Line 2 is a line on the
Metrorrey
Metrorrey, officially Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metrorrey, is a light metro/rapid transit system in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. Operations began in 1991. , the system operates 50 high-floor electric trains, along a total system of 40 st ...
system. It has 13 stations and it runs from
Sendero to
Zaragoza
Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...
. The line opened on 30 November 1994.
History
Construction for Line 2 started in February 1993 and was inaugurated on November 30, 1994, in the stretch from
General Anaya to
Zaragoza
Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...
. After 14 years, the second stage of the line, from
Regina to
Universidad, was inaugurated on October 31, 2007, by
José Natividad González Parás,
Governor of Nuevo León
The Mexican state of Nuevo León has been governed by more than a hundred individuals in its history, who have had various titles and degrees of responsibility depending on the prevailing political regime of the time.
Under the current regime, e ...
from 2003 to 2009.
The last section of Line 2 was inaugurated one year later, on October 1, 2008, form
Anáhuac to
Sendero, the current northern terminus of the line.
Chronology
*November 30, 1994: from
General Anaya to
Zaragoza
Zaragoza, also known in English as Saragossa,''Encyclopædia Britannica'"Zaragoza (conventional Saragossa)" is the capital city of the Zaragoza Province and of the autonomous community of Aragon, Spain. It lies by the Ebro river and its tributari ...
*October 31, 2007: from
Regina to
Universidad
*October 1, 2008: from
Anáhuac to
Sendero
Station list
References
{{Currently operating rapid transit systems in Mexico
Underground rapid transit in Mexico
Electric railways in Mexico
Railway lines opened in 1994
1994 establishments in Mexico