chapultepec in Mexico City's Cuauhtémoc borough, close to the Zona Rosa shopping and entertainment district and the Colonia Roma, two of the most iconic neighborhoods in the city. [2]
The following table lists alphabetically all 195 metro stations of the Mexico City Metro system; [1] the line or lines serving each station; the year the station opened; the type of station (underground, elevated or at-grade); and other transportation services the station has connections with, such as the Mexico City Metrobús (a bus rapid transit system), [3] the Xochimilco Light Rail, [4 ...
A bust of Melchor de Eca y Múzquiz 06 Río de los Remedios † 1.3 5.2 Río de los Remedios A sailboat Nezahualcóyotl: 07 Impulsora † 0.6 5.8 Cart with an old hacienda 08 Nezahualcóyotl † 1.5 7.3 A coyote's head 09 Villa de Aragón ‡ 15 December 1999 1.5 8.8 Line 6: Villa de Aragón station; Routes: 15-A, 15-C A collection of houses
Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built in early 1980s by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA. [2] The line was inaugurated on 19 December 1981 and originally ran from Pantitlán (in Venustiano Carranza) to Consulado station (in the limits of Venustiano Carranza and Gustavo A. Madero), [3] with seven operative stations and a 9.154 kilometers (5.688 mi) long track. [4]
1985 plan for the Mexico City Metro with the earlier project for Line 12. In the 1980s, the Comisión de Vialidad y Transporte Urbano (COVITUR), an organization of the Federal District Department, presented a plan for the Mexico City Metro based on several studies and reports related to the rapid growth of the city and its demand for public transportation.