Line 8 / Línea 8 | |
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Overview | |
Locale | Mexico City |
Termini | |
Connecting lines |
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Stations | 19 |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | Mexico City Metro |
Operator(s) | Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) |
Rolling stock | Trains NM-79, MP-82 |
Ridership | 366,084 passengers per day (2019) [1] |
History | |
Opened | 20 July 1994 [2] |
Technical | |
Line length | 17.679 km (11 mi) |
Track length | 20.078 km (12 mi) |
Track gauge | 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge with roll ways along track |
Electrification | Guide bars |
Mexico City Metro Line 8 is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. Its distinctive color is green.
Opened in 1994, it was the tenth line to be built (despite its name being Line 8). With a length of 20.078 kilometres (12.476 mi) and 19 stations, Line 8 runs through Mexico City from downtown to the southeastern municipality of Iztapalapa.
Line 8 construction started in 1991 and finished in 1994. [3] It was inaugurated on 20 July 1994 by President of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gortari in its entire stretch going from Garibaldi to Constitución de 1917. The next day, Salinas de Gortari drove the first train. [4]
In 2018, the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo presented its plan projected to 2030, where an expansion of Line 8 was announced. This would extend the line northbound to La Raza, where it would connect with Lines 3 and 5; and southbound to Santa Marta, where it would connect with Line A. The project states that seven new stations would be built: three northwards and four southwards, with a total of 10.21 km (6.34 mi) for a total track length of 27.89 km (17.33 mi). [5]
Line 8 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.
Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 30 are in service in Line 8. [6]
† | 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 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 east to west:
No. | Station | Date opened | Level | Distance (km) | Connection | Pictogram | Location | |
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Between stations | Total | |||||||
01 | Garibaldi / Lagunilla † | July 20, 1994 | Underground trench | - | 0.0 | A guitar and a sarape | Cuauhtémoc | |
02 | Bellas Artes † | 0.8 | 0.8 | A stylized version of the palace's art noveau façade | ||||
03 | San Juan de Letrán | 0.6 | 1.4 | A silhouette of Torre Latinoamerica | ||||
04 | Salto del Agua † | 0.4 | 1.8 | Salto del Agua fountain | ||||
05 | Doctores | 0.7 | 2.5 | Two doctors | ||||
06 | Obrera | 0.9 | 3.4 | A construction worker's helmet framed with two gears | ||||
07 | Chabacano ‡ | 1.3 | 4.7 | An apricot | ||||
08 | La Viga | 1.0 | 5.7 | A pair of fish | Venustiano Carranza | |||
09 | Santa Anita | 0.8 | 6.5 | A man sailing a canoe | Iztacalco | |||
10 | Coyuya † | Grade-level, overground access | 1.1 | 7.6 | An Aztec dancer's ankle festooned with a cuff-rattle | |||
11 | Iztacalco † | 1.1 | 8.7 | San Matías monastery | ||||
12 | Apatlaco | 1.1 | 9.8 | A house with hot water and steam | Iztapalapa | |||
13 | Aculco | 0.7 | 10.5 | A water wave in a canal | ||||
14 | Escuadrón 201 | Underground trench | 0.9 | 11.4 | Escuadrón 201 insignia | |||
15 | Atlalilco ‡ | 1.9 | 13.3 | A water well | ||||
16 | Iztapalapa | 0.9 | 14.2 | A sun | ||||
17 | Cerro de la Estrella | 0.9 | 15.1 | A silhouette of a hill with three crosses and a star in the sky | ||||
18 | UAM-I | 1.3 | 16.4 | Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana logo | ||||
19 | Constitución de 1917 † | Grade-level, overground access | 1.3 | 17.7 | A quill above a document dated 1917 |
Date | Old name | New name |
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1995 | La Purísima | UAM-I |
2009 | Garibaldi | Garibaldi / Lagunilla |
The following table shows each of Line 8 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019. [1]
† | Transfer station |
‡ | Terminal |
†‡ | Transfer station and terminal |
Rank | Station | Total ridership | Average daily |
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1 | Constitución de 1917‡ | 32,255,313 | 88,371 |
2 | San Juan de Letrán | 9,962,243 | 27,294 |
3 | UAM-I | 9,203,724 | 25,216 |
4 | Coyuya | 8,501,595 | 23,292 |
5 | Escuadrón 201 | 8,047,639 | 22,048 |
6 | Iztacalco | 8,002,058 | 21,923 |
7 | Bellas Artes† | 7,718,079 | 21,145 |
8 | Garibaldi / Lagunilla†‡ | 6,304,770 | 17,273 |
9 | Atlalilco† | 5,611,383 | 15,374 |
10 | Salto del Agua† | 5,454,216 | 14,943 |
11 | Apatlaco | 5,100,848 | 13,975 |
12 | Doctores | 4,502,133 | 12,335 |
13 | Obrera | 4,452,999 | 12,200 |
14 | Iztapalapa | 4,140,807 | 11,345 |
15 | Cerro de la Estrella | 4,074,999 | 11,164 |
16 | Aculco | 3,524,731 | 9,657 |
17 | La Viga | 2,805,291 | 7,686 |
18 | Santa Anita† | 2,402,874 | 6,583 |
19 | Chabacano† | 1,554,977 | 4,260 |
Total | 133,620,679 | 366,084 |
Line 8 passes near several places of interest:
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