Mexico City Metro Line B

Line B
San Lázaro station
Overview
LocaleMexico City
Termini
Connecting lines
Stations21
Websitemetro.cdmx.gob.mx
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemMexico City Metro
Operator(s)Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stockMP-68
Ridership128,639,393 (2024)[1]
History
Opened15 December 1999 (1999-12-15)[2]
Technical
Line length20.278 km (12.6 mi)[3]
Track length23.722 km (14.7 mi)[3]
Number of tracks2
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge with roll ways along track
ElectrificationGuide bar, 750 V DC
Route map
Line B route highlighted in gray
Ciudad Azteca workshops
 Ciudad Azteca
Plaza Aragón
Olímpica
Ecatepec
Múzquiz
Río de los Remedios
Impulsora
Nezahualcóyotl
State of Mexico
Mexico City
 Villa de Aragón
Bosque de Aragón
Deportivo Oceanía
Oceanía
Romero Rubio
Ricardo Flores Magón
San Lázaro
Morelos
Tepito
Lagunilla
Garibaldi / Lagunilla
Guerrero
Buenavista

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 23.772 km (14.771 mi), 20.278 km (12.600 mi) service the line while the rest are used for maneuvers. Opened the 15th December 1999, it is the eleventh line to join the network. It serves the boroughs of Cuauhtémoc, Venustiano Carranza and Gustavo A. Madero located within the Mexico City proper, as well as the municipaliyies of Nezahualcóyotl and Ecatepec corresponding to the State of Mexico. It has interchanges with five metro lines, and its distinctive graphic identity colors are dark gray and silver, and it is the only line to use two colours to identify itself. Up to the year 2021, it was the fourth line on the network with the highest ridership, accounting for 87.5 million passengers.

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.[4]

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 was to originally named as Line 10. The 1994 Mexican peso crisis affected the construction of the line on its first stages as well as opposition from the citizens, specially those living in Santa María la Ribera, who claimed that Line B construction affected their houses, with damages such as sinking and breakage.[5]

The first stretch of the line, from Buenavista to Villa de Aragón, was inaugurated on 15 December 1999 by Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, and Rosario Robles, Head of Government of the Federal District from 1991 to 2000. The second section, from Villa de Aragón to Ciudad Azteca, was opened on 30 November 2000, six years after it was planned.[5]

An extension for Line B is planned, adding two more stations to expand the line westbound towards Colegio Militar, where line B would connect with Line 2.[6]

Chronology

Rolling stock

Out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 36 are in service in Line B.[7]

Station list

Key[a]
Fully accessible station Cablebús connection RTP connection
Partially accessible station Mexibús connection Tren Interurbano connection
CETRAM transfer station Mexicable connection Tren Suburbano connection
ETRAM transfer station Mexico City Metro connection Trolleybus connection
Ecobici bikeshare Pesero connection Xochimilco Light Rail connection

The stations from east to west and from south to north.

No. Station Date opened Level Distance (km) Connection Pictogram Location
Between
stations 		Total
01 Ciudad Azteca ‡ 30 November 2000 Ground-level,
overground access 		- 0.0 Silhouette of the neighborhood's glyph Ecatepec de Morelos State of Mexico
02 Plaza Aragón ‡ 0.7 0.7 A stand of pots from a tianguis
03 Olímpica † 0.9 1.6 Olympic rings
04 Ecatepec † 0.7 2.3 Ehecatépetl
05 Múzquiz † 1.6 3.9 A bust of Melchor Múzquiz
06 Río de los Remedios † 1.3 5.2 Sailboat Nezahual­cóyotl
07 Impulsora † 0.6 5.8 Cart with an old hacienda
08 Nezahualcóyotl † 1.5 7.3 A coyote's head
09 Villa de Aragón ‡ 15 December 1999 1.5 8.8
  • 12
  • 15A, 15C
 A collection of houses Gustavo A. Madero Mexico City
10 Bosque de Aragón † 0.9 9.7 12 Three forest trees
11 Deportivo Oceanía † 1.3 11.0
  • 11A, 12, 43
  • 7B, 7D
 Koala holding a soccer ball
12 Oceanía † Elevated,
overground access 		1.0 12.0
  • 43, 200
  • 10D
 Kangaroo
13 Romero Rubio † 1.0 13.0 10B, 18 Silhouette of a bust of Romero Rubio Venustiano Carranza
14 Ricardo Flores Magón † 1.1 14.1 Portrait of Ricardo Flores Magón
15 San Lázaro ‡ 1.1 15.2
  • East Bus Terminal (TAPO)
 Steam locomotive
16 Morelos † Underground,
trench 		1.4 16.6
  • 18, 37
  • 5A, 10E
 Profile of José María Morelos
17 Tepito † 0.6 17.2
  • 18, 33
  • 10E, 11C
 Boxing glove Cuauhtémoc
18 Lagunilla 0.8 18.0
  • 18
  • 10E, 11C
 Wild duck
19 Garibaldi/Lagunilla † 0.6 18.6
  • 18, 27A
  • 10E, 11C
 A guitar and a sarape
20 Guerrero ‡ 0.9 19.5
  • 10E, 11C
 Bust of Vincente Guerrero
21 Buenavista ‡ 0.7 20.2
Diesel locomotive

Renamed stations

Date Old name New name
2002 Continentes Nezahualcóyotl
2008 Tecnológico Ecatepec

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line B stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.[1]

† Transfer station
‡ Terminal
Rank Station Total ridership Average daily
1 Buenavista‡ 21,907,761 60,021
2 Ciudad Azteca‡ 21,410,326 58,658
3 Múzquiz 11,246,650 30,813
4 Ecatepec 9,740,169 26,685
5 Impulsora 9,105,811 24,947
6 Lagunilla 8,394,391 22,998
7 Nezahualcóyotl 8,378,849 22,956
8 Tepito 8,233,487 22,557
9 Río de los Remedios 7,330,993 20,085
10 Plaza Aragón 7,198,356 19,722
11 Olímpica 6,112,152 16,746
12 Deportivo Oceanía 5,731,450 15,703
13 Villa de Aragón 5,398,782 14,791
14 San Lázaro† 4,533,326 12,420
15 Oceanía† 3,788,470 10,379
16 Romero Rubio 2,925,132 8,014
17 Garibaldi / Lagunilla† 2,709,631 7,424
18 Bosque de Aragón 2,193,804 6,010
19 Ricardo Flores Magón 2,142,619 5,870
20 Guerrero† 2,090,890 5,728
21 Morelos† 1,972,909 5,405
Total 152,545,958 417,934

Tourism

Line B passes near several places of interest:

Crime

On its route, Line B passes through some places known for their levels of crime including Ecatepec de Morelos, Gustavo A. Madero, Venustiano Carranza, and neighborhoods such as Tepito and Colonia Morelos.[15] Due to this, the line has a high rate of crime inside the stations and the trains, going from the presence of pickpockets and petty theft to armed robbery and sexual assault.[15]

In 2017, at least three violent robberies were reported, in which armed men entered the wagons and stripped the passengers out of their belongings.[15][16]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The following list was adapted from different websites and official maps.
    • Metro () connections obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[8]
    • Accessibility obtained from the Mexico City Metro system map. In some cases, the map omits the accessibility icon as the station(s) are actually partially accessible. However, the respective websites of each station on the official site indicate the respective accessibility methods. Stations with the symbol ‡ are fully accessible; stations with the symbol † are partially accessible.[8]
    • Cablebús () obtained from their official website.[9]
    • Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM; ) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[10]
    • Ecobici () obtained from their official website.[11]
    • Metrobús () obtained from the Mexico City Metrobús system map.[12]
    • Mexibús () obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[8]
    • Mexicable () obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[8]
    • Public buses network (peseros) () obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[13]
    • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros () obtained from their official website.[14]
    • Trolleybuses () obtained from their official website.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b "Afluencia de estación por línea" [Station traffic by line]. Mexico City Metro (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2025-11-15. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  2. ^ "Línea B" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Sistema de Transporte Colectivo de la Ciudad de México, Metro". Mexico City Metro. Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2026-06-18.
  4. ^ "Línea B Metro Ciudad Azteca Buenavista" (in Spanish). Leycar Constructora. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b Grajeda, Ella (27 November 2000). "Abrirán el tres días la línea B". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  6. ^ Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. "Plan Maestro del Metro 2018–2030" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 49. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Parque vehicular". Metro CDMX. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  8. ^ a b c d "Mi Mapa Metro 22032021" [My Metro Map 22032021] (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Centros de Transferencia Modal (CETRAM)" [Modal Transfer Centers] (in Spanish). Órgano Regulador de Transporte. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Mapa de disponibilidad" [Disponibility map] (in Spanish). Ecobici. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Mapa del sistema" [System map] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  13. ^ "Red de corredores" [Route network]. Organismo Regulador de Transporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  15. ^ a b c "Línea B del Metro, asaltos y acoso, el pan de todos los días". La Silla Rota (in Spanish). 20 November 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  16. ^ "Hombres armados asaltan vagón de mujeres en la Línea B del Metro". La Prensa (in Spanish). 26 July 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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