Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 Explained

Metrobús Line 1
Color:	A4343A
Type:	Bus rapid transit
System:	Mexico City Metrobus
Status:	In service
Start:	Indios Verdes / Buenavista
End:	El Caminero / Dr. Gálvez / Insurgentes
Stations:	46
Routes:	5
Daily Ridership:	600,000 (April 2018)
Operator:	See Operators
Character:	Exclusive right-of-way
Linelength:	28.11NaN1
Map State:	expanded

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobús. It operates between Indios Verdes, in the Gustavo A. Madero municipality in the northern part of the city, and El Caminero, in Tlalpan in southern Mexico City.The line was the first one to be built and opened. The first section of the line, known as Corredor Insurgentes, was inaugurated by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, on June 19, 2005.^[1] The second stretch of the line, known as Corredor Insurgentes Sur, was inaugurated on March 13, 2008, by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.^[2]

The line has 46 stations and a total length of 28.1 kilometers.^[3]

Service description

Services

The line has five itineraries.^[4]

Indios Verdes to Insurgentes

From Indios Verdes

• First Bus: 5:30 (Monday-Friday)

• Last Bus: 21:55 (Monday-Friday)

• First Bus: 8:00 (Saturday)

• Last Bus: 16:04 (Saturday)

No service on Sunday

To Indios Verdes

• First Bus: 5:58 (Monday-Friday)

• Last Bus: 22:23 (Monday-Friday)

• First Bus: 8:24 (Saturday)

• Last Bus: 16:27 (Saturday)

No service on Sunday

Indios Verdes to El Caminero

To El Caminero

• First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Wednesday)

• Last Bus: 23:54 (Monday-Wednesday)

• First Bus: 4:30 (Thursday-Friday)

• Last Bus: 00:40 (Thursday-Friday)

• First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)

• Last Bus: 00:40 (Saturday)

• First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)

• Last Bus: 23:40 (Sunday)

To Indios Verdes

• First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Wednesday)

• Last Bus: 23:35 (Monday-Wednesday)

• First Bus: 4:30 (Thursday-Friday)

• Last Bus: 00:40 (Thursday-Friday)

• First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)

• Last Bus: 00:40 (Saturday)

• First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)

• Last Bus: 23:50 (Sunday)

Indios Verdes to Dr. Gálvez

From Indios Verdes

• First Bus: 5:00 (Monday-Friday)

• Last Bus: 21:24 (Monday-Friday)

• First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday)

• Last Bus: 22:37 (Saturday)

• First Bus: 5:08 (Sunday)

• Last Bus: 23:02 (Sunday)

To Indios Verdes

• First Bus: 4:37 (Monday-Friday)

• Last Bus: 22:40 (Monday-Friday)

• First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)

• Last Bus: 22:38 (Saturday)

• First Bus: 5:03 (Sunday)

• Last Bus: 22:40 (Sunday)

Buenavista to El Caminero

To El Caminero

• First Bus: 5:30 (Monday-Friday)

• Last Bus: 22:28 (Monday-Friday)

• First Bus: 6:00 (Saturday)

• Last Bus: 21:54 (Saturday)

• First Bus: 6:20 (Sunday)

• Last Bus: 21:54 (Sunday)

From El Caminero

• First Bus: 5:01 (Monday-Friday)

• Last Bus: 21:11 (Monday-Friday)

• First Bus: 4:50 (Saturday)

• Last Bus: 20:43 (Saturday)

• First Bus: 5:34 (Sunday)

• Last Bus: 20:38 (Sunday)

Colonia del Valle to Tepalcates (Line 2)

To Tepalcates

• First Bus: 4:45 (Monday-Friday)

• Last Bus: 22:55 (Monday-Friday)

• First Bus: 4:50 (Saturday)

• Last Bus: 23:43 (Saturday)

• First Bus: 5:29 (Sunday)

• Last Bus: 23:50 (Sunday)

To Colonia del Valle

• First Bus: 4:35 (Monday-Friday)

• Last Bus: 21:28 (Monday-Friday)

• First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)

• Last Bus: 23:28 (Saturday)

• First Bus: 5:05 (Sunday)

• Last Bus: 23:39 (Sunday)

Line 1 services the Gustavo A. Madero, Cuauhtémoc, Benito Juárez, Álvaro Obregón, Coyoacán and Tlalpan municipalities.

Station list

Notes

Operators

Line 1 has four operators.

• Corredor Insurgentes, SA de CV (CISA)
• Vanguardia y Cambio, SA de CV (VYC)
• Rey Cuauhtémoc, SA de CV (RECSA)
• Red de Transporte de Pasajeros del Distrito Federal (RTP)

Ridership

As of April 2018, the Metrobus Line 1 moves an average of 600,000 commuters daily. This has led to a saturation of the line, thus articulated buses are being substituted for bi-articulated buses.^[5]

Incidents

According to the director of CISA, there are between one and four minor accidents per week in Line 1.^[6]

In February 2018, a cyclist was hit by a bus when he invaded the Metrobús' right-of-way near Perisur. The cyclist died immediately after the incident.^[7]

Notes and References

1. News: Circula el Metrobús con numerosos pendientes. La Jornada . June 20, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091202153912/http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2005/06/20/052n1cap.php. June 5, 2018 . 2009-12-02. es .
2. News: Inauguran ampliación de Línea 1 del Metrobús. Notimex . El Financiero . March 13, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081202123419/http://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/ElFinanciero/Portal/cfpages/contentmgr.cfm?docId=109943&docTipo=1&orderby=docid&sortby=ASC . June 5, 2018 . 2008-12-02 . es .
3. "Corredor Insurgentes", Metrobús website, archive of 2009-07-29
4. "Mapa Línea 1" (Line 1 Map), Metrobús website
5. Web site: Línea 1 del Metrobús saturada; se intensifica la sustitución de unidades por biarticulados. El Sol de México. es.
6. News: Accidente en el Metrobús, ¿me quedo o me voy?. Más Por Más. July 6, 2015 . June 5, 2018 . es .
7. News: Accidente en Línea 1 del Metrobús. CDMX . February 6, 2018 . June 5, 2018 . es .