Trolleybuses in Mexico City explained

Mexico City trolleybus system
Locale:Mexico City, Mexico
Status:Open
Routes:11 (as of 2024)
Operator:Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (STE)
El:600 V DC parallel overhead lines
Depot:2 (as of 2020)[1]
Stock:Approx. 425 trolleybuses (2024)
Map State:hide
Website:www.ste.cdmx.gob.mx

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

LineFormerlyRouteStops
bgcolor=#0057B8 1bgcolor=#fed500 AMetro Autobuses del Norte – Autobuses del Sur52 / 43
bgcolor=#0057B8 2bgcolor=#ff6d00 SMetro Pantitlán – Metro Chapultepec34 / 40
bgcolor=#0057B8 3bgcolor=#8B01D5 DSan Andrés Tetepilco – Metro Mixcoac24 / 27
bgcolor=#0057B8 4bgcolor=#a8d500 GMetro Boulevard Puerto Aéreo – Metro El Rosario72 / 66
bgcolor=#0057B8 5bgcolor=#008da1 LLSan Felipe de Jesús – Metro Hidalgo57 / 54
bgcolor=#0057B8 6bgcolor=#008100 IMetro El Rosario – Metro Chapultepec56 / 43
bgcolor=#0057B8 7bgcolor=#ff9c00 K1Ciudad Universitaria – CETRAM Periférico Oriente37 / 40
bgcolor=#0057B8 8bgcolor=#800000 CPCircuito Politécnico (Metro Politécnico – Instituto Politécnico Nacional)46
bgcolor=#0057B8 9bgcolor=#3e5f8a MMetro Villa de Cortés – Río Churubusco / Metro Apatlaco[7] 40
bgcolor=#0057B8 10–Metro Constitución de 1917 – Acahualtepec[8] 10
bgcolor=#0057B8 11–Metro Santa Marta – Chalco (under construction)[9] [10] 15
bgcolor=#0057B8 12–Perisur – Tasqueña[11] 18 / 16

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 Constitución de 1917 to Acahualtepec. From Acahualtepec to Metro Santa Marta is under construction.[12] [13]

See also

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Trolleybus Magazine No. 349 (January–February 2020), pp. 28–30. National Trolleybus Association (UK). .
  2. Trolleybus Magazine No. 235 (January–February 2001), p. 14. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK). .
  3. Morrison, Allen (2010; updated 2014). The Trolleybuses of Latin America in 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  4. Trolleybus Magazine No. 318 (November–December 2014), p. 159. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK). .
  5. Web site: Líneas de Trolebuses . STE . Spanish . https://web.archive.org/web/20190713124315/https://www.ste.cdmx.gob.mx/red-de-servicio/lineas-de-trolebus . 13 July 2019 . dead . 5 March 2020.
  6. Web site: Líneas de Trolebús . Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos . STE . Spanish . 4 June 2024.
  7. Web site: Reactivación De Línea 9 Del Trolebús Villa De Cortés - Río Churubusco. es. 31 January 2021. 9 February 2021. Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos.
  8. Web site: October 29, 2022 . Línea 10, Trolebús Elevado . October 29, 2022. Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos . es.
  9. Web site: 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. October 24, 2021. El Economista. Camila. Ayala Espinosa. es. January 11, 2022.
  10. Web site: Proyecto Trolebús Chalco-Santa Martha . es. October 14, 2022 . Gobierno de Chalco.
  11. Web site: Línea 12 del Trolebús. STE. June 4, 2024. es. January 4, 2024.
  12. Web site: Formalizan creación de trolebús elevado, será la Línea 10 de la red. es. 12 August 2021. 10 December 2021. Excélsior.
  13. Web site: November 29, 2021. El Trolebús Elevado se avecina: estos son los detalles. December 10, 2021. Obras por Expansión. es.

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