Mexico City Metro Line 1

Line 1 / Línea 1
Observatorio terminal
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Observatorio Pantitlán
Stations	20
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	, ,
Ridership	665,171 passengers per day (2019)[1]
History
Opened	4 September 1969
Technical
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 with roll ways along track
Electrification	Guide bars
Operating speed	36 km/h (22 mph)
Route map Legend Observatorio yard 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 Zaragoza workshops Pantitlán This diagram: view talk

Mexico City Metro Line 1 is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. Officially inaugurated in 1969, it went to become the first metro line to be built in the country. Its identifying color is pink and it runs through the city from west to east.

General information[]

The line is built under several avenues: Parque Lira, Pedro Antonio de los Santos, Circuito Interior, Avenida de los Insurgentes, , 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. When Line 12 extension is completed, it will also connect with Line 12 at Observatorio.^[2]

History[]

People waiting for the train on Chapultepec platform in the first day of operations of the subway, September 5, 1969.

The first section of Line 1 was opened on 4 September 1969 as part of Mexico City Metro's first construction stage, it was inaugurated by Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970, and Alfonso Corona del Rosal, Regent of the Federal District Department.^[3] The inauguration ceremony took place at the Insurgentes station.^[4] The next day the line was opened to the public. To the original route Chapultepec – Zaragoza new station Juanacatlán was added to the west on 11 April 1970, and the first correspondencia (a transfer station) became functional on 1 August 1970, when Line 2 was opened. The two westernmost stations Tacubaya and current terminal Observatorio were inaugurated on 20 November 1970 and 10 June 1972 respectively.

Station Pantitlán was opened on 22 August 1984 as the eastern terminal during a fourth and final expansion. All twenty stations have operated since then, running a total track length of 18.83 km, of which 16.65 km are passenger track. The 1 is the only line in the network that is fully underground except for some surface track in Observatorio used for maintenance.

As of 2020, an extension of Line 12 is under construction, this stretch will connect Line 12 with Line 1 at the Observatorio station.^[2]

Authorities warned on 10 August 2020 that Line 1 is in danger of a major fire due to an aging electrical system that is in need of major improvements. Lines 1, 2, and 3 report an average of 2.5 electrical failures daily.^[5]

Chronology[]

• September 4, 1969: from Chapultepec to Zaragoza.
• April 11, 1970: from Chapultepec to Juanacatlán.
• November 20, 1970: from Juanacatlán to Tacubaya.
• June 10, 1972: from Tacubaya to Observatorio.
• August 22, 1984: from Zaragoza to Pantitlán.

Rolling stock[]

Line 1 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.

• Alstom : 1969–2018
• Concarril : 1978–present
• Alstom : 1985–1994
• Concarril : 1989–2018
• CAF : 1994–2018
• Bombardier : 2006–2007
• Concarril : 2011–2012
• CAF : 2018–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 49 are in service in Line 1.^[6]

Station list[]

Key^[a]

	Denotes a partially accessible station
	Denotes a fully accessible station
	Denotes a metro transfer
	Denotes a connection with the  [es] (CETRAM) system
	Denotes a connection with the Ecobici system
	Denotes a connection with the Metrobús system
	Denotes a connection with the Mexibús system
	Denotes a connection with the public bus system
	Denotes a connection with the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP) system
	Denotes a connection with the Trolleybus system

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Connection	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Pantitlán	August 22, 1984	Underground trench	-	0.0	Line 5 Line 9 Line A Pantitlán Line 4 (Pantitlán branch): Pantitlán station Line III: Pantitlán station Route: 168 Line 2: Pantitlán stop Routes: 11-B, 11-C, 19-F, 19-G	Venustiano Carranza
02	Zaragoza	September 4, 1969		1.5	1.5	Zaragoza Routes: 162B, 163, 163A, 163B, 164, 166, 167
03	Gomez Farías			0.9	2.4
04	Boulevard Puerto Aéreo			0.7	3.1	Boulevard Puerto Aéreo Route: 43 Line 4: Boulevard Puerto Aéreo stop
05	Balbuena			0.8	3.9
06	Moctezuma			0.8	4.7	Line 4 Moctezuma station (at distance) Line 5 Moctezuma station (at distance) Routes: 19-E (at distance), 19-F (at distance), 19-G (at distance), 19-H (at distance)
07	San Lázaro			0.7	5.4	Line B San Lázaro Line 4: San Lázaro station Line 5: San Lázaro station East Bus Terminal (TAPO)
08	Candelaria			1.1	6.4	Line 4 Line 4: Cecilio Robelo station (at distance) Route: 37 Route: 5-A
09	Merced			0.9	7.3	Line 4: La Merced station Route: 5-A
10	Pino Suárez			0.8	8.2	Line 2 Passage Zócalo-Pino Suárez Nezahualcóyotl (at distance) Line 4: Pino Suárez station (south route) Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I, 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H	Cuauhtémoc
11	Isabel la Católica			0.5	8.7	Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
12	Salto del Agua			0.6	9.3	Line 8 Line 1: Salto del Agua stop Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
13	Balderas			0.6	9.9	Route: 34-A Line 3 Line 3: Balderas station Route: 34-A Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
14	Cuauhtémoc			0.5	10.5	Line 3: Cuauhtémoc station Route: 34-A Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
15	Insurgentes			0.9	11.4	Line 1: Glorieta de los Insurgentes station Route: 34-A Routes: 18-C (at distance), 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
16	Sevilla			0.8	12.2	Routes: 19, 19-A, 34-A Routes: 13-D, 18-C, 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
17	Chapultepec		Underground two-story trench	0.6	12.9	Chapultepec Line 7: Chapultepec station Routes: 11-A, 13-A, 34-A, 115-A, 200 Lines 2 and 6: Chapultepec stop Routes: 7-D, 8-A, 8-B, 8-C, 8-D, 13-C, 13-E, 18-C, 18-D, 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
18	Juanacatlán	April 11, 1970		1.1	14.0	Routes: 13-A, 115-A	Miguel Hidalgo
19	Tacubaya	November 20, 1970	Underground multi-story trench	1.3	15.2	Line 7 Line 9 Tacubaya (at distance) Line 2: Tacubaya station Routes: 110, 110-B, 110-C, 112, 113-B, 115, 118, 119, 200 Routes: 1-B, 9-C, 9-E
20	Observatorio	June 10, 1972	Hillside trench	1.4	16.7	Line 12 (under construction) West Bus Terminal Observatorio Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail (under construction)	Álvaro Obregón

Renamed stations[]

Ridership[]

The following table shows each of Line 1 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.^[1]

Tourism[]

Line 1 passes near several places of interest:

• Bosque de Chapultepec, city park.
  • Museo de Arte Moderno, museum of modern art.
  • Chapultepec Castle
  • Heroic Cadets Memorial, a monument dedicated to the memory of the Niños Héroes.
  • Chapultepec Zoo
• Estela de Luz, a monument that commemorates the bicentenary of Mexico's independence.
• Paseo de la Reforma, emblematic avenue of Mexico City.
• Diana the Huntress Fountain, a monumental fountain of Diana located at Paseo de la Reforma.
• Angel of Independence, a victory column on a roundabout on the major thoroughfare of Paseo de la Reforma.
• Zona Rosa, a neighborhood known for its shopping centers, nightlife, gay community, and Korean community.
• Historic center of Mexico City

See also[]

• List of Mexico City Metro lines

Notes[]

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