Trolleybuses in Mexico City

Coordinates: 19°26′N 99°08′W / 19.433°N 99.133°W / 19.433; -99.133
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Mexico City trolleybus system
 
Yutong ZK5120C model of trolleybus
Operation
LocaleMexico City, Mexico
Open9 March 1951 (1951-03-09)
StatusOpen
Routes10 (as of 2022)
Operator(s)Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (STE)
Infrastructure
Electrification600 V DC parallel overhead lines
Depot(s)2 (as of 2020)[1]
StockApprox. 360 trolleybuses (2014)[2]
Overview
Network, 2021
Websitehttp://www.ste.cdmx.gob.mx www.ste.cdmx.gob.mx

The Mexico City trolleybus system (Spanish: Red de Trolebuses de la Ciudad de México) serves Mexico City, the capital city of Mexico, and is operated by Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos.

The system opened on 9 March 1951.[3][4] As of mid-2014, the system had 8 lines and the operable fleet included around 360 trolleybuses.[2] The total number of trolleybuses scheduled in service in peak periods was 290 in late 2012,[5] but was 264 in mid-2014.[2] Until 2019, the lines were identified with the following letters: A, CP, D, G, I, K, LL and S.[2][5]

As of 2018, the fare is MXN $4.00 (€ 0.18, or US$ 0.21). The nine lines currently in operation are designated by numbers.[6]

Lines

Line Formerly Route Stops
1 A
Autobuses del Sur
 52 / 43
2 S
Metro Chapultepec
 34 / 40
3 D San Andrés Tetepilco –
Metro Mixcoac
 24 / 27
4 G
Metro El Rosario
 72 / 66
5 LL
Metro Hidalgo
 57 / 54
6 I
Metro Chapultepec
 56 / 43
7 K1
CETRAM Periférico Oriente
 37 / 40
8 CP Circuito Politécnico (Metro Politécnico – Instituto Politécnico Nacional) 46
9 M
Metro Apatlaco[7]
 40
10 –
Metro Constitución de 1917 – Acahualtepec[8]
 10
11 –
Metro Santa Marta – Chalco (under construction)[9][10]
 15
12 –
Metro Tláhuac – Chalco (planned)[11]
 TBD

Lines 1 to 7 are cross-city routes, of which 3, 4, and 7 are tangential routes, not reaching the city centre and generally oriented perpendicular to radial routes ("crosstown" route in American English). Line 9 is a short tangential route that is not "cross-city". Line 8 is a "feeder" route, feeding the city's metro system at Politécnico station and also line 1.

On October 29, 2022, line 10 was inaugurated from

Metro Santa Marta is under construction.[12][13]


See also

References

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  4. ^ Morrison, Allen (2010; updated 2014). The Trolleybuses of Latin America in 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Líneas de Trolebuses" (in Spanish). STE. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Líneas de Trolebús". Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (in Spanish). STE. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Reactivación De Línea 9 Del Trolebús Villa De Cortés - Río Churubusco" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Línea 10, Trolebús Elevado" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. October 29, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  9. ^ Ayala Espinosa, Camila (October 24, 2021). "Autoridades del Estado de México y de la capital del país firmaron un convenio de colaboración para construir el Corredor Trolebús Chalco-Santa Martha, el cual será el primer sistema metropolitano en su tipo". El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  10. ^ "Proyecto Trolebús Chalco-Santa Martha". Gobierno de Chalco (in Spanish). Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  11. ^ Navarrete, Shelma (October 25, 2021). "Trolebús conectará Chalco con la L12 y Milpa Alta para 2022, anuncia Sheinbaum". Expansión (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  12. ^ "Formalizan creación de trolebús elevado, será la Línea 10 de la red". Excélsior (in Spanish). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  13. ^ "El Trolebús Elevado se avecina: estos son los detalles". Obras por Expansión (in Spanish). November 29, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

External links

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