Mexico City Metro Line 1

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.

Line 1 / Línea 1
Metro Observatorio
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Metro Observatorio Metro Pantitlán
Stations	20
Ridership	665,171 passengers per day (2019)[1]
Operation
Opened	4 September 1969
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	NM-83, NE-92, NM-16
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 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

General information

The line is built under several avenues: Parque Lira, Pedro Antonio de los Santos, Circuito Interior, Avenida de los Insurgentes, Avenida Chapultepec, 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 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 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.

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

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 MP-68: 1969–2018
• Concarril NM-73: 1978–present
• Alstom MP-82: 1985–1994
• Concarril NM-83: 1989–2018
• CAF NE-92: 1994–2018
• Bombardier NC-82: 2006–2007
• Concarril NM-79: 2011–2012
• CAF NM-16: 2018–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 49 are in service in Line 1.[5]

Station list

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Pantitlán	August 22, 1984	Underground, trench.	-	0.0	Mexibús Line 3 CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Nezahualcoyotl and Chimalhuacán	Venustiano Carranza
02	Zaragoza	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	1.5	1.5	CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Nezahualcoyotl and Chimalhuacán
03	Gomez Farías	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.9	2.4
04	Boulevard Puerto Aéreo	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.7	3.1	Trolleybus Line G
05	Balbuena	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.7	3.9
06	Moctezuma	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.8	4.7	Metrobús Line 4 (South route) (at distance) Metrobús Line 5 (unde construction)
07	San Lázaro	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.6	5.4	Metrobús Line 4 Metrobús Line 5 East Bus Terminal (TAPO) for Mexico eastern cities. CETRAM (Bus platforms) for city-east.
08	Candelaria	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	1.1	6.4	Metrobús Line 4 (South route) (at distance)
09	Merced	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.9	7.3	Metrobús Line 4 (South route)
10	Pino Suárez	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.8	8.2	Metrobús Line 4 (South route) Zócalo-Pino Suárez corridor	Cuauhtémoc
11	Isabel la Católica	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.5	8.7
12	Salto del Agua	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.6	9.3	Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
13	Balderas	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.6	9.9	Metrobús Line 3
14	Cuauhtémoc	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.5	10.5	Metrobús Line 3
15	Insurgentes	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.9	11.4	Metrobús Line 1
16	Sevilla	September 4, 1969	Underground, trench.	0.8	12.2
17	Chapultepec	September 4, 1969	Underground, two-story trench.	0.6	12.9	Metrobús Line 7 Cero Emissions Corridor Line S Trolleybus Line I
18	Juanacatlán	April 11, 1970	Underground, two-story trench.	1.1	14.0		Miguel Hidalgo
19	Tacubaya	November 20, 1970	Underground, multi-story trench.	1.3	15.2	Metrobús Line 2 CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Santa Fé and Cuajimalpa
20	Observatorio	June 10, 1972	Hillside trench	1.4	16.7	West Bus Terminal for Mexico western cities. CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Santa Fé and Cuajimalpa. --- under construction --- Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail. --- planned --- New Airport Express Rail Link	Álvaro Obregón

Renamed stations

Date	Old name	New name
1997	Aeropuerto	Boulevard Puerto Aéreo

Ridership

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

†	Transfer station
‡	Terminal
†‡	Transfer station and terminal

Rank	Station	Total ridership	Average daily
1	Observatorio‡	26,388,110	72,296
2	Insurgentes	20,753,676	56,859
3	Chapultepec	19,388,677	53,120
4	Merced	18,129,244	49,669
5	Pantitlán†‡	17,860,457	48,933
6	Zaragoza	16,963,497	46,475
7	Tacubaya†	12,369,808	33,890
8	San Lázaro†	11,915,094	32,644
9	Pino Suárez†	11,456,022	31,386
10	Sevilla	11,123,527	30,475
11	Gómez Farías	10,360,851	28,386
12	Candelaria†	8,554,561	23,437
13	Boulevard Puerto Aéreo	8,429,972	23,096
14	Cuauhtémoc	8,311,511	22,771
15	Isabel la Católica	8,262,282	22,636
16	Moctezuma	8,050,035	22,055
17	Balderas†	7,825,656	21,440
18	Salto del Agua†	7,482,564	20,500
19	Balbuena	4,902,639	13,432
20	Juanacatlán	4,259,229	11,669
Total		242,787,412	665,171

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

See also

• Mexico City Metro
• Mexico City Metro lines

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
2. "Ampliarán Línea 12 del Metro del DF". Sipse (in Spanish). February 14, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
3. "Línea 1 del Metro renueva el transporte capitalino". El Universal (in Spanish). September 4, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
4. "El origen del Metro del DDF". siempre.mx (in Spanish). Revista Siempre. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
5. http://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/operacion/parque-vehicular Parque vehicular (Rolling stock)