Mexico City Metro Line 2
Line 2 / Línea 2 | ||
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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) | |
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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 | ||
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Between stations |
Total | |||||||
01 | Cuatro Caminos | August 22, 1984 | Underground trench. |
- | 0.0 |
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Naucalpan | State of Mexico |
02 | Panteones | 1.8 | 1.8 | Miguel Hidalgo | Mexico City | |||
03 | Tacuba | September 14, 1970 | 1.6 | 3.4 |
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04 | Cuitláhuac | 0.7 | 4.1 |
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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 |
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10 | Hidalgo | 0.7 | 8.5 |
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11 | Bellas Artes | 0.6 | 9.1 |
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12 | Allende | 0.5 | 9.6 | |||||
13 | Zócalo/Tenochtitlan | Underground two-story trench. |
0.8 | 10.4 |
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14 | Pino Suárez | August 1, 1970 | Underground trench (Lv. -2). |
0.9 | 11.3 |
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15 | San Antonio Abad | Ground-level | 1.0 | 12.3 |
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16 | Chabacano | August 1, 1970[* 1] | 0.8 | 13.1 |
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17 | Viaducto | August 1, 1970 | 0.9 | 14.0 | Benito Juárez | |||
18 | Xola | 0.6 | 14.6 |
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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 |
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23 | General Anaya | 1.0 | 19.3 | Coyoacán | ||||
24 | Tasqueña | 1.5 | 20.8 |
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- ^ Chabacano Line 2 was rebuilt as part of the introduction of Line 9 in 1988 to support three-line transfer with middle-platform solution (Line 8 was built in 1994).
Ridership[]
The following table shows each of Line 2 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.[1]
† | Transfer station |
‡ | Terminal |
Rank | Station | Total ridership | Average daily |
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1 | Cuatro Caminos‡ | 39,378,128 | 107,885 |
2 | Tasqueña‡ | 26,905,368 | 73,713 |
3 | Zócalo/Tenochtitlan | 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, 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[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
- ^ Archambault, Richard. "Metro Line 2 » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ http://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/operacion/parque-vehicular Parque vehicular (Rolling stock)
- 1970 establishments in Mexico
- Mexico City Metro lines
- Railway lines opened in 1970