Mexico City Metro Line 2

Line 2 / Línea 2
Interior of Tasqueña and the front view of a NM-02 train
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Cuatro Caminos 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)[1]
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)
show Route map Legend 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 This diagram: view talk

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

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, from Panteones to Normal, Av. Ribera de San Cosme, Av. México - Tenochtitlan from Revolución to Hidalgo, Av. Hidalgo from Hidalgo to Bellas Artes, , República de Guatemala street, José María Pino Suárez street from Zócalo/Tenochtitlan to Pino Suárez. From San Antonio Abad it runs at ground level over Calzada San Antonio Abad and 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 until 1991, when Line A opened and service reached the municipality of Los Reyes La Paz, in the southeastern part of the State of Mexico with the stations Los Reyes and La Paz.

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 Viaducto metro station. 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 : : 1970–1975
• Concarril : : 1975–2005
• Concarril : 1980–2006
• Alstom : 1985–2007
• Bombardier : 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.^[3]

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			1.8	1.8		Miguel Hidalgo	Mexico City
03	Tacuba	September 14, 1970		1.6	3.4	CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Naucalpan and Tlalnepantla
04	Cuitláhuac			0.7	4.1	Trolleybus Line I
05	Popotla			0.8	4.9
06	Colegio Militar			0.6	5.5
07	Normal			0.7	6.2
08	San Cosme			0.8	7.0		Cuauhtemoc
09	Revolución			0.8	7.8	Metrobús Line 1 Metrobús Line 4
10	Hidalgo			0.7	8.5	Metrobús Line 1 Metrobús Line 4 (North route) Metrobús Line 7 Trolleybus Line LL
11	Bellas Artes			0.6	9.1	Metrobús Line 4 (North route) Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
12	Allende			0.5	9.6
13	Zócalo/Tenochtitlan		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		Ground-level	1.0	12.3	Cero Emissions Corridor Line S (at distance)
16	Chabacano	August 1, 1970[* 1]		0.8	13.1
17	Viaducto	August 1, 1970		0.9	14.0		Benito Juárez
18	Xola			0.6	14.6	Metrobús Line 2 (at distance)
19	Villa de Cortés			0.8	15.4
20	Nativitas			0.9	16.3
21	Portales			1.1	17.4
22	Ermita			0.9	18.3
23	General Anaya			1.0	19.3		Coyoacán
24	Tasqueña			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.^[1]

Tourism[]

	Sound of Mexico City Metro train arriving to a station Menu 0:00 At General Anaya station.
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Line 2 passes near several places of interest:

• Monumento a la Revolución, a 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, the seat of the federal executive in Mexico.
• Templo Mayor, archeological site and museum.

See also[]

• List of Mexico City Metro lines

References[]