Mexico City Metrobús Line 5
The Mexico City Metrobús Line 5 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobus. It operates between Río de los Remedios in the municipality of Gustavo A. Madero, in Mexico City's northern limit with the municipality of Ecatepec de Morelos in the State of Mexico, to San Lázaro in Venustiano Carranza.
Metrobús Line 5 | |
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Río de los Remedios station | |
Overview | |
Type | Bus rapid transit |
System | Mexico City Metrobus |
Status | In service |
Termini | Río de los Remedios San Lázaro |
Stations | 17 |
Services | 1 |
Daily ridership | 70,000[1] |
Website | Línea 5 |
Operation | |
Opened | November 5, 2013 |
Operator(s) | See Operators |
Character | Exclusive right-of-way |
Technical | |
Line length | 10 km (6.2 mi)[1] |
Line 5 has a total of 17 stations and a length of 10 kilometers which runs from northeastern to eastern Mexico City.[1]
Construction of Line 5 started on 26 March 2013 and it was inaugurated on November 5, 2013 by Miguel Ángel Mancera, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2012 to 2018.[2][3]
Service description
Services
The line has a unique itinerary.[4]
Río de los Remedios to San Lázaro
- To San Lázaro
- First Bus: 4:10 (Monday-Friday)
- Last Bus: 00:10 (Monday-Friday)
- First Bus: 4:10 (Saturday)
- Last Bus: 00:03 (Saturday)
- First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
- Last Bus: 00:05 (Sunday)
- To Río de los Remedios
- First Bus: 4:39 (Monday-Friday)
- Last Bus: 00:40 (Monday-Friday)
- First Bus: 4:39 (Saturday)
- Last Bus: 00:32 (Saturday)
- First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
- Last Bus: 00:32 (Sunday)
Line 5 services the Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza municipalities.
Station list
Stations | Connections | Neighborhood(s) | Municipality | Picture | Date opened |
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Río de los Remedios | Juan González Romero, Nueva Atzacoalco | Gustavo A. Madero | November 5, 2013[3] | ||
314. Memorial New's Divine | Del Obrero, Nueva Atzacoalco | ||||
5 de Mayo | Vasco de Quiroga, Nueva Atzacoalco | ||||
Vasco de Quiroga | |||||
El Coyol | Salvador Díaz Mirón, El Coyol | ||||
Preparatoria 3 | Constitución de la República, El Coyol | ||||
San Juan de Aragón | Constitución de la República, DM Nacional | ||||
Río Guadalupe | Granjas Modernas, DM Nacional | ||||
Talismán | Ampliación San Juan de Aragón, San Pedro el Chico | ||||
Victoria | Aragón Inguarán, Gertrudis Sánchez | ||||
Oriente 101 | Ampliación Mártires de Río Blanco, Gertrudis Sánchez | ||||
Río Santa Coleta | La Joya, Nueva Tenochitlán | ||||
Río Consulado | La Joya, La Malinche | ||||
Canal del Norte | Ampliación Michoacana, 20 de Noviembre | Venustiano Carranza | |||
Deportivo Eduardo Molina | Ampliación 20 de Noviembre, 20 de Noviembre | ||||
Archivo General de la Nación | Ampliación Penitenciaria, Penitenciaria | ||||
San Lázaro | Del Parque, 7 de Julio |
Operators
Line 5 has the following operators.[5]
- Corredor Integral de Transporte Eduardo Molina, SA (CITEMSA)
- Red de Transporte de Pasajeros del Distrito Federal (RTP)
Expansion
Expansion works for Line 5 started in August 2017. It is planned to extend the line until Preparatoria 1 (originally intended to be extended to Glorieta de Vaqueritos in the limits of Tlalpan and Xochimilco municipalities), in southeastern Mexico City. This extension will add 20 kilometers and 33 stations to the line, serving the Coyoacán, Iztacalco, Iztapalapa, Tlalpan, Venustiano Carranza and Xochimilco municipalities.[6][7]
Stations | Connections | Neighborhood(s) | Municipality | Date opened |
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Moctezuma | Del Parque, Jardín Balbuena | Venustiano Carranza | Expected 2020 | |
Venustiano Carranza | Jardín Balbuena | |||
Av. del Taller | 24 de Abril | |||
Mixiuhca | Magdalena Mixiuhca | |||
Hospital G. Troncoso | Granjas México | Iztacalco | ||
Metro Coyuya | Granjas México, Tlazintla | |||
Recreo | Tlazintla | |||
Oriente 116 | Los Picos de Iztacalco II A | |||
Colegio de Bachilleres 3 | INFONAVIT Iztacalco | |||
Canal de Apatlaco | Apatlaco | Iztapalapa | ||
Apatlaco | Purísima Atlazolpa, Pueblo Magdalena Atlazolpa, Purísima Atlazolpa, Nueva Rosita | |||
Aculco | Pueblo Magdalena Atlazolpa, Pueblo Aculco | |||
Churubusco Ote. | El Sifón | |||
Escuadrón 201 | Escuadrón 201 | |||
Atanasio G. Saravia | ||||
Ermita-Iztapalapa | Progreso del Sur | |||
Ganaderos | Progreso del Sur, Minerva | |||
Pueblo Los Reyes | Valle del Sur | |||
San A. Culhuacán | Barrio San Antonio Culhuacán | |||
Calzada Taxqueña | Barrio Tula | |||
Cafetales | San Francisco Culhuacán | Coyoacán | ||
ESIME Culhuacán | CTM Culhuacán V | |||
Manuela Sáenz | CTM Culhuacán VI | |||
La Vírgen | Ex Ejido de San Pedro Tepetlapa, Popular Emiliano Zapata | |||
Tepetlapa | Alianza Popular Revolucionaria, Popular Emiliano Zapata | |||
Las Bombas | CTM Culhuacán X, Cafetales | |||
Vista Hermosa | Hacienda de Coyoacán, CTM Culhuacán X | Expected 2020 | ||
Calzada del Hueso | Hacienda de Coyoacán | |||
Cañaverales | Granjas Coapa | Tlalpan | ||
Muyuguarda | San Lorenzo la Cebada | Xochimilco | ||
Circuito Cuemanco | Barrio 18 | |||
DIF Xochimilco | ||||
Preparatoria 1 | Potrero de San Bernardino |
References
- (in Spanish) "Ficha técnica Línea 5" (Line 5 technical data), Metrobús website
- "GDF inicia obras de Línea 5 del Metrobús". Noticieros Televisa (in Spanish). March 26, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- "Inauguran L5 del Metrobús". Milenio (in Spanish). November 5, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- (in Spanish) "Mapa Línea 5" (Line 5 Map), Metrobús website
- Padron Corredores Metrobus (in Spanish), Gobierno del Distrito Federal, retrieved June 5, 2018
- (in Spanish) "Ampliación Línea 5" (Line 5 Expansion), Metrobús website
- "Acortan Línea 5 del Metrobús; no llegará a Vaqueritos". El Universal (in Spanish). 30 July 2018. Retrieved 28 February 2020.