Mexico City Metro Line 2

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Line 2 Cuatro Caminos–Tasqueña
Interior of Tasqueña and the front view of a NM-02 train
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Cuatro Caminos Tasqueña
Connecting lines	Tacuba Hidalgo Bellas Artes Pino Suárez Chabacano Ermita
Stations	24
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	NM-02
Ridership	737,396 passengers per day (2019) [1]
History
Opened	1 August 1970
Technical
Line length	20.713 km (13 mi)
Track length	23.431 km (15 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge with roll ways along track
Electrification	Guide bars
Operating speed	36 km/h (22 mph)
Route map Legend Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo/Tenochtitlan Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard This diagram: view talk edit

Line 2 is one of the 12 lines of the Mexico City Metro. ^[2]

The 2 Line is the second oldest in the network, identified by the color blue and runs from West to East and then North to South, turning at the city center. It starts at the border of the city with Estado de México and ends South of the city.

General information

Line 2 connects with Line 7 at Tacuba, Line 3 at Hidalgo, Line 8 at Bellas Artes, Line 1 at Pino Suárez, Lines 8 and 9 at Chabacano and Line 12 at Ermita. It is linked with the Mexico City Light Rail to Xochimilco at the Tasqueña terminal. It used to be served by NC-82 and some NM-83 trains.

It runs under the following roads: Calzada San Bartolo Naucalpan in the stretch from Cuatro Caminos to Panteones, Calzada México-Tacuba from Panteones to Normal, Av. Ribera de San Cosme, Av. México - Tenochtitlan from Revolución to Hidalgo, Av. Hidalgo from Hidalgo to Bellas Artes, Tacuba street, República de Guatemala street, José María Pino Suárez street from Zócalo/Tenochtitlan to Pino Suárez. From San Antonio Abad it runs at ground level over Calzada San Antonio Abad and Calzada de Tlalpan till the terminus of the line in Tasqueña. With 737,396 passengers per day in 2019, it is the busiest line of the Mexico City Metro.

This line was temporarily served by an NM-02 train printed with landscapes and images of Mexico City.

History

Line 2 opened on August 1, 1970, in the stretch Tasqueña–Pino Suárez. Pino Suárez station became the first transfer station of the Mexico City Metro, connecting with Line 1, built one year before.

On September 14, the line was expanded towards Tacuba station.

The last expansion of the line occurred in 1984 when two more stations were built: Panteones and Cuatro Caminos, the latter being the first station of the system to serve the State of Mexico. Cuatro Caminos would remain as the only station to serve the suburbs of Mexico City until 1991, when Line A opened and service reached the municipality of Los Reyes La Paz, in the southeastern part of the State of Mexico with the stations Los Reyes and La Paz.

1975 train crash

Main article: 1975 Mexico City Metro train crash

This line has seen the worst accident in Mexico City history when on October 20, 1975, when there was a crash between two trains at Viaducto metro station. One train was parked at the station picking up passengers when it was hit by another train that did not stop in time. At least 27 people were killed and several wounded. After this accident, automatic traffic lights were installed in all lines.

Chronology

• August 1, 1970: from Tasqueña to Pino Suárez.
• September 14, 1970: from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.
• August 22, 1984: from Tacuba to Cuatro Caminos.

Rolling stock

Line 2 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.

• Alstom MP-68: : 1970–1975 2023
• Concarril NM-73: : 1975–2005 2023
• Concarril NM-79: 1980–2006 2023
• Alstom MP-82: 1985–2007
• Bombardier NC-82: 1987–2005 2023
• CAF/Bombardier NM-02: 2004–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 40 are in service in Line 2. ^[3]

Station list

Key ^{[lower-alpha 1]}

†	Denotes a partially accessible station
‡	Denotes a fully accessible station
	Denotes a metro transfer
	Denotes a connection with the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) system. In the State of Mexico, they are called Estación de tranferencia modal (ETRAM).
	Denotes a connection with the Ecobici system
	Denotes a connection with the Metrobús system
	Denotes a connection with the public bus system
	Denotes a connection with the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP) system
	Denotes a connection with the Trolleybus system
	Denotes a connection with the Xochimilco Light Rail system

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

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Connection	Pictogram	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Cuatro Caminos †	August 22, 1984	Underground trench	-	0.0	Cuatro Caminos Routes: 18, 57-A, 57-C Route: 16-B Cuatro Caminos (under planning)	Toreo de Cuatro Caminos bull fighting ring	Naucalpan	State of Mexico
02	Panteones			1.8	1.8	Route: 18 Route: 16-B	A graveyard	Miguel Hidalgo	Mexico City
03	Tacuba †	September 14, 1970		1.6	3.4	Line 7 Tacuba Routes: 18, 59, 107 Routes: 11-A, 16-B, 16-D, 19-H	Three flowers
04	Cuitláhuac			0.7	4.1	Routes: 18, 19, 107, 107-B Line 6: Calz.México-Tacuba stop (at distance) Routes: 16-B, 16-D	An Aztec battle shield
05	Popotla			0.8	4.9	Route: 18 Routes: 16-B, 16-D	An ahuehuete tree
06	Colegio Militar			0.6	5.5	Route: 16-B	The coat of arms of the Military Academy
07	Normal			0.7	6.2	Routes: 19, 19-A, 200 Routes: 16-A, 16-B	The main building of the Normal tower
08	San Cosme			0.8	7.0	(at distance) Route: 59-A Routes: 12-B, 12-D, 16-A, 16-B	A balcony of a colonial building	Cuauhtémoc
09	Revolución ‡			0.8	7.8	(at distance) Line 1: Revolución station (at distance) Line 4: México-Tenochtitlan station (at distance) Routes: 12-B (at distance), 16-A, 16-B	Monumento a la Revolución
10	Hidalgo †			0.7	8.5	Line 3 (at distance) Line 3: Hidalgo station Line 4: Hidalgo station (north route) Line 7: Hidalgo station Route: 27-A Line 5: Metro Hidalgo stop Route: 16-A	A profile of Hidalgo
11	Bellas Artes †			0.6	9.1	Line 8 Line 4: Bellas Artes station (north route) Line 1: Bellas Artes stop Route: 16-A	The Bellas Artes opera house and museum
12	Allende			0.5	9.6	(at distance)	A bust of Ignacio Allende
13	Zócalo/Tenochtitlan †		Underground two-story trench	0.8	10.4	Passage Zócalo-Pino Suárez	The coat of arms of Mexico
14	Pino Suárez ‡	August 1, 1970	Underground trench (Lv. -2)	0.9	11.3	Line 1 (out of service) Passage Zócalo-Pino Suárez Nezahualcóyotl (at distance) Line 4: Pino Suárez station (south route) Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A (also temporary Line 1 service) Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I, 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H	A pyramid dedicated to Ehecatl
15	San Antonio Abad †		Ground-level, overground access	1.0	12.3	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 14-A, 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	St. Anthony the Great
16	Chabacano ‡	August 1, 1970 [* 1]		0.8	13.1	Line 8 Line 9 Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 33, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 9-C, 9-E, 14-A, 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	An apricot
17	Viaducto	August 1, 1970		0.9	14.0	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	A stylised logo of a cloverleaf interchange	Benito Juárez
18	Xola †			0.6	14.6	Line 2: Xola station (at distance) Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	A coconut palm tree
19	Villa de Cortés †			0.8	15.4	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Line 9: Villa de Cortés stop Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	A helmet
20	Nativitas †			0.9	16.3	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	A trajinera
21	Portales †			1.1	17.4	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Line 3: Miravalle stop (at distance) Route: 6-A (at distance), 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	An architectural portal
22	Ermita ‡			0.9	18.3	Line 12 (out of service) Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 52-C, 111-A, 145-A (also temporary Line 12 service) Routes: 6-A (at distance), 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	A chapel
23	General Anaya †			1.0	19.3	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 116-A, 145-A Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	A military officer next to a cannon	Coyoacán
24	Tasqueña ‡		Ground-level	1.5	20.8	South Bus Terminal Tasqueña Routes: 2-A, 17-F, 31-B, 81-A, 111-A, 143, 145-A Line 1: Tasqueña stop Line 1: Central del Sur stop (at distance) Line 1: Cerro Huitzilac stop (at distance) Line 7: Tasqueña stop Line 7: Central del Sur stop (at distance) Line 7: Cerro Huitzilac stop (at distance) Line 1: Tasqueña station Routes: 2-A, 2-F, 5-A (at distance), 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	A crescent moon

1. Chabacano Line 2 was rebuilt as part of the introduction of Line 9 in 1988 to support three-line transfer with middle-platform solution (Line 8 was built in 1994).

Renamed stations

Date	Old name	New name
2021	Zócalo	Zócalo/Tenochtitlan

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line 2 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019. ^[1]

†	Transfer station
‡	Terminal

Rank	Station	Total ridership	Average daily
1	Cuatro Caminos‡	39,378,128	107,885
2	Tasqueña‡	26,905,368	73,713
3	Zócalo/Tenochtitlan	26,138,960	71,614
4	Normal	12,870,083	35,261
5	Tacuba†	12,081,287	33,099
6	Bellas Artes†	11,057,441	30,294
7	Revolución	10,775,619	29,522
8	Allende	10,538,474	28,873
9	Chabacano†	10,452,786	28,638
10	Hidalgo†	9,967,554	27,308
11	Pino Suárez†	9,540,733	26,139
12	General Anaya	8,881,306	24,332
13	San Cosme	8,355,454	22,892
14	Portales	8,201,726	22,470
15	Xola	8,146,220	22,318
16	San Antonio Abad	7,897,611	21,637
17	Viaducto	7,543,940	20,668
18	Nativitas	7,163,027	19,625
19	Cuitláhuac	6,794,715	18,616
20	Villa de Cortés	6,341,507	17,374
21	Ermita†	5,962,152	16,335
22	Colegio Militar	5,575,408	15,275
23	Panteones	4,929,735	13,506
24	Popotla	3,650,212	10,001
Total		269,149,446	737,396

Tourism

Line 2 passes near several places of interest:

• Monumento a la Revolución, a monument commemorating the Mexican Revolution located in Plaza de la República (Republic Square).
• Paseo de la Reforma, emblematic avenue of Mexico City.
• Alameda Central, public urban park in downtown Mexico City and oldest public park in the Americas.
• Palacio de Bellas Artes, Palace of Fine Arts, cultural center.
• Historic center of Mexico City
• Plaza de la Constitución, Mexico City's main square.
• Metropolitan Cathedral
• National Palace, the seat of the federal executive in Mexico.
• Templo Mayor, archeological site and museum.

See also

• List of Mexico City Metro lines

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 26 April 2020.
2. Archambault, Richard. "Metro Line 2 » Mexico City Metro System" . Retrieved 9 August 2011.
3. http://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/operacion/parque-vehicular Parque vehicular (Rolling stock)
4. "Mi Mapa Metro 22032021" [My Metro Map 22032021](PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
5. "Centros de Transferencia Modal (CETRAM)" [Modal Transfer Centers] (in Spanish). Órgano Regulador de Transporte. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
6. "Mapa de disponibilidad" [Disponibility map] (in Spanish). Ecobici. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
7. "Mapa del sistema" [System map] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
8. "Red de corredores" [Route network] (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
9. "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
10. "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.

Notes

1. The following list was adapted from different websites and official maps.
   • Metro ( ) connections obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map. ^[4]
   • 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. ^[4]
   • Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM; ) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte. ^[5]
   • Ecobici () obtained from their official website. ^[6]
   • Metrobús ( ) obtained from the Mexico City Metrobús system map. ^[7]
   • Public buses network ( peseros ) ( ) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte. ^[8]
   • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros ( ) obtained from their official website. ^[9]
   • Trolleybuses ( ) obtained from their official website. ^[10]
   • Xochimilco Light Rail ( ) obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map. ^[4]