The Mexibús Line I is a
bus rapid transit
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(BRT) line in the
Mexibús system. It operates between
Felipe Ángeles International Airport in
Zumpango,
Ojo de Agua in
Tecámac
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and Ciudad Azteca in
Ecatepec de Morelos
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The city of Ecatepec i ...
. It was the first line to be built and to be opened. It was inaugurated by the
governor of the State of Mexico,
Enrique Peña Nieto
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on 1 December 2010 with 24 stations.
[ Another station was opened later. It is long and was used by approximately 130,000 users per day during 2012.]Volvo
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7300 BRT buses painted white with red, light green and dark green trim. It began free operations in October 2010.
Stations
There are three variations of this route:
* TR-1 Ojo de Agua–Ciudad Azteca regular service
* TR-3 Ojo de Agua–Ciudad Azteca express service (women-and-children-only service available)
* TR-4 Central de Abastos–Ciudad Azteca express service
* TR-5 Ojo de Agua–Terminal de Pasajeros regular service
Former stations
Las Torres Santa María Chiconautla station was closed and totally dismantled in 2022. The station opened in 2010 and served the town of Santa María Chiconautla.[ To facilitate the operation of Lines I and IV, it was decided to open the then-inoperative Insurgentes station instead. The approximate distance between Hidalgo and Insurgentes stations is .
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Incidents
On 29 May 2021, at 6:00 hours, a driver crashed into the turnstiles of UNITEC station. No riders resulted injured and the driver and their passengers ran away.
Notes
References
External links
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2010 establishments in Mexico
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