Mexico City Metro Line 9

Line 9 / Línea 9
A MP-68 train at Pantitlán
Overview
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Metro Pantitlán Metro Tacubaya
Stations	12
Ridership	49,949 passengers per day (2016)[1]
Operation
Opened	August 26, 1987
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	25 NM-79 and NC-82 trains made by Bombardier
Technical
Line length	13.033 km (8 mi)
Track length	15.375 km (10 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 proposed extension Observatorio proposed extension Tacubaya Patriotismo Chilpancingo Centro Médico Lázaro Cárdenas Chabacano Jamaica Mixiuhca Velódromo Ciudad Deportiva Puebla Pantitlán

Mexico City Metro Line 9 is one of the 12 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico.

General information

Line 9 was the 8th metro line to be built in the network, built between 1985 and 1988. (Line 8 started operations until 1994). It is identified by the color dark brown, and runs from East to West in an almost straight fashion. It was built in order to support Line 1, providing a redistribution alternative for east-west commuters.^[2] It starts in the multi-line transfer station Pantitlán and ends at the western neighborhood of Tacubaya, both stations also served by Line 1. As a comparison, the section between Pantitlán and Tacubaya is served by 19 stations in Line 1, whereas Line 9 has only 12, which would translate in a faster alternative.

Line 9 is built in its easternmost section above the Rio Churubusco and Rio de la Piedad Avenues. Then it reaches an underground route near the Magdalena Mixiuhca Complex and it continues under the Eje 3 Sur until reaching the Tacubaya zone, where the last station is built under Jalisco avenue. As part of the first expansion plans in the 1980s the line is expected to turn west after Jalisco Avenue to reach Observatorio Station^[3]

Chronology

• August 26, 1987: from Pantitlán to Centro Médico.
• August 29, 1988: from Centro Médico to Tacubaya.

Rolling stock

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

• Alstom MP-68: 1987–1996; 1996-2008 CAF: 2018 - Present
• Concarril NM-73: 1987–1996
• Concarril NM-79: 1987–1996; 2004–present
• Bombardier NC-82: 2008–present
• Concarril NM-83: 2013–present

Future stock

• CAF NE-92: from November 2018

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 29 are in service in Line 9.^[4]

Station list

No.	Station	Date opened	Situation	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Pantitlán	August 26, 1987	Elevated	-	0.0	Metro Line 1 Metro Line 5 Metro Line A Mexibús Line 3 CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Nezahualcoyotl and Chimalhuacán	Venustiano Carranza / Iztacalco
02	Puebla	August 26, 1987	Elevated	1.5	1.5
03	Ciudad Deportiva	August 26, 1987	Elevated	0.9	2.4
04	Velódromo	August 26, 1987	Elevated	1.3	3.7	Cero Emissions Corridor Line S	Venustiano Carranza
05	Mixiuhca	August 26, 1987	Underground, trench	1.0	4.7	Metrobús Line 5 (under construction) Cero Emissions Corridor Line S
06	Jamaica	August 26, 1987	Underground, trench	0.9	5.6	Metro Line 4 Cero Emissions Corridor Line S
07	Chabacano	August 26, 1987	Underground, trench	1.2	6.8	Metro Line 2 Metro Line 8	Cuauhtemoc
08	Lázaro Cárdenas	August 26, 1987	Underground, trench	1.1	7.9	Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
09	Centro Médico	August 26, 1987	Underground, trench	1.2	9.1	Metro Line 3 Metrobús Line 3
10	Chilpancingo	August 29, 1988	Underground, trench	1.3	10.5	Metrobús Line 1
11	Patriotismo	August 29, 1988	Underground, deep trench	1.1	11.6	Metrobús Line 2	Cuauhtemoc / Miguel Hidalgo
12	Tacubaya	August 29, 1988	Underground, deep trench	1.3	12.8	Metro Line 1 Metro Line 7 Metrobús Line 2 CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Santa Fé and Cuajimalpa	Miguel Hidalgo

Proposed extension

Being Tacubaya a provisional terminal, Line 9 had an original project for being expanded to the west to reach Observatorio station as Line 1 did. This project would not be carried until 2014, when the announcement for the Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail made mandatory an alternative for the future passenger demand to be served. ^[5]

No.	Station	Date opened	Situation	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
				Between stations	Total
13	Observatorio	Expected 2021	Underground	1.5	14.3	Metro Line 1 West Bus Terminal for Mexico western cities. CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Santa Fé and Cuajimalpa Metro Line 12 (under construction) Toluca–Mexico City commuter rail. (Under Construction) New Aiport Express Rail Link (Proposed)	Álvaro Obregón

Tourism

Line 9 passes near several places of interest:

• Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City, Olympic Park used for the 1968 Summer Olympics
  • Palacio de los Deportes, indoor sports arena and concert venue.
  • Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez, motorsport race track venue of the Formula One Mexican Grand Prix.
  • Foro Sol, sports and concert venue.

See also

• Mexico City Metro

References