Mexico City Metro Line 2

Line 2 / Línea 2
Inside a train on Line 2
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Metro Cuatro Caminos Metro Tasqueña
Stations	24
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	45 NM-02 trains made by Bombardier México in 2004
Ridership	737,396 passengers per day (2019)
History
Opened	1 August 1970
Technical
Line length	20.713 km (13 mi)
Track length	23.431 km (15 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge with roll ways along track
Electrification	Guide bars
Operating speed	36 km/h (22 mph)
Route map Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo/Tenochtitlan Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard

Line 2 is one of the 12 lines of the Mexico City Metro.

The 2 Line is the second oldest in the network, identified by the color blue and runs from West to East and then North to South, turning at the city center. It starts at the border of the city with Estado de México and ends South of the city.

General information

Line 2 connects with Line 7 at Tacuba, Line 3 at Hidalgo, Line 8 at Bellas Artes, Line 1 at Pino Suárez, Lines 8 and 9 at Chabacano and Line 12 at Ermita. It is linked with the Mexico City Light Rail to Xochimilco at the Tasqueña terminal. It used to be served by NC-82 and some NM-83 trains.

It runs under the following roads: Calzada San Bartolo Naucalpan in the stretch from Cuatro Caminos to Panteones, Calzada México-Tacuba from Panteones to Normal, Av. Ribera de San Cosme, Av. Puente de Alvarado from Revolución to Hidalgo, Av. Hidalgo from Hidalgo to Bellas Artes, Tacuba street, República de Guatemala street, José María Pino Suárez street from Zócalo to Pino Suárez. From San Antonio Abad it runs at ground level over Calzada San Antonio Abad and Calzada de Tlalpan till the terminus of the line in Tasqueña.

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

History

Line 2 opened on August 1, 1970, in the stretch Tasqueña–Pino Suárez. Pino Suárez station became the first transfer station of the Mexico City Metro, connecting with Line 1, built one year before.

On September 14th, the line was expanded towards Tacuba station.

The last expansion of the line occurred in 1984 when two more stations were built: Panteones and Cuatro Caminos, the latter being the first station of the system to serve the State of Mexico. Cuatro Caminos would remain as the only station to serve the suburbs of Mexico City till 1991, when Line A opened and service reached the municipality of Los Reyes La Paz, in the southeastern part of the State of Mexico.

1975 train crash

This line has seen the worst accident in Mexico City history when on October 20, 1975 when 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 in time. At least 27 people were killed and several wounded. After this accident, automatic traffic lights were installed in all lines.

Chronology

• August 1, 1970: from Tasqueña to Pino Suárez.
• September 14, 1970: from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.
• August 22, 1984: from Tacuba to Cuatro Caminos.

Rolling stock

Line 2 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.

• Alstom MP-68: : 1970–1975
• Concarril NM-73: : 1975–2005
• Concarril NM-79: 1980–2006
• Alstom MP-82: 1985–2007
• Bombardier NC-82: 1987–2005
• CAF/Bombardier NM-02: 2004–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 40 are in service in Line 2.

Station list

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Cuatro Caminos	August 22, 1984	Underground, trench.	-	0.0	CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Naucalpan and Tlalnepantla	Naucalpan	State of Mexico
02	Panteones	August 22, 1984	Underground, trench.	1.8	1.8		Miguel Hidalgo	Mexico City
03	Tacuba	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	1.6	3.4	CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Naucalpan and Tlalnepantla
04	Cuitláhuac	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.7	4.1	Trolleybus Line I
05	Popotla	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.8	4.9
06	Colegio Militar	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.6	5.5
07	Normal	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.7	6.2
08	San Cosme	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.8	7.0		Cuauhtemoc
09	Revolución	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.8	7.8	Metrobús Line 1 Metrobús Line 4
10	Hidalgo	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.7	8.5	Metrobús Line 1 Metrobús Line 4 (North route) Metrobús Line 7 Trolleybus Line LL
11	Bellas Artes	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.6	9.1	Metrobús Line 4 (North route) Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
12	Allende	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.5	9.6
13	Zócalo	September 14, 1970	Underground, two-story trench.	0.8	10.4	Pino Suárez Station
14	Pino Suárez	August 1, 1970	Underground, trench (Lv. -2).	0.9	11.3	Metrobús Line 4 (South route) Zócalo Station
15	San Antonio Abad	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	1.0	12.3	Cero Emissions Corridor Line S (at distance)
16	Chabacano	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	0.8	13.1
17	Viaducto	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	0.9	14.0		Benito Juárez
18	Xola	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	0.6	14.6	Metrobús Line 2 (at distance)
19	Villa de Cortes	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	0.8	15.4
20	Nativitas	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	0.9	16.3
21	Portales	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	1.1	17.4
22	Ermita	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	0.9	18.3
23	General Anaya	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	1.0	19.3		Coyoacán
24	Tasqueña	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	1.5	20.8	Light Rail Line 1 South Bus Terminal for Mexico cities. CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Coyoacán and Xochimilco. Cero Emissions Corridor Line A (at distance) Trolleybus Line K (at distance)

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line 2 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.

†	Transfer station
‡	Terminal

Rank	Station	Total ridership	Average daily
1	Cuatro Caminos‡	39,378,128	107,885
2	Tasqueña‡	26,905,368	73,713
3	Zócalo	26,138,960	71,614
4	Normal	12,870,083	35,261
5	Tacuba†	12,081,287	33,099
6	Bellas Artes†	11,057,441	30,294
7	Revolución	10,775,619	29,522
8	Allende	10,538,474	28,873
9	Chabacano†	10,452,786	28,638
10	Hidalgo†	9,967,554	27,308
11	Pino Suárez†	9,540,733	26,139
12	General Anaya	8,881,306	24,332
13	San Cosme	8,355,454	22,892
14	Portales	8,201,726	22,470
15	Xola	8,146,220	22,318
16	San Antonio Abad	7,897,611	21,637
17	Viaducto	7,543,940	20,668
18	Nativitas	7,163,027	19,625
19	Cuitláhuac	6,794,715	18,616
20	Villa de Cortés	6,341,507	17,374
21	Ermita†	5,962,152	16,335
22	Colegio Militar	5,575,408	15,275
23	Panteones	4,929,735	13,506
24	Popotla	3,650,212	10,001
Total		269,149,446	737,396

Tourism

Line 2 passes near several places of interest:

• Monumento a la Revolución, monument commemorating the Mexican Revolution located in Plaza de la República (Republic Square).
• Paseo de la Reforma, emblematic avenue of Mexico City.
• Alameda Central, public urban park in downtown Mexico City and oldest public park in the Americas.
• Palacio de Bellas Artes, Palace of Fine Arts, cultural center.
• Historic center of Mexico City
• Plaza de la Constitución, Mexico City's main square.
• Metropolitan Cathedral
• National Palace, seat of the federal executive in Mexico.
• Templo Mayor, archeological site and museum.

See also

• Mexico City Metro
• Mexico City Metro lines