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Mexico City Metrobús
Metrobús on Insurgentes station
Founded2005
LocaleMexico City
Service typebus rapid transit
Routes5
Stops172
Fleet269 Articulated buses
+ 35 Bi-articulated buses
= 304 total[1]
Daily ridership900,000 daily (Dec. 2013)[2]
Websitewww.metrobus.df.gob.mx (in Spanish)

The Mexico City Metrobús (officially Sistema de Corredores de Transporte Público de Pasajeros del Distrito Federal and simply known as Metrobús) is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Mexico City since 2005. As of November 2013 it comprises five lines that traverse the city and connect with other forms of transit, namely the Mexico City Metro. It was officially opened to the public with service along line 1 on 19 June 2005.

As of December 2013, Metrobús buses transported 900,000 passengers daily.[2]

History

The Mexico City Metrobús was opened along the northernmost portion of Line 1 on 19 June 2005.[3] Initial service was from Metro Indios Verdes south to Metro Insurgentes. This was quickly followed by a southward expansion from Metro Insurgentes to MB station Doctor Gálvez, bringing the line length up to 20 kilometres (12 mi). Many of the stations along Line 1 feature cantilevered glass canopies designed by architect Carlos Monge.[4]

Before and after

The system replaced 372 standard buses and microbuses that served Avenida de los Insurgentes with 212 articulated buses that run at an average speed of 20 km/h (12 mph), doing 60 km/h (37 mph) as maximum. Doing so, travel times along the corridor are reduced up to 50%.[5]

Environmental impact

Besides addressing the bus service problem, the BRT Metrobús project emerged in the context of the city’s efforts to reduce Air pollution in Mexico City with a program called Proaire 2002-2010.[6] According to Metrobús, annual environmental benefits include a reduction of 35,400 long tons (36,000 t) of carbon dioxide, 9,700 long tons (9,900 t) of carbon monoxide, 206 long tons (209 t) of NOx, and 1.27 long tons (1.29 t) of PM10 particulates

2008 expansion

MB station Xola under construction near the intersection of Eje Central and Eje 4 Sur, 25 August 2008

The original Line 1 was expanded with the inclusion of nine new stations in order to achieve full coverage of Avenida Insurgentes. The southward expansion of service along Line 1 started service on 13 March 2008 and brought the line's length up to 30 kilometres (19 mi).[3]

A second Metrobús line was also built in 2008, running west to east along Eje 4 Sur. This second line connects Metro Tacubaya, Etiopía, Patriotismo and with the Insurgentes Metrobús at its Nuevo León stop, and was opened on 16 December 2009.[7]

2010 expansion

According to the Mexican newspaper, El Universal, construction of the first 16 km (9.9 mi) of Línea 3 (line 3) began on 5 March 2010 and was scheduled to end in April 2011.[8] However, service along Line 3 started on 8 February 2011.[9] During construction, for every tree taken down three were planted, for a total of 1,546 trees planted. In addition, it was estimated that Line 3 will carry 100,000 passengers per day.[8] Travel time will be reduced by up to 40%.

2011 expansion

In late 2010 the Head of Government of the Federal District Marcelo Ebrard announced a plan to build a new Metrobús Line 4 that would run from near Buenavista Station in the west of the city eastward towards Mexico City International Airport.[10] Construction on Line 4 started on 4 July 2011,[11] although the start of construction was met with some protest from residents and business owners along the proposed route.[12]

2013 expansion

On November 5, 2013, Line 5 opened, running along Eje 3 Oriente connecting San Lazaro with Metro Río de los Remedios to the northeast;[13][14]

2014 expansion

In Line 6 opened, running along Eje 5 Norte connecting El Rosario with Aragón

Planned further expansion

In June 2013, Mexico City's mayor announced two more lines to come:[15] Line 5 (see above), and Line 6 along Eje 5 Norte connecting Metro El Rosario in the west of the city Aragón.[16]

Passenger access and payment

Southern section of Avenida de los Insurgentes seen from a bridge of the Periférico near the Perisur Mall, showing the Perisur MB station

Ticketing is by pre-paid proximity smartcard, which travellers have to pass through turnstiles at the entry to the separated bus platforms. During the early months of the system's operations, limited availability of the cards required a temporary method for access to the system involving purchasing a normal single-trip paper ticket at a cost of MXN$4.50. Starting in October 2005, and with smartcard supply able to cover the demand, access is done exclusively by using the card.

As of 2014, the single-trip cost is MXN$6.00 (about € 0.27 or US$ 0.38) A new MB smartcard, preloaded with one voyage, can be purchased for MXN$10.00 (≈ € 0.80/US$ 1.14) and "recharged" for MXN$6.00 per trip.

The smartcard system has generated controversy, especially from occasional and one-time users who complain about the MXN$15.00 fee for a single-voyage card, for this is common that sometimes people ask others who have the smartcard to charge for them a trip.

Service is free for those over 70 years old, or disabled, as well as for children under 5 accompanied by an adult.[17]

Routes and hours

The first line covers a distance of up to 30 kilometres (19 mi), running in a dedicated bus lane built within the central reservation (median) of Avenida de los Insurgentes.[3] Avenida Insurgentes is one of the city's main north–south arterial routes, constitutes a section of the Pan-American Highway, and is reputed to be the longest urban avenue in the world.

The line starts at Metro Indios Verdes, a large multimodal transport node in the Gustavo A. Madero borough. From there it runs south, through Cuauhtémoc and Benito Juárez, before terminating in the La Joya[disambiguation needed] district of Tlalpan borough, providing a total of 45 stations. It was built in two sections, with a split at Metro Insurgentes, the notional dividing point between the avenue's northern and southern stretches, just south of where Avenida Insurgentes intersects with Paseo de la Reforma.

System map

On its route south from Indios Verdes, the Metrobús also connects with Metro stations at Deportivo 18 de Marzo, Potrero, La Raza, Buenavista, Revolución, Insurgentes, and Chilpancingo, providing connections with Metro Lines 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 9. The proposed southward extension of Mexico City Metro Line 7 will also enable that line to connect at the Metrobús' original southernmost station, Doctor Gálvez.[citation needed]

Line 2 runs 20 kilometres (12 mi) from Tacubaya in the west, where there is a connection to the Metro Tacubaya station; to Tepalcates in the east, where there is a connection to the Metro Tepalcates station.[18]

Line 2 opened on 16 December 2009.[7]

Line 3 runs 17 kilometres (11 mi) from Tenayuca northwest of the city southward to Etiopía II, where there is connection to Metrobús Line 2 as well as the Metro Etiopía station.[9]

Line 3 opened on 8 February 2011.[9]

Line 4 includes a two-step construction process with the first 28-kilometre (17 mi) operational segment built between Buenavista and Metro San Lázaro.[19] An extension provides travel between San Lázaro and the airport.[19] Instead of travelling along a single avenue or axis road, Line 4 traffic circulates around the Centro Histórico.[19] To navigate the turns and narrow streets in and near the Centro Histórico, Line 4 uses 12-metre-long (39 ft) light buses instead of the 18-metre (59 ft) articulated buses used on the other lines in the system.[19] The stations for Line 4 look more like conventional bus stops and are built at curbside instead of within a dedicated portion of a central reservation as used on the other lines.[19]

The MB operates from 04:30 to 24:00 (midnight) Monday through Friday, and from 05:00 to 24:00 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Hours for individual stations may vary in the mornings.[1] A flash-based map of the system is available at the Metrobús website.[18]

Line 4 opened on 1 April 2012.

Line 5 runs 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Río de los Remedios in the west, where there is a connection to the Río de los Remedios station; to San Lázaro in the east, where there is a connection to the Metro San Lázaro

Line 5 opened on 5 November 2013.[13]

Line 6 runs 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from Aragon in the west, where there is a connection to the Aragon station; to El Rosario in the east, where there is a connection to the Metro El Rosario.

List of stations

Official name (if any) in brackets. Metro stations in italics are the nearest, though not interconnected.
Indios Verdes Station.
Line Services Total stops Passenger track Inauguration
  Line 1 Indios Verdes – El Caminero
Indios Verdes – Doctor Gálvez
Buenavista – El Caminero 		46
36
38 		19 June 2005
  Line 2 Tacubaya – Tepalcates
Colonia del Valle – Tepalcates 		33 (west to east)/32 (east to west)
32 (west to east)/31 (east to west) 		16 December 2009
  Line 3 Tenayuca – Etiopía/Plaza de la Transparencia
Tenayuca – La Raza
Tenayuca – Buenavista 		31
16
21 		8 February 2011
  Line 4 (North) Buenavista – San Lázaro
Buenavista – Terminals T1 and T2 of the Benito Juárez International Airport (different fare) 		15
17 		1 April 2012
  Line 4 (South) Buenavista – San Lázaro 21 (west to east)/21 (east to west) 1 April 2012
  Line 5 Río de los Remedios – San Lázaro 18 5 November 2013
  Line 6 El Rosario – Aragón 35 TBA
  Line 7 Indios Verdes – Periferico 35 End 2016

Line 1 (Avenida Insurgentes) Indios Verdes - El Caminero

Hamburgo
  1. Indios Verdes <-> Indios Verdes
  2. Deportivo 18 de Marzo <-> Deportivo 18 de Marzo
  3. Euzkaro >>> Deportivo 18 de Marzo
  4. Potrero <-> Potrero
  5. La Raza <-> La Raza
  6. Circuito >>> La Raza
  7. San Simón >>> Tlatelolco
  8. Manuel González >>> Tlatelolco
  9. Buenavista <-> Buenavista
  10. El Chopo >>> Buenavista
  11. Revolución <-> Revolución
  12. Plaza de la Republica >>> Revolución
  13. Reforma >>> Revolución
  14. Hamburgo >>> Insurgentes
  15. Insurgentes (Glorieta de los Insurgentes) <-> Insurgentes
  16. Durango >>> Insurgentes
  17. Álvaro Obregón >>> Insurgentes
  18. Sonora >>> Chilpancingo
  19. Campeche >>> Chilpancingo
  20. Chilpancingo <-> Chilpancingo
  21. Nuevo León
  22. La Piedad>>> Eugenia
  23. Poliforum (Poliforum Siqueiros) Metro San Pedro de los Pinos
  24. Nápoles
  25. Colonia del Valle >>> San Pedro de los Pinos
  26. Ciudad de los Deportes >>> San Antonio
  27. Parque Hundido >>> Insurgentes Sur
  28. Félix Cuevas <-> Insurgentes Sur
  29. Río Churubusco >>> Insurgentes Sur
  30. Teatro Insurgentes >>> Barranca del Muerto
  31. José María Velasco >>> Barranca del Muerto
  32. Francia >>> Barranca del Muerto
  33. Olivo Viveros
  34. Altavista >>> Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
  35. La Bombilla >>> Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
  36. Doctor Gálvez Copilco
  37. Ciudad Universitaria >>> Universidad
  38. Centro Cultural UniversitarioMetro Universidad
  39. Perisur >>> Universidad
  40. Villa Olímpica
  41. Corregidora
  42. Ayuntamiento
  43. Fuentes Brotantes
  44. Santa Úrsula
  45. La Joya
  46. El Caminero (Monumento al Caminero)

Line 2 (Corredor Eje 4 Sur) Tacubaya - Tepalcates

  1. Tacubaya <-> Tacubaya
  2. Parque Lira
  3. Antonio Maceo
  4. De la Salle
  5. Patriotismo <-> Patriotismo
  6. Escandón
  7. Nuevo León
  8. Viaducto
  9. Amores
  10. Etiopía/Plaza de la Transparencia <-> Etiopía
  11. Doctor Vértiz
  12. Centro SCOP
  13. Álamos
  14. Xola <-> Xola
  15. Las Américas
  16. Andrés Molina
  17. La Viga >>> Santa Anita
  18. Coyuya >>> Coyuya
  19. Tlacotal
  20. Canela
  21. Goma
  22. Iztacalco
  23. UPIICSA
  24. El Rodeo
  25. Río Tecolutla
  26. Río Mayo
  27. Río Frío
  28. Rojo Gómez
  29. Del Moral
  30. Leyes de Reforma
  31. CCH Oriente
  32. Constitución de Apatzingán
  33. Canal de San Juan <-> Canal de San Juan
  34. Nicolás Bravo
  35. Gral. A. de León
  36. Tepalcates <-> Tepalcates

Line 3 (Eje 1 Poniente) Tenayuca - Etiopía/Plaza de la Transparencia

  1. Tenayuca
  2. San José de la Escalera
  3. Progreso Nacional
  4. Tres Anegas
  5. Júpiter
  6. La Patera
  7. Poniente 146 >>> Politécnico
  8. Montevideo
  9. Poniente 134 >>> Vallejo
  10. Poniente 128
  11. Magdalena de las Salinas
  12. Coltongo >>> Autobuses del Norte
  13. Cuitláhuac
  14. Héroe de Nacozari
  15. Hospital La Raza
  16. La Raza 2
  17. Circuito >>> La Raza
  18. Tolnahuac
  19. Tlatelolco
  20. Ricardo Flores Magón
  21. Guerrero >>> Guerrero
  22. Buenavista II >>> Buenavista
  23. Mina
  24. Hidalgo >>>>>> Hidalgo
  25. Juárez >>> Juárez
  26. Balderas >>> Balderas
  27. Cuauhtémoc >>> Cuauhtémoc
  28. Jardín Pushkin Niños Heroes
  29. Hospital General >>> Hospital General
  30. Doctor Márquez
  31. Centro Médico >>> Centro Médico
  32. Obrero Mundial
  33. Etiopía/Transparencia <-> Etiopía

Line 4 (Centro Histórico) Buenavista - Terminal 2

  1. Buenavista Buenavista
  2. Delegacion Cuauhtemoc
  3. Puente de Alvarado Revolucion
  4. Plaza de la Republica
  5. Glorieta de Colon
  6. EXPO Reforma
  7. Vocacional 5
  8. Juarez >>> Juarez
  9. Plaza San Juan San Juan de Letran
  10. Eje Central Salto del Agua
  11. El Salvador
  12. Isabel la Catolica Isabel la Catolica
  13. Museo de la Ciudad >>> Pino Suarez Zocalo
  14. Pino Suarez Pino Suarez
  15. Las Cruces
  16. La Merced Merced
  17. Circunvalación >>> Merced
  18. Mercado de Sonora
  19. Cecilio Robelo Candelaria
  20. Hospital Balbuena Candelaria Fray Servando
  21. Eduardo Molina
  22. Moctezuma Moctezuma
  23. San Lazaro >>> San Lazaro
  24. Archivo General de la Nacion >>>
  25. Morelos Morelos
  26. Ferrocarril de Cintura
  27. Mixcalco Tepito
  28. Teatro de Pueblo
  29. Republica de Argentina Allende
  30. Republica de Chile Allende
  31. Teatro Blanquita
  32. Bellas Artes Bellas Artes
  33. Hidalgo >>> Hidalgo
  34. Museo San Carlos
  35. Puente de Alvarado Revolucion
  36. Delegacion Cuauhtemoc
  37. Buenavista Buenavista
  38. Terminal 1 Terminal Aerera
  39. Terminal 2 Pantitlan

Line 5 (Eje 3 Oriente) Río de los Remedios - San Lázaro

  1. Río de los Remedios
  2. 314 Memorial News Divine
  3. 5 de Mayo
  4. Vasco de Quiroga
  5. El Coyol
  6. Preparatoria 3
  7. San Juan de Aragon
  8. Río Guadalupe >>> Martin Carrera
  9. Talisman >>> Talisman
  10. Victoria
  11. Oriente 101 >>> Bondojito
  12. Río Santa Coleta
  13. Consulado Eduardo Molina
  14. Canal del Norte >>> Canal del Norte
  15. Deportivo Eduardo Molina
  16. Mercado Morelos >>> Morelos
  17. Archivo General de la Nación >>>
  18. San Lazaro >>> >>> San Lazaro

Line 6 (Eje 5 Norte) El Rosario - Aragón

Coming Soon. Future Event and Construction

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Metrobús - Ciudad de México: FAQ" (in Spanish). Sistema de Corredores de Transporte Público de Pasajeros del D.F., Metrobús. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  2. ^ a b Metrobus brochure, December 2013, Mexico City government
  3. ^ a b c "Metrobús - Ciudad de México: Ficha técnica de Línea 1" (in Spanish). Sistema de Corredores de Transporte Público de Pasajeros del D.F., Metrobús. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Metrobus" (in Spanish). Fideicomiso para el Mejoramiento de las Vías de Comunicación del Distrito Federal. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  5. ^ Metrobús, EMBARQ website
  6. ^ "PROAIRE 2002-2010" (in Spanish). Secretaría del Medio Ambiente del Gobierno del Distrito Federal. 12 July 2004. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Metrobús - Ciudad de México: Ficha técnica de Línea 2" (in Spanish). Sistema de Corredores de Transporte Público de Pasajeros del D.F., Metrobús. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  8. ^ a b Balboa, Berenice (12 May 2010). "Aceleran construcción de la Línea 3 del Metrobús". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 May 2010.
  9. ^ a b c "Metrobús - Ciudad de México: Ficha técnica de Línea 3" (in Spanish). Sistema de Corredores de Transporte Público de Pasajeros del D.F., Metrobús. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  10. ^ Robles, Johana (28 November 2010). "L-4 de Metrobús arranca a principios de 2011: GDF". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  11. ^ Robles, Johana (4 July 2011). "Inicia construcción de L4 del Metrobús". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  12. ^ Robles, Johana (4 July 2011). "Comerciantes se manifiestan contra L4 de Metrobús". El Universal (Mexico City) (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  13. ^ a b "Abre L5 del Metrobús con servicio gratis", Reforma, 5 November 2013
  14. ^ "Línea 5 resultados". Metrobús. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
  15. ^ "Dos líneas más de metrobús", Excelsior, 20 June 2013 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ Rafael Montes (4 June 2013). "Línea 6 del Metrobús correrá por Eje 5 Norte". El Universal. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |trans_title= ignored (|trans-title= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ "Metrobús - Ciudad de México: Gratuidad" (in Spanish). Sistema de Corredores de Transporte Público de Pasajeros del D.F., Metrobús. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  18. ^ a b "Metrobús - Ciudad de México: Mapa de Sistema" (in Spanish). Sistema de Corredores de Transporte Público de Pasajeros del D.F., Metrobús. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
  19. ^ a b c d e "Metrobús - Ciudad de México: Línea 4" (in Spanish). Sistema de Corredores deTransporte Público de Pasajeros del D.F., Metrobús. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
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