The Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 is a bus rapid transit line in the

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. It operates between Indios Verdes, in the Gustavo A. Madero

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in the northern part of the city, and El Caminero, in

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in southern

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. The line was the first one to be built and opened. The first section of the line, known as ''Corredor Insurgentes'', was inaugurated by

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from 2000 to 2005, on 19 June 2005. The second stretch of the line, known as ''Corredor Insurgentes Sur'', was inaugurated on 13 March 2008, by

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from 2006 to 2012. The line has 46 stations and a total length of 28.1 kilometers."Corredor Insurgentes", Metrobús website, archive of 2009-07-29
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Service description

Services

The line has five itineraries. Indios Verdes to Insurgentes
:''From Indios Verdes'' :*First Bus: 5:30 (Monday-Friday) :*Last Bus: 21:55 (Monday-Friday) :*First Bus: 8:00 (Saturday) :*Last Bus: 16:04 (Saturday) :No service on Sunday :''To Indios Verdes'' :*First Bus: 5:58 (Monday-Friday) :*Last Bus: 22:23 (Monday-Friday) :*First Bus: 8:24 (Saturday) :*Last Bus: 16:27 (Saturday) :No service on Sunday Indios Verdes to El Caminero
:''To El Caminero'' :*First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Wednesday) :*Last Bus: 23:54 (Monday-Wednesday) :*First Bus: 4:30 (Thursday-Friday) :*Last Bus: 00:40 (Thursday-Friday) :*First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday) :*Last Bus: 00:40 (Saturday) :*First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday) :*Last Bus: 23:40 (Sunday) :''To Indios Verdes'' :*First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Wednesday) :*Last Bus: 23:35 (Monday-Wednesday) :*First Bus: 4:30 (Thursday-Friday) :*Last Bus: 00:40 (Thursday-Friday) :*First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday) :*Last Bus: 00:40 (Saturday) :*First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday) :*Last Bus: 23:50 (Sunday) Indios Verdes to Dr. Gálvez
:''From Indios Verdes'' :*First Bus: 5:00 (Monday-Friday) :*Last Bus: 21:24 (Monday-Friday) :*First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday) :*Last Bus: 22:37 (Saturday) :*First Bus: 5:08 (Sunday) :*Last Bus: 23:02 (Sunday) :''To Indios Verdes'' :*First Bus: 4:37 (Monday-Friday) :*Last Bus: 22:40 (Monday-Friday) :*First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday) :*Last Bus: 22:38 (Saturday) :*First Bus: 5:03 (Sunday) :*Last Bus: 22:40 (Sunday) Buenavista to El Caminero
:''To El Caminero'' :*First Bus: 5:30 (Monday-Friday) :*Last Bus: 22:28 (Monday-Friday) :*First Bus: 6:00 (Saturday) :*Last Bus: 21:54 (Saturday) :*First Bus: 6:20 (Sunday) :*Last Bus: 21:54 (Sunday) :''From El Caminero'' :*First Bus: 5:01 (Monday-Friday) :*Last Bus: 21:11 (Monday-Friday) :*First Bus: 4:50 (Saturday) :*Last Bus: 20:43 (Saturday) :*First Bus: 5:34 (Sunday) :*Last Bus: 20:38 (Sunday) Colonia del Valle to Tepalcates ( Line 2)
:''To Tepalcates'' :*First Bus: 4:45 (Monday-Friday) :*Last Bus: 22:55 (Monday-Friday) :*First Bus: 4:50 (Saturday) :*Last Bus: 23:43 (Saturday) :*First Bus: 5:29 (Sunday) :*Last Bus: 23:50 (Sunday) :''To Colonia del Valle'' :*First Bus: 4:35 (Monday-Friday) :*Last Bus: 21:28 (Monday-Friday) :*First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday) :*Last Bus: 23:28 (Saturday) :*First Bus: 5:05 (Sunday) :*Last Bus: 23:39 (Sunday) Line 1 services the Gustavo A. Madero,

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and

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Station list

;Notes

Operators

Line 1 has four operators. *Corredor Insurgentes, SA de CV (CISA) *Vanguardia y Cambio, SA de CV (VYC) *Rey Cuauhtémoc, SA de CV (RECSA) *Red de Transporte de Pasajeros del Distrito Federal (RTP)

Ridership

As of April 2018, the Metrobus Line 1 moves an average of 600,000 commuters daily. This has led to a saturation of the line, thus articulated buses are being substituted for bi-articulated buses.

Incidents

According to the director of CISA, there are between one and four minor accidents per week in Line 1. In February 2018, a cyclist was hit by a bus when he invaded the Metrobús'

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near

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. The cyclist died immediately after the incident.

Notes

References

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