Mexico City Metro Line B

Line B / Línea B
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System Mexico City Metro
Locale Mexico City
Termini Metro Ciudad Azteca
Metro Buenavista
Stations 21
Ridership 1,259,942 passengers per day (2017)[1]
Operation
Opened December 15, 1999[2]
Operator(s) Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock MP-68
Technical
Line length 20.278 km (13 mi)
Track length 23.722 km (15 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Route map

 Ciudad Azteca
 Plaza Aragón
 Olímpica
 Ecatepec
 Múzquiz
 Río de los Remedios
 Impulsora
 Nezahualcóyotl
State of Mexico
Mexico City
 Villa de Aragón
 Bosque de Aragón
 Deportivo Oceanía
 Oceanía
Mexico City Metro Line 5
 Romero Rubio
 Ricardo Flores Magón
 San Lázaro
Mexico City Metro Line 1
Morelos
Mexico City Metro Line 4
 Tepito
 Lagunilla
 Garibaldi / Lagunilla
Mexico City Metro Line 8
 Guerrero
Mexico City Metro Line 3
 Buenavista

Mexico City Metro Line B is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. It has 21 stations and a total length of 23.722 km, 20.278 km service the line while the rest are used for maneuvers.

Line B runs from downtown Mexico City north towards the municipality of Ecatepec de Morelos.

Currently, it is the only line in the whole metro network to use two distinctive colors: green and gray.

Alongside Line 12, Line B is one of the two metro lines of the network to have the three type of stations: underground, elevated and surface.

History

Line B was planned as a feeder line that would connect Mexico City to the adjacent municipalities of the State of Mexico, such as Ecatepec de Morelos and Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, therefore, instead of using the same numbering system as with the other metro lines, the line was named as Line B, same as in Line A, which connects Mexico City with the municipality of La Paz, also in the State of Mexico.

The first stretch of the line, from Buenavista to Villa de Aragón, was inaugurated on December 15, 1999 by Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, and Rosario Robles, Head of Government of the Federal District from 1991 to 2000. The second section, from Villa de Aragón to Ciudad Azteca, was opened on November 30, 2000, six years after it was planned.[3]

Chronology

Rolling stock

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 36 are in service in Line B.[4]

Station list

No. Station Date opened Level Distance (km) Transfers Location
Between
stations		 Total
01 Ciudad Azteca November 30, 2000 Surface - 0.0 Mexibús Line 1
CETRAM (Bus platforms)		 Ecatepec de Morelos
02 Plaza Aragón November 30, 2000 Surface 0.7 0.7
03 Olímpica November 30, 2000 Surface 0.9 1.6
04 Ecatepec November 30, 2000 Surface 0.7 2.3
05 Múzquiz November 30, 2000 Surface 1.6 3.9
06 Río de los Remedios November 30, 2000 Surface 1.3 5.2
07 Impulsora November 30, 2000 Surface 0.6 5.8
08 Nezahualcóyotl November 30, 2000 Surface 1.5 7.3
09 Villa de Aragón December 15, 1999 Surface 1.5 8.8 Metrobús Line 6 Gustavo A. Madero
10 Bosque de Aragón December 15, 1999 Surface 0.9 9.7
11 Deportivo Oceanía December 15, 1999 Surface 1.3 11.0
12 Oceanía December 15, 1999 Elevated 1.0 12.0 Metro Line 5
Trolleybus Line G
13 Romero Rubio December 15, 1999 Elevated 1.0 13.0 Venustiano Carranza
14 Ricardo Flores Magón December 15, 1999 Elevated 1.1 14.1
15 San Lázaro December 15, 1999 Elevated 1.1 15.2 Metro Line 1
Metrobús Line 4
Metrobús Line 5
CETRAM (Bus platforms)
16 Morelos December 15, 1999 Underground 1.4 16.6 Metro Line 4
17 Tepito December 15, 1999 Underground 0.6 17.2 Cuauhtémoc
18 Lagunilla December 15, 1999 Underground 0.8 18.0
19 Garibaldi / Lagunilla December 15, 1999 Underground 0.6 18.6 Metro Line 8
Metrobús Line 7
Trolleybus Line LL
20 Guerrero December 15, 1999 Underground 0.9 19.5 Metro Line 3
Metrobús Line 3
21 Buenavista December 15, 1999 Underground 0.7 20.2 Suburban Railway Line 1
Metrobús Line 1
Metrobús Line 3

Renamed stations

DateOld nameNew name
2002ContinentesNezahualcóyotl
2008TecnológicoEcatepec

Tourism

Line 8 passes near several places of interest:

Crime

On its route, Line B passes through some places infamous for their considerable levels of crime including Ecatepec de Morelos, Gustavo A. Madero, Venustiano and neighborhoods such as Tepito and Colonia Morelos.[5] Due to this, the line has a high rate of crime inside the stations and the trains, going from the presence of pickpockets and petty theft, to armed robbery and sexual assault.[5]

In 2017, at least three violent robberies were reported, in which armed men entered the wagons and stripped the passengers out of their belongings.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ http://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/operacion/mas-informacion/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2017
  2. ↑ http://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-B
  3. ↑ "Abrirán el tres días la línea B". El Universal (in Spanish). November 27, 2000. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ http://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/operacion/parque-vehicular Parque vehicular (Rolling stock)
  5. 1 2 3 "Línea B del Metro, asaltos y acoso, el pan de todos los días". La Silla Rota (in Spanish). November 20, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
  6. ↑ "Hombres armados asaltan vagón de mujeres en la Línea B del Metro". La Prensa (in Spanish). July 26, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2018.

See also

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