Mexico City Metro Line A

Mexico City Metro Line A is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. The line's color is purple. It was the ninth line to be opened.

Line A / Línea A
FE-07 at the Agrícola Oriental station.
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Pantitlán La Paz
Stations	10
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	FM-86, FM-95A, FE-07
Ridership	307,639 passengers per day (2019)[1]
History
Opened	12 August 1991[2]
Technical
Line length	14.893 km (9 mi)
Track length	17.192 km (11 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Overhead line
Route map Pantitlán Agrícola Oriental Canal de San Juan Tepalcates Guelatao Peñón Viejo Acatitla Santa Marta Mexico City State of Mexico Los Reyes La Paz

The line was opened in 1983 and it runs from eastern Mexico City southeast into the State of Mexico. Line A has 10 stations and a length of 17.192 km, out of which 14.893 are for service. It was the second line to service the State of Mexico, after the Cuatro Caminos station of the Line 2, opened in 1984.

History

Line A was inaugurated on August 12, 1991 by Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994, Manuel Camacho Solís, Head of the Federal District Department from 1988 to 1993, and Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza, Governor of the State of Mexico from 1989 to 1993.

Line A was conceived as a feeder line, thus, instead of using a number (which, in this case, it would have been 10 – Line 10), it used a letter in its denomination. The line was designed to connect Mexico City to the State of Mexico. For this reason, until December 2013, it was necessary to pay another fare when commuting from Line A to Lines 1, 5 and 9 at Pantitlán station.[3][4]

Another feeder line, also connecting the State of Mexico to Mexico City, would be inaugurated in 1999: Line B, also using a letter instead of a number to designate it.

A proposed extension of the line was presented in 2018 by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. According to the plan, Line A would be expanded southbound towards Chalco in the State of Mexico. The stretch would have six new stations and a length of 13.19 km.[5]

Rolling stock

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

• Concarril FM-86: 1991–present
• Concarril FM-95A: 1998–present
• CAF FE-07: 2010–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 17 are in service in Line A.[6]

Station list

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Pantitlán	12 August 1991	Underground	-	0.0		Iztacalco	Mexico City
02	Agrícola Oriental	12 August 1991	Surface	1.6	1.6
03	Canal de San Juan	12 August 1991	Surface	1.2	2.8
04	Tepalcates	12 August 1991	Surface	1.6	4.4		Iztapalapa
05	Guelatao	12 August 1991	Surface	1.3	5.7
06	Peñón Viejo	12 August 1991	Surface	2.4	8.1
07	Acatitla	12 August 1991	Surface	1.5	9.6
08	Santa Marta	12 August 1991	Surface	1.3	10.9
09	Los Reyes	12 August 1991	Surface	1.9	12.8		Los Reyes La Paz	State of Mexico
10	La Paz	12 August 1991	Surface	2.1	14.9

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line 6 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.[1]

‡	Terminal
†‡	Transfer station and terminal

Rank	Station	Total ridership	Average daily
1	Pantitlán†‡	45,550,938	124,797
2	La Paz‡	15,636,790	42,841
3	Santa Marta	10,088,191	27,639
4	Guelatao	7,898,506	21,640
5	Tepalcates	7,054,067	19,326
6	Los Reyes	6,242,517	17,103
7	Acatitla	5,846,455	16,018
8	Peñón Viejo	5,025,958	13,770
9	Canal de San Juan	4,813,813	13,189
10	Agrícola Oriental	4,130,829	11,317
Total		112,288,064	307,639

See also

• List of Mexico City Metro lines

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
2. "Línea A 2017". MetroCDMX. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
3. "Elimina STC el doble pago para usuarios de la Línea "A" al retirar Torniquetes de Transbordo en Pantitlán" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. 13 December 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
4. "Este viernes, retiran torniquetes de Línea A del Metro". Milenio (in Spanish). 12 December 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
5. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. "Plan Maestro del Metro 2018–2030" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 49. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
6. CDMX, Metro. "Parque Vehicular". Metro CDMX. Retrieved 11 August 2018.