Line 3 / Línea 3
Zapata station
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Indios Verdes Universidad
Connecting lines	Deportivo 18 de Marzo La Raza Guerrero Hidalgo Balderas Centro Médico Zapata
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)
Route map Legend Ticomán workshops Indios Verdes Deportivo 18 de Marzo Potrero La Raza Tlatelolco Guerrero Hidalgo Juárez Balderas Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX Hospital General Centro Médico Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia Eugenia División del Norte Zapata Coyoacán Viveros / Derechos Humanos Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Copilco Universidad This diagram: view talk edit

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]

Chronology

• 20 November 1970: from Tlatelolco to Hospital General^[6]
• 25 August 1978: from Tlatelolco to La Raza^[6]
• 1 December 1979: from La Raza to Indios Verdes^[6]
• 7 June 1980: from Hospital General to Centro Médico^[6]
• 25 August 1980: from Centro Médico to Zapata^[6]
• 30 August 1983: from Zapata to Universidad^[6]

Rolling stock

Line 3 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.

• Alstom MP-68: 1970–1981
• Concarril NM-73: 1978–1981
• Concarril NM-79 1982–present
• Alstom MP-82 1985–1994
• Concarril NM-83 1990–present
• Bombardier NC-82: 2004–2012
• CAF NE-92, 2023–present

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]

Station list

Key^[a]

†	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	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Indios Verdes †	December 1, 1979	Ground-level, underground access	-	0.0	: Line 1: Indios Verdes station Indios Verdes : Line 1: Indios Verdes station : Line 3: Indios Verdes station : Line 7: Indios Verdes station Line IV: Indios Verdes station Line 2: Indios Verdes station (under construction) Routes: 101, 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 102, 107-B (at distance), 108	Gustavo A. Madero
02	Deportivo 18 de Marzo †			1.3	1.3	Line 6 Deportivo 18 de Marzo Line 1: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station Line 6: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station Route: 15-B
03	Potrero †			1.1	2.4	Potrero Line 1: Potrero station Routes: 25, 104 Route: 15-C
04	La Raza †	August 25, 1978	Underground, trench	1.2	3.6	Line 5 La Raza Line 1: La Raza station Line 3: La Raza station Line IV: La Raza station (under construction) Routes: 11-A (at distance), 12 (at distance), 23, 27-A, 103 Line 1: La Raza stop (north–south route) Routes: 7-D (at distance), 20-C, 20-D
05	Tlatelolco	November 20, 1970		1.6	5.2	Line 3: Tlatelolco station Routes: 10-D, 10-E	Cuauhtémoc
06	Guerrero ‡			1.1	6.3	Line B Line 3: Guerrero station Routes: 10-E, 11-C
07	Hidalgo †		Underground, trench (Lv. -2)	0.9	7.2	Line 2 (at distance) Line 3: Hidalgo station Line 4: Hidalgo station (north route) Line 7: Hidalgo station Temporary Line 1 service: Hidalgo stop Route: 27-A Line 5: Metro Hidalgo stop Route: 16-A
08	Juárez ‡		Underground, trench	0.4	7.6	Line 3: Juárez station Line 4: Juárez station (south route) Temporary Line 1 service: Juárez stop
09	Balderas ‡		Underground, trench (Lv. -2)	0.7	8.4	Line 1 Line 3: Balderas station Temporary Line 1 service: Balderas stop Route: 34-A (also temporary Line 1 service) Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
10	Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX †		Underground trench	0.8	9.2	(at distance)
11	Hospital General †			0.8	9.9	Line 3: Hospital General station Line 2: Hospital General stop Line 2: Dr. Lucio stop (at distance) Routes: 9-E (at distance), 19-F
12	Centro Médico ‡	June 7, 1980		0.8	10.7	Line 9 Line 3: Centro Médico station Routes: 9-C, 9-E
13	Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia †	August 25, 1980		1.5	12.3	Line 2: Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia station Line 3: Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia station	Benito Juárez
14	Eugenia			1.0	13.3	Line 3: Eugenia station
15	División del Norte			0.8	14.1	Line 3: División del Norte station
16	Zapata ‡			1.0	15.1	Line 12 (out of service) Zapata Line 3: Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac station (at distance) Routes: 1-D, 52-C, 120, 121-A (also temporary Line 12 service) Line 3: Zapata 1 stop, Zapata 2 stop Route: 6-A
17	Coyoacán	August 30, 1983	Underground deep trench	1.2	16.4	(at distance) Route: 200 Route: 22-A (at distance)
18	Viveros / Derechos Humanos ‡		Underground double tunnel	1.0	17.4	Viveros Route: 116-A	Coyoacán
19	Miguel Ángel de Quevedo †			1.0	18.4	Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Route: 34-B Line 7: Miguel Ángel de Quevedo stop
20	Copilco ‡		Underground deep trench	1.4	19.8	Routes: 123-A, 125, 128
21	Universidad †		Ground-level, overground access	1.5	21.3	Universidad Routes: 17-E, 123-A, 125, 128, 134-C, 134-D, 162-D Route: 2-E Pumabús (services Ciudad Universitaria)

Renamed stations

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line 3 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.^[1]

Tourism

Line 3 passes near several places of interest:

• Plaza de las Tres Culturas, square in the Tlatelolco neighborhood.
• Historic center of Mexico City
• Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico