Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 12 metro lines built in

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, 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

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, Guerrero, Zarco, Balderas, Cuauhtémoc, Universidad, Copilco and Delfín Madrigal avenues. It interchanges with Line 6 at Deportivo 18 de Marzo, Line 5 at

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, Line B at

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, Line 2 at

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, Line 1 at Balderas, Line 9 at Centro Médico. and Line 12 at Zapata.

Chronology

*20 November 1970: from Tlatelolco to Hospital General *25 August 1978: from Tlatelolco to

*1 December 1979: from La Raza to Indios Verdes *7 June 1980: from Hospital General to Centro Médico *25 August 1980: from Centro Médico to Zapata *30 August 1983: from Zapata to Universidad

Rolling stock

Line 3 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years. *

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MP-68: 1970–1981 * Concarril NM-73: 1978–1981 * Concarril NM-79 1982–present *

MP-82 1985–1994 * Concarril NM-83 1990–present * Bombardier NC-82: 2004–2012 The NM-79 trains were made in Mexico in 1979 by Concarril and the NM-83A trains were made in México by Concarril between 1983 and 1991. Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 50 are in service in Line 3, more than in any other line.

Station list

The stations from north to south:

Renamed stations

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line 3 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.

Tourism

Line 3 passes near several places of interest: *

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, square in the Tlatelolco neighborhood. *

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* Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the

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Notes

References

{{Mexico City transport network 1970 establishments in Mexico 3 Railway lines opened in 1970