Trolleybuses in Mexico City

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Mexico City trolleybus system
MexCity trolleybus 9735.jpg
A Line 1 trolleybus on Eje Central
Operation
LocaleMexico City, Mexico
Open9 March 1951 (1951-03-09)
StatusOpen
Routes9 (as of 2021)
Operator(s)Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (STE)
Infrastructure
Electrification600 V DC parallel overhead lines
Depot(s)2 (as of 2020)[1]
StockApprox. 360 trolleybuses (2014)[2]
Overview
Network, 2021
Websitewww.ste.cdmx.gob.mx

The Mexico City trolleybus system (Spanish: Red de Trolebuses de la Ciudad de México) serves Mexico City, the capital city of Mexico, and is operated by Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos.

The system opened on 9 March 1951.[3][4] As of mid-2014, the system had 8 lines and the operable fleet included around 360 trolleybuses.[2] The total number of trolleybuses scheduled in service in peak periods was 290 in late 2012,[5] but was 264 in mid-2014.[2] Until 2019, the lines were identified with the following letters: A, CP, D, G, I, K, LL and S.[2][5]

As of 2018, the fare is MXN $4.00 (€ 0.18, or US$ 0.21). The nine lines currently in operation are designated by numbers.[6]

Lines[]

Line Formerly Route Stops
1 A Metro Autobuses del Norte – Autobuses del Sur 51 / 43
2 S Metro Pantitlán – Metro Chapultepec 34 / 40
3 D San Andrés Tetepilco – Metro Mixcoac 24 / 27
4 G Metro Boulevard Puerto Aéreo – Metro El Rosario 72 / 66
5 LL San Felipe de Jesús – Metro Hidalgo 57 / 54
6 I Metro El Rosario – Metro Chapultepec 56 / 43
7 M Ciudad Universitaria – Metro Lomas Estrella 37 / 40
8 CP Circuito Politécnico (Metro Politécnico – Instituto Politécnico Nacional) 46
9 M Metro Villa de Cortés – Río Churubusco / Metro Apatlaco[7] 40
10 – Metro Constitución de 1917 – Metro Santa Marta (under construction)[8][9] 10
11 – Metro Santa Marta – Chalco (planned)[10] TBD
12 – Metro Tláhuac – Chalco (planned)[11] TBD

Lines 1 to 7 are cross-city routes, of which 3, 4, and 7 are tangential routes, not reaching the city centre and generally oriented perpendicular to radial routes ("crosstown" route in American English). Line 9 is a short tangential route that is not "cross-city". Line 8 is a "feeder" route, feeding the city's metro system at Politécnico station and also line 1, and under construction line 10 will be the same type.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Trolleybus Magazine No. 349 (January–February 2020), pp. 28–30. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  2. ^ a b c d Trolleybus Magazine No. 318 (November–December 2014), p. 159. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  3. ^ Trolleybus Magazine No. 235 (January–February 2001), p. 14. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  4. ^ Morrison, Allen (2010; updated 2014). The Trolleybuses of Latin America in 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Líneas de Trolebuses" (in Spanish). STE. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Líneas de Trolebús". Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (in Spanish). STE. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Reactivación De Línea 9 Del Trolebús Villa De Cortés - Río Churubusco" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Formalizan creación de trolebús elevado, será la Línea 10 de la red". Excélsior (in Spanish). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  9. ^ "El Trolebús Elevado se avecina: estos son los detalles". Obras por Expansión (in Spanish). November 29, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ Ayala Espinosa, Camila (October 24, 2021). "Autoridades del Estado de México y de la capital del país firmaron un convenio de colaboración para construir el Corredor Trolebús Chalco-Santa Martha, el cual será el primer sistema metropolitano en su tipo". El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  11. ^ Navarrete, Shelma (October 25, 2021). "Trolebús conectará Chalco con la L12 y Milpa Alta para 2022, anuncia Sheinbaum". Expansión (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.

External links[]

Media related to Mexico City trolleybus system at Wikimedia Commons

Coordinates: 19°26′N 99°08′W / 19.433°N 99.133°W / 19.433; -99.133

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