Mexico City Metro

The metro Mexico City ( official name: Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro or STC Metro) is part of the public transport in the center and north of the Mexican capital and surrounding counties. 2011 use an average of 4.08 million passengers daily subway.

The subway of Mexico City was the first subway system in the world, on which each station is labeled with a unique icon. The reason was to accommodate the still considerable illiterate population layer.

Operation

Line network

The underground network of Mexico City has 215 stations, of which 30 offer a transfer possibility between at least two metro lines. 124 of the stations are underground, 57 are above ground and 34 are in Viaduct location with powerful pedestrian bridges. The metro network currently has a length of 250 kilometers.

Trains run daily 5-24 clock. The driving cycle is 10-15 minutes, 2-3 minutes during the rush hours.

The lines A and B correspond to the numbering of the lines 10 and 11

Stations

The metro comprises a total of 195 stations, of which 24 are also interchanges between the lines. 115 stations are underground ( the deepest is 36 feet below street level ), 55 above ground and 25 are located on stilts. Line 1 is exclusively in the tunnel at line 4 runs completely above ground. The other lines have both under - and above-ground sections.

Only eleven stations are located within the narrower inner urban area, while the remaining outside the Federal District (Distrito Federal) are located. One of the world's biggest by passenger volume is Pantitlán ago interchange stations, the terminus of lines 1, 5, 9 and A, and dozens of bus routes. On some lines, trains, the first of two cars may be used only by women and children. This provision is, however, enforced only during rush hours because sometimes it came to reckless behavior at the largest crowds.

Each station is marked with a unique identifier, which is in communication with the station name or the surrounding area. Thus, for example, the station Zapata named after the Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata. The corresponding character symbolizes him with a mustache and sombrero in front of green background. Pino Suárez, also named after a revolutionary, shows Aztec ruins that were found during the construction of the station, as stops logo. The background color of the sign is identical with the line characteristic colors. Stations, which are served by different lines show the respective colors in the diagonal lines.

Tickets

The fare is one due to high government subsidies to the world's best. This is 3 Mexican peso (approx. 0.15 EUR ) per trip. A ticket that should cover the actual costs, however, would cost 4-6 pesos. Disabled and pensioners go beyond free with the subway.

Tickets are sold at outlets that are found at each station. The tickets give you enter the platforms the turnstiles free. Voided tickets will be retained and destroyed by the turnstile reader.

In June 2006, started to introduce smart cards. Matching readers have been installed since 2004. In the first phase pre-paid cards to 300 pesos for 150 trips. However, the high price deters advance potential users of the system from ( although the price per trip of 2 peso remains unchanged ) so that the operator plans to issue rechargeable cards for 20 peso deposit in order to increase the acceptance.

Other modes of transport in the area of ​​Mexico City

Following the southern terminus of Line 2 runs Tasqueña a partial run on viaducts rail. This is a conversion of a former tram line and was put into operation in two phases: 1986 Tasqueña - Estadio Azteca and 1988 Huipulco - Xochimilco. Furthermore, a system called Metrobus was set up in the run articulated buses as a quick - lines on a roadway set aside for them alone with specific Platform -like stops. In 2013, five worked almost the entire city by crossing lines with 172 stops, another one is being planned. The buses also a line operated by different companies. The fare is MXN $ 5 ( pesos ) and is payable by a rechargeable smart card.

The city's company belonging Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del Distrito Federal operates since 1951 a network of trolleybus services with (2012 ) 12 lines. The fare is MXN $ 2 and is for cash. Trams no longer run since the 1980s.

History

On April 19, 1967, the " Federal Ejecutivo " of Mexico City decided to build a subway system in the fast growing city and therefore to be the oppressive traffic problems sir. In September 1969, the first track of the first Mexican subway between stations Zaragoza and Chapultepec with a length of 11 km and 16 stations were put into operation. By 1972, the network grew to 40.8 km and 48 stations, completed the first phase of the metro of Mexico City was completed. Due to ongoing expansion of the network, it currently consists of twelve lines with a total of 250 km of track.

Rolling stock

The car park of the metro of Mexico City consists of 2805 vehicles with rubber wheels, and 408 other vehicles with steel wheels. All trains of the lines except the line A are equipped with Gummiradreifen, similar to the vehicles of some lines of the Metro in Paris or in the subways in Montreal and Santiago de Chile. They opted for this variant because it guarantees vibration poorer ride in the geological Mexico City's. Only the vehicles of the line A using conventional steel wheels. Currently, four major operating workshops and depots with the name La Paz, Zaragoza, Ticomán and El Rosario are distributed in the metro network.