Mexico City Metro Line B

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 / Línea B
San Lázaro station
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Ciudad Azteca Buenavista
Stations	21
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	MP-68
Ridership	417,934 passengers per day (2019)[1]
History
Opened	15 December 1999[2]
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 with roll ways along track
Electrification	Guide bars
Route map Ciudad Azteca workshops 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 Romero Rubio Ricardo Flores Magón San Lázaro Morelos Tepito Lagunilla Garibaldi / Lagunilla Guerrero Buenavista

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.[3]

History

Line B under construction over Avenida Central in Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl.

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.

Line B was conceived in the early 1990s and was to originally named as Line 10. The 1994 Mexican peso crisis affected the construction of the line on its first stages as well as opposition from the citizens, specially those living in Santa María la Ribera, who claimed that Line B construction affected their houses, with damages such as sinking and breakage.[4]

The first stretch of the line, from Buenavista to Villa de Aragón, was inaugurated on 15 December 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 30 November 2000, six years after it was planned.[4]

An extension for Line B is planned, adding two more stations to expand the line westbound towards Colegio Militar, where line B would connect with Line 2.[5]

Upon its completion, Line B became the first line in the Mexico City Metro network to feature the three type of stations: elevated, surface and underground.[3]

Chronology

• 15 December 1999: from Villa de Aragón to Buenavista
• 30 November 2000: from Ciudad Azteca to Nezahualcóyotl

Rolling stock

• Alstom MP-68: 1999–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 36 are in service in Line B.[6]

Station list

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

Renamed stations

Date	Old name	New name
2002	Continentes	Nezahualcóyotl
2008	Tecnológico	Ecatepec

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line 12 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.[1]

†	Transfer station
‡	Terminal

Rank	Station	Total ridership	Average daily
1	Buenavista‡	21,907,761	60,021
2	Ciudad Azteca‡	21,410,326	58,658
3	Múzquiz	11,246,650	30,813
4	Ecatepec	9,740,169	26,685
5	Impulsora	9,105,811	24,947
6	Lagunilla	8,394,391	22,998
7	Nezahualcóyotl	8,378,849	22,956
8	Tepito	8,233,487	22,557
9	Río de los Remedios	7,330,993	20,085
10	Plaza Aragón	7,198,356	19,722
11	Olímpica	6,112,152	16,746
12	Deportivo Oceanía	5,731,450	15,703
13	Villa de Aragón	5,398,782	14,791
14	San Lázaro†	4,533,326	12,420
15	Oceanía†	3,788,470	10,379
16	Romero Rubio	2,925,132	8,014
17	Garibaldi / Lagunilla†	2,709,631	7,424
18	Bosque de Aragón	2,193,804	6,010
19	Ricardo Flores Magón	2,142,619	5,870
20	Guerrero†	2,090,890	5,728
21	Morelos†	1,972,909	5,405
Total		152,545,958	417,934

Tourism

Line B passes near several places of interest:

• Plaza Garibaldi, a square known as Mexico City's home of mariachi music where mariachi bands can be found playing or soliciting gigs from visitors.
• Historic center of Mexico City

Crime

On its route, Line B passes through some places known for their levels of crime including Ecatepec de Morelos, Gustavo A. Madero, Venustiano Carranza, and neighborhoods such as Tepito and Colonia Morelos.[7] 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.[7]

In 2017, at least three violent robberies were reported, in which armed men entered the wagons and stripped the passengers out of their belongings.[7][8]

See also

• List of Mexico City Metro lines

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
2. "Línea B" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. "Línea B Metro Ciudad Azteca Buenavista" (in Spanish). Leycar Constructora. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
4. Grajeda, Ella (27 November 2000). "Abrirán el tres días la línea B". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2018.
5. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. "Plan Maestro del Metro 2018–2030" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 49. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
6. "Parque vehicular". Metro CDMX. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
7. "Línea B del Metro, asaltos y acoso, el pan de todos los días". La Silla Rota (in Spanish). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
8. "Hombres armados asaltan vagón de mujeres en la Línea B del Metro". La Prensa (in Spanish). 26 July 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.