Mexico City Metro Line 2

Line 2 / Línea 2
Inside a train on Line 2
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Metro Cuatro Caminos Metro Tasqueña
Stations	24
Ridership	768,292 passengers per day (2016)[1]
Operation
Opened	August 1, 1970
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	45 NM-02 trains made by Bombardier México in 2004
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
Electrification	Third rail
Operating speed	36 km/h (22 mph)
Route map Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña

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, Calzada México-Tacuba from Panteones to Normal, Av. Ribera de San Cosme, Av. Puente de Alvarado from Revolución to Hidalgo, Av. Hidalgo from Hidalgo to Bellas Artes, Tacuba street, República de Guatemala street, José María Pino Suárez street from Zócalo to Pino Suárez. From San Antonio Abad it runs at ground level over Calzada San Antonio Abad and Calzada de Tlalpan 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.

That same year, 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 till 1991, when Line A opened and service reached the municipality of Los Reyes La Paz, in the southeastern part of the State of Mexico.

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 MP-68: 1970–1975
• Concarril NM-73: 1975–present
• Concarril NM-79: 1980–present
• Alstom MP-82: 1985–present
• Bombardier NC-82: 1987–2005
• CAF NM-02: 2004–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 49 are in service in Line 1.^[3]

Station list

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Cuatro Caminos	August 22, 1984	Underground, trench.	-	0.0	CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Naucalpan and Tlalnepantla	Naucalpan	State of Mexico
02	Panteones	August 22, 1984	Underground, trench.	1.8	1.8		Miguel Hidalgo	Mexico City
03	Tacuba	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	1.6	3.4	Metro Line 7 CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Naucalpan and Tlalnepantla
04	Cuitláhuac	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.7	4.1	Trolleybus Line I
05	Popotla	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.8	4.9
06	Colegio Militar	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.6	5.5
07	Normal	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.7	6.2
08	San Cosme	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.8	7.0		Cuauhtemoc
09	Revolución	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.8	7.0	Metrobús Line 1 Metrobús Line 4
10	Hidalgo	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.7	7.7	Metro Line 3 Metrobús Line 3 Metrobús Line 4 (North route) Metrobús Line 7
11	Bellas Artes	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.6	8.3	Metro Line 8 Metrobús Line 4 (North route) Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
12	Allende	September 14, 1970	Underground, trench.	0.5	8.8
13	Zócalo	September 14, 1970	Underground, two-story trench.	0.8	9.5	Pino Suárez Station
14	Pino Suárez	August 1, 1970	Underground, trench (Lv. -2).	0.9	10.4	Metro Line 1 Metrobús Line 4 (South route) Zócalo Station
15	San Antonio Abad	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	1.0	11.4	Cero Emissions Corridor Line S (at distance)
16	Chabacano	August 1, 1970[* 1]	Ground-level	0.8	12.2	Metro Line 8 Metro Line 9
17	Viaducto	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	0.9	13.1		Benito Juárez
18	Xola	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	0.6	13.8	Metrobús Line 2 (at distance)
19	Villa de Cortes	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	0.8	14.6
20	Nativitas	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	0.9	15.5
21	Portales	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	1.1	16.5
22	Ermita	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	0.9	17.5	Metro Line 12
23	General Anaya	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	1.0	18.47		Coyoacán
24	Tasqueña	August 1, 1970	Ground-level	1.5	19.9	Light Rail Line 1 South Bus Terminal for Mexico cities. CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Coyoacán and Xochimilco. Cero Emissions Corridor Line A (at distance) Trolleybus Line K (at distance)

Tourism

	Sound of Mexico City Metro train arriving to a station At General Anaya station.
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Line 2 passes near several places of interest:

• Monumento a la Revolución, 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, seat of the federal executive in Mexico.
• Templo Mayor, archeological site and museum.

See also

• Mexico City Metro

References