Mexico City Metro Line 6

Mexico City Metro Line 6 is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. Its distinctive color is red. It was the sixth line to be opened.

Line 6 / Línea 6
Metro La Villa-Basílica
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	El Rosario Martín Carrera
Stations	11
Ridership	136,838 passengers per day (2019)[1]
Operation
Opened	21 December 1983[2]
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	NM-73, NM-79
Technical
Line length	11.434 km (7 mi)
Track length	13.947 km (9 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge with roll ways along track
Electrification	Guide bars
Route map El Rosario workshops El Rosario Tezozómoc UAM-Azcapotzalco Ferrería/Arena Ciudad de México Norte 45 Vallejo Instituto del Petróleo Lindavista Deportivo 18 de Marzo La Villa-Basílica Martín Carerra

The line was inaugurated in 1983 and it runs from northwest to northeastern Mexico City. Line 6 has 11 stations and a length of 13.947 km, out of which 11.434 are for service.

Line 6 is the second line in the entire Mexico City Metro network with least passengers, having 49,945,822 users in 2019.[1]

History

Line 6 was opened on 21 December 1983, in the section that goes from El Rosario, serving the estate Unidad Habitacional El Rosario -the biggest estate in the country, to Metro Instituto del Petróleo. The latter became the first transfer station when it was connected to the already existing station of Line 5.

Three years later, on 8 July 1986, the second stretch of the line was inaugurated: from Instituto del Petróleo to Martín Carrera, connecting with Line 4.

According to the Mexico City Metro Plan published in 2018 by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, Line 6 would be expanded from Martín Carrera eastbound towards Villa de Aragón station of Line B. This extension would have a length of 5.69 km and five new stations.[3]

Chronology

• 21 December 1983: from El Rosario to Instituto del Petróleo
• 8 July 1986: from Instituto del Petróleo to Martín Carrera

Rolling stock

Line 6 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.

• Alstom MP-68: 1983–1994
• Concarril NM-73: 1983–present
• Concarril NM-79: 2015–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 17 are in service in Line 6.[4]

Station list

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	El Rosario	December 21, 1983	Surface	-	0.0	Metrobús Line 6 Trolleybus Line G Trolleybus Line I CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Tlalnepantla, Naucalpan and Atizapán	Azcapotzalco
02	Tezozómoc	December 21, 1983	Underground	1.4	1.4
03	Azcapotzalco	December 21, 1983	Underground	1.1	2.5
04	Ferrería / Arena Ciudad de México	December 21, 1983	Underground	1.3	3.8	Suburban Rail Line 1
05	Norte 45	December 21, 1983	Underground	1.2	5.0	Metrobús Line 6
06	Vallejo	December 21, 1983	Underground	0.8	5.8	Metrobús Line 6 (at distance)
07	Instituto del Petróleo	December 21, 1983	Underground	1.0	6.8	Metrobús Line 6 (at distance) Trolleybus Line A	Gustavo A. Madero
08	Lindavista	July 8, 1986	Underground	1.4	8.2
09	Deportivo 18 de Marzo	July 8, 1986	Underground	1.2	9.4	Metrobús Line 1 Metrobús Line 6 (at distance) CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Ecatepec
10	La Villa / Basílica	July 8, 1986	Underground	0.7	10.1	Metrobús Line 6 (at distance) Metrobús Line 7 Trolleybus Line LL
11	Martín Carrera	July 8, 1986	Underground	1.3	11.4	Metrobús Line 6 Trolleybus Line LL CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Santa Clara and Ecatepec

Renamed stations

Date	Old name	New name
1996	La Villa	La Villa / Basílica
1998	Basílica	Deportivo 18 de Marzo
2012	Ferrería	Ferrería / Arena Ciudad de México

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line 6 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.[1]

†	Transfer station
†‡	Transfer station and terminal

Rank	Station	Total ridership	Average daily
1	Martín Carrera†‡	11,038,852	30,243
2	Ferrería / Arena Ciudad de México	8,679,563	23,780
3	Lindavista	6,525,784	17,879
4	El Rosario†‡	5,864,983	16,068
5	La Villa-Basílica	5,440,130	14,904
6	Azcapotzalco	2,947,847	8,076
7	Vallejo	2,922,747	8,008
8	Norte 45	2,597,226	7,116
9	Tezozómoc	2,101,647	5,758
10	Instituto del Petróleo†	1,182,817	3,241
11	Deportivo 18 de Marzo†	644,226	1,765
Total		49,945,822	136,838

Tourism

Line 6 passes near several places of interest:

• Mexico City Arena, indoor arena used to host concerts, sports, and other events.
• Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, basilica and National shrine of Mexico.

See also

• Mexico City Metro
• Mexico City Metro lines

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
2. "Línea 6" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX.
3. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. "Plan Maestro del Metro 2018–2030" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 49. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
4. "Parque vehicular" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 26 April 2020.