Line 3 / Línea 3 | |
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Overview | |
Locale | Mexico City |
Termini | |
Connecting lines | |
Stations | 21 |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | Mexico City Metro |
Operator(s) | Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) |
Rolling stock | NM-79, NM-83A, NE-92 |
Ridership | 609,228 passengers per day (2019) [1] |
History | |
Opened | 20 November 1970 |
Technical | |
Line length | 21.278 km (13 mi) |
Track length | 23.609 km (15 mi) |
Number of tracks | 2 |
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) |
Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 12 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico. [2] [3]
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 Avenida de los Insurgentes, Guerrero, Zarco, Balderas, Cuauhtémoc, Universidad, Copilco and Delfín Madrigal avenues. It interchanges with Line 6 at Deportivo 18 de Marzo, Line 5 at La Raza, Line B at Guerrero, Line 2 at Hidalgo, Line 1 at Balderas, Line 9 at Centro Médico. and Line 12 at Zapata. [4] [5]
Line 3 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.
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. [7]
† | Denotes a partially accessible station |
‡ | Denotes a fully accessible station |
Denotes a metro transfer | |
Denotes a connection with the Cablebús system | |
Denotes a connection with the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) system | |
Denotes a connection with the Ecobici system | |
Denotes a connection with the Metrobús system | |
Denotes a connection with the Mexibús system | |
Denotes a connection with the Mexicable 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 |
The stations from north to south:
No. | Station | Date opened | Level | Distance (km) | Connection | Pictogram | Location | |
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Between stations | Total | |||||||
01 | Indios Verdes † | December 1, 1979 | Ground-level, underground access | - | 0.0 | A silhouette of the statues of Itzcoatl and Ahuitzotl. | Gustavo A. Madero | |
02 | Deportivo 18 de Marzo † | 1.3 | 1.3 | A pre-Columbian game player | ||||
03 | Potrero † | 1.1 | 2.4 | A horse's head behind a fence | ||||
04 | La Raza † | August 25, 1978 | Underground, trench | 1.2 | 3.6 | Monumento a La Raza pyramid | ||
05 | Tlatelolco | November 20, 1970 | 1.6 | 5.2 | Torre Insignia | Cuauhtémoc | ||
06 | Guerrero ‡ | 1.1 | 6.3 | Bust of Vincente Guerrero | ||||
07 | Hidalgo † | Underground, trench (Lv. -2) | 0.9 | 7.2 | A profile of Hidalgo | |||
08 | Juárez ‡ | Underground, trench | 0.4 | 7.6 | A bust of Benito Juárez | |||
09 | Balderas ‡ | Underground, trench (Lv. -2) | 0.7 | 8.4 | A preserved colonial-era cannon | |||
10 | Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX † | Underground trench | 0.8 | 9.2 | A kepi | |||
11 | Hospital General † | 0.8 | 9.9 | The Red Cross symbol | ||||
12 | Centro Médico ‡ | June 7, 1980 | 0.8 | 10.7 | The caduceus | |||
13 | Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia † | August 25, 1980 | 1.5 | 12.3 | A lion's head | Benito Juárez | ||
14 | Eugenia | 1.0 | 13.3 | A stork | ||||
15 | División del Norte | 0.8 | 14.1 | Pancho Villa | ||||
16 | Zapata ‡ | 1.0 | 15.1 | Emiliano Zapata | ||||
17 | Coyoacán | August 30, 1983 | Underground deep trench | 1.2 | 16.4 | A coyote | ||
18 | Viveros / Derechos Humanos ‡ | Underground double tunnel | 1.0 | 17.4 | A silhouette of a plant | Coyoacán | ||
19 | Miguel Ángel de Quevedo † | 1.0 | 18.4 | A tree | ||||
20 | Copilco ‡ | Underground deep trench | 1.4 | 19.8 | An Olmec representation of a coiled water snake or dragon | |||
21 | Universidad † | Ground-level, overground access | 1.5 | 21.3 | The coat of arms of UNAM |
Date | Old name | New name |
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1998 | Basílica | Deportivo 18 de Marzo |
2009 | Etiopía | Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia |
2009 | Viveros | Viveros / Derechos Humanos |
2019 | Niños Héroes | Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX |
The following table shows each of Line 3 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019. [1]
† | Transfer station |
‡ | Terminal |
Rank | Station | Total ridership | Average daily |
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1 | Indios Verdes‡ | 39,192,273 | 107,376 |
2 | Universidad‡ | 26,555,624 | 72,755 |
3 | Copilco | 14,030,121 | 38,439 |
4 | Deportivo 18 de Marzo† | 12,397,054 | 33,965 |
5 | Miguel Ángel de Quevedo | 12,101,570 | 33,155 |
6 | La Raza† | 11,364,171 | 31,135 |
7 | Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia | 10,885,701 | 29,824 |
8 | Coyoacán | 9,780,261 | 26,795 |
9 | Zapata† | 9,027,192 | 24,732 |
10 | Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX | 7,865,930 | 21,550 |
11 | Viveros / Derechos Humanos | 7,727,513 | 21,171 |
12 | Tlatelolco | 7,562,593 | 20,719 |
13 | Hospital General | 7,478,953 | 20,490 |
14 | Centro Médico† | 7,395,505 | 20,262 |
15 | Eugenia | 6,700,579 | 18,358 |
16 | División del Norte | 6,552,063 | 17,951 |
17 | Hidalgo† | 6,378,926 | 17,477 |
18 | Juárez | 6,320,737 | 17,317 |
19 | Potrero | 6,317,545 | 17,308 |
20 | Guerrero† | 3,893,901 | 10,668 |
21 | Balderas† | 2,840,045 | 7,781 |
Total | 222,368,257 | 609,228 |
Line 3 passes near several places of interest:
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