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Mexico City Metro Line 5
Line 5, also known as the Yellow Line from its color on the system map, is a rapid transit line of the Mexico City Metro network. It travels along the boroughs of Gustavo A. Madero, Cuauhtémoc and Venustiano Carranza in northern, northeastern and eastern Mexico City, serving thirteen stations. The line was inaugurated on 19 December 1981, going from Pantitlán to Consulado station. In 1982, the line was expanded twice, first from Consulado to La Raza station on 1 July, and later from La Raza to Politécnico station on 30 August. Line 5 was built by Mexican construction company Empresas ICA and it runs at grade and underground levels. The interchange stations are Instituto del Petróleo ( Line 6), La Raza ( Line 3), Consulado ( Line 4), Oceanía ( Line B), and Pantitlán (Lines 1, 9 and A). The line serves the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) at Terminal Aérea station and connects with other transport systems in the city, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantitlán Metro Station
Pantitlán (; Nahuatl ) is a Mexico City Metro transfer station in the boroughs of Iztacalco and Venustiano Carranza, in Mexico City. It is a combined underground, at-grade, and elevated station with six island platforms and two side platforms, served by Lines 1 (the Pink Line), 5 (the Yellow Line), 9 (the Brown Line), and A (the Purple Line). The only quadra-line interchange station in the system, Pantitlán station works as the terminal station of all of the lines and is located adjacent to Zaragoza (Line 1), Hangares (Line 5), Puebla (Line 9), and Agrícola Oriental (Line A). It serves the '' colonias'' (neighborhoods) of Ampliación Adolfo López Mateos, Aviación Civil, and Pantitlán; it receives its name from the last one. The station's pictogram features the silhouettes of two flagpoles. Pantitlán station opened on 19 December 1981 with service northwestward toward Consulado on Line 5; service eastward toward Observatorio on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Cuauhtémoc (), named after the former Cuauhtémoc, Aztec leader, is a Boroughs of Mexico City, borough (''demarcación territorial'') of Mexico City. It contains the oldest parts of the entity, extending over what was the entire urban core in the 1920s. Cuauhtémoc is the historic and cultural center of the entity, although it is not the geographical center. While it ranks only sixth in population, it generates about a third of the entire entity's GDP, mostly through commerce and services. It is home to the Mexican Stock Exchange, the important tourist attractions of the historic center of Mexico City, historic center and Zona Rosa (Mexico), Zona Rosa, and various skyscrapers such as the Torre Mayor and the Mexican headquarters of HSBC. It also contains numerous museums, libraries, government offices, Traditional fixed markets in Mexico, markets and other commercial centers which can bring in as many as 5 million people each day to work, shop or visit cultural sites. This area ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terminal Aérea Metro Station
Terminal Aérea metro station is a Mexico City Metro metro station, station next to the Mexico City International Airport in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms, served by Mexico City Metro Line 5, Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Oceanía metro station, Oceanía and Hangares metro station, Hangares stations. The station serves ''Colonia (Mexico), colonias'' (neighborhoods) of Peñón de los Baños and Moctezuma 2ª sección. Terminal Aérea metro station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the then Consulado metro station, Consulado–Pantitlán metro station, Pantitlán service. The station's pictogram features an airliner and a control tower, and its name is on account of its proximity to the check-in areas at Terminal 1 of the Mexico City International Airport. There are six murals painted by David Lach inside the station. In 2019, the station had an aver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City International Airport
Mexico City International Airport ( es, link=yes, Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México, AICM); officially ''Aeropuerto Internacional Benito Juárez'' (Benito Juárez International Airport) is the main international airport serving Greater Mexico City, since 2022 together with the Felipe Ángeles International Airport ("AIFA") and Toluca International Airport. It is Mexico's and Latin America's busiest airport by passenger traffic and aircraft movements, and the 16th busiest in the world. The airport sustains 35,000 jobs directly and around 15,000 indirectly in the immediate area. The airport is owned by Grupo Aeroportuario de la Ciudad de México and operated by Aeropuertos y Servicios Auxiliares, the government-owned corporation, which also operates 22 other airports throughout Mexico. This airport is served by 30 domestic and international passenger airlines and 17 cargo carriers. As the main hub for Mexico's largest airline Aeroméxico (with Aeroméxico Connect) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City Metro Line A
Mexico City Metro Line A is one of the twelve rapid transit, metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. The line's color is purple. It was the ninth line to be opened. 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 , out of which are for service. It was the second line to service the State of Mexico, after the Cuatro Caminos metro station (Naucalpan), Cuatro Caminos station of the Mexico City Metro Line 2, Line 2, opened in 1984. History Line A was inaugurated on August 12, 1991 by Carlos Salinas de Gortari, List of heads of state of Mexico, President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994, Manuel Camacho Solís, List of heads of government of Mexico City, 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 (network), feeder line, thus, instead of using a number (which, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City Metro Line 9
Mexico City Metro Line 9 is one of the 12 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico. General information Line 9 was the 8th metro line to be built in the network, built between 1985 and 1988. ( Line 8 started operations until 1994). It is identified by the color dark brown, and runs from East to West in an almost straight fashion. It was built in order to support Line 1, providing a redistribution alternative for east–west commuters. It starts in the multi-line transfer station Pantitlán and ends at the western neighborhood of Tacubaya, both stations also served by Line 1. As a comparison, the section between Pantitlán and Tacubaya is served by 19 stations in Line 1, whereas Line 9 has only 12, which would translate in a faster alternative. Line 9 is built in its easternmost section above the Rio Churubusco and Rio de la Piedad Avenues. Then it reaches an underground route near the Magdalena Mixiuhca Complex and it continues under the Eje 3 Sur until reaching the Tacubaya z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City Metro Line 1
Mexico City Metro Line 1 is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. Officially inaugurated in 1969, it went to become the first metro line to be built in the country. Its identifying color is pink and it runs through the city from west to east. General information The line is built under several avenues: Parque Lira, Pedro Antonio de los Santos, Circuito Interior, Avenida de los Insurgentes, Avenida Chapultepec, Arcos de Belén, Balderas, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, José María Izazaga, Isabel la Católica, Anillo de Circunvalación, Congreso de la Unión, Eduardo Molina, and Ignacio Zaragoza. It commutes with Lines 7 and 9 at the Station Tacubaya, Line3 at Balderas, Line8 at Salto del Agua, Line2 at Pino Suárez, Line4 at Candelaria, LineB at San Lázaro and Lines 5, 9and A at Pantitlán. When Line12 extension is completed, it will also connect with Line12 at Observatorio. History The first section of Line 1 was opened on 4 September 1969 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 , service the line while the rest are used for maneuvers. 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. History 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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City Metro Line 4
Mexico City Metro Line 4 is the fourth line of Mexico City Metro. The line color is aqua blue and it runs from north to south of the city crossing the city center by its easternmost area. In 2019 it had a total ridership of 29,013,032 passengers, making it the least used line on the system. General information It was built above the former Inguarán Avenue (now Congreso de la Unión) in viaduct solution, this makes it the only line without an underground section. With only ten stations, its short length is countervailed with its high connectivity, having transfer with other metro lines in six stations: Line 6 at Martín Carrera, Line 5 at Consulado, Line B at Morelos, Line 1 at Candelaria, Line 9 at Jamaica and Line 8 at Santa Anita. However, it is also the line with the fewest passengers in the entire system, having only 29,013,032 passengers throughout 2019. The line is also characterized by its above-ground architecture, having all of its station facilities elevated or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City Metro Line 3
Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 12 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico. Line 3 is the longest line, its color is olive green and it runs from north to south of the city covering almost all of it. It is built under Avenida de los Insurgentes, Guerrero, Zarco, Balderas, Cuauhtémoc, Universidad, Copilco and Delfín Madrigal avenues. It interchanges with Mexico City Metro Line 6, Line 6 at Deportivo 18 de Marzo metro station, Deportivo 18 de Marzo, Mexico City Metro Line 5, Line 5 at La Raza metro station, La Raza, Mexico City Metro Line B, Line B at Guerrero metro station, Guerrero, Mexico City Metro Line 2, Line 2 at Hidalgo metro station, Hidalgo, Mexico City Metro Line 1, Line 1 at Balderas metro station, Balderas, Mexico City Metro Line 9, Line 9 at Centro Médico metro station, Centro Médico. and Mexico City Metro Line 12, Line 12 at Zapata metro station, Zapata. Chronology *20 November 1970: from Tlatelolco metro station, Tlatelolco to Hospital General metro s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City Metro Line 6
Mexico City Metro Line 6 is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. Its distinctive color is red. It was the sixth line to be opened. The line was inaugurated in 1983 and it runs from northwest to northeastern Mexico City. Line 6 has 11 stations and a length of , out of which are for service. Line 6 is the second line in the entire Mexico City Metro network with least passengers, having 23,533,445 users in 2021. History Line 6 was opened on 21 December 1983, in the section that goes from El Rosario, serving the estate Unidad Habitacional El Rosario -the biggest estate in the country, to Instituto del Petróleo. The latter became the first transfer station when it was connected to the already existing station of Line 5. Three years later, on 8 July 1986, the second stretch of the line was inaugurated: from Instituto del Petróleo to Martín Carrera, connecting with Line 4. According to the Mexico City Metro Plan published in 2018 by the Sistema de Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interchange Station
An interchange station or a transfer station is a train station for more than one railway route in a public transport system that allows passengers to change from one route to another, often without having to leave a station or pay an additional fare. Transfer may occur within the same mode, or between rail modes, or to buses (for stations with bus termini attached). Such stations usually have more platforms than single route stations. These stations can exist in either commercial centers or on the city outskirts in residential areas. Cities typically plan for land use around interchange stations for development. Passengers may be required to pay extra fare for the interchange if they leave a paid area. History With the opening of the Woodside and Birkenhead Dock Street Tramway in 1873, Birkenhead Dock railway station in Birkenhead, England probably became the world's first tram to train interchange station. Examples Verney Junction interchange station in Buckinghamshire, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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