Mexico City Metro Line 8

Line 8 / Línea 8
Metro San Juan de Letrán
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Metro Garibaldi / Lagunilla Metro Constitución de 1917
Stations	19
Ridership	365,653 passengers per day (2017)[1]
Operation
Opened	July 20, 1994[2]
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	Trains NM-79, MP-82
Technical
Line length	17.679 km (11 mi)
Track length	20.078 km (12 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map Garibaldi / Lagunilla Bellas Artes San Juan de Letrán Salto del Agua Doctores Obrera Chabacano La Viga Santa Anita Coyuya Iztacalco Apatlaco Aculco Escuadrón 201 Atlalilco Iztapalapa Cerro de la Estrella UAM-I Constitución de 1917

Mexico City Metro Line 8 is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. Its distinctive color is green.

Opened in 1994, it was the ninth line to be built (despite its name being Line 8). With a length of 20.078 kilometers and 19 stations, Line 8 runs through Mexico City from downtown to the southeastern municipality of Iztapalapa.

Rolling stock

Line 8 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.

• Alstom MP-82: 1994–present
• Concarril NM-79: 2008–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 30 are in service in Line 8.^[3]

Station list

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Garibaldi / Lagunilla	July 20, 1994	Underground.	-	0.0	Metro Line B Metrobús Line 7 Trolleybus Line LL	Cuauhtémoc
02	Bellas Artes	July 20, 1994	Underground.	0.8	0.8	Metro Line 2 Metrobús Line 4 (North route) Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
03	San Juan de Letrán	July 20, 1994	Underground.	0.6	1.4	Metrobús Line 4 (South route) Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
04	Salto del Agua	July 20, 1994	Underground.	0.4	1.8	Metro Line 1 Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
05	Doctores	July 20, 1994	Underground.	0.7	2.5	Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
06	Obrera	July 20, 1994	Underground.	0.9	3.4	Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
07	Chabacano	July 20, 1994	Underground.	1.3	4.7	Metro Line 2 Metro Line 9
08	La Viga	July 20, 1994	Underground.	1.0	5.7		Venustiano Carranza
09	Santa Anita	July 20, 1994	Underground.	0.8	6.5	Metro Line 4 CETRAM (Bus platforms)	Iztacalco
10	Coyuya	July 20, 1994	Surface.	1.1	7.6	CETRAM (Bus platforms)
11	Iztacalco	July 20, 1994	Surface.	1.1	8.7
12	Apatlaco	July 20, 1994	Surface.	1.1	9.8		Iztapalapa
13	Aculco	July 20, 1994	Surface.	0.7	10.5
14	Escuadrón 201	July 20, 1994	Underground.	0.9	11.4	CETRAM (Bus platforms)
15	Atlalilco	July 20, 1994	Underground.	1.9	13.3	Metro Line 12
16	Iztapalapa	July 20, 1994	Underground.	0.9	14.2
17	Cerro de la Estrella	July 20, 1994	Underground.	0.9	15.1	Trolleybus Line E Trolleybus Line Q
18	UAM-I	July 20, 1994	Underground.	1.3	16.4
19	Constitución de 1917	July 20, 1994	Surface.	1.3	17.7	CETRAM (Bus platforms)

Tourism

Line 8 passes near several places of interest:

• Plaza Garibaldi, square known as Mexico City's home of mariachi music where mariachi bands can be found playing or soliciting gigs from visitors.
• Palacio de Bellas Artes, Palace of Fine Arts, cultural center.
• Historic center of Mexico City
• Torre Latinoamericana, skyscraper in downtown Mexico City with an observation deck.

References

See also

• Mexico City Metro