Mexico City trolleybus system
 
Yutong ZK5120C model of trolleybus
Operation
LocaleMexico City, Mexico
Open9 March 1951 (1951-03-09)
StatusOpen
Routes10 (as of 2022)
Operator(s)Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (STE)
Infrastructure
Electrification600 V DC parallel overhead lines
Depot(s)2 (as of 2020)[1]
StockApprox. 360 trolleybuses (2014)[2]
Overview
Network, 2021
Websitehttp://www.ste.cdmx.gob.mx www.ste.cdmx.gob.mx

The Mexico City trolleybus system (Spanish: Red de Trolebuses de la Ciudad de México) serves Mexico City, the capital city of Mexico, and is operated by Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos.

The system opened on 9 March 1951.[3][4] As of mid-2014, the system had 8 lines and the operable fleet included around 360 trolleybuses.[2] The total number of trolleybuses scheduled in service in peak periods was 290 in late 2012,[5] but was 264 in mid-2014.[2] Until 2019, the lines were identified with the following letters: A, CP, D, G, I, K, LL and S.[2][5]

As of 2018, the fare is MXN $4.00 (€ 0.18, or US$ 0.21). The nine lines currently in operation are designated by numbers.[6]

Lines

Line Formerly Route Stops
1 A Metro Autobuses del Norte – Autobuses del Sur 52 / 43
2 S Metro Pantitlán – Metro Chapultepec 34 / 40
3 D San Andrés Tetepilco – Metro Mixcoac 24 / 27
4 G Metro Boulevard Puerto Aéreo – Metro El Rosario 72 / 66
5 LL San Felipe de Jesús – Metro Hidalgo 57 / 54
6 I Metro El Rosario – Metro Chapultepec 56 / 43
7 K1 Ciudad Universitaria – CETRAM Periférico Oriente 37 / 40
8 CP Circuito Politécnico (Metro Politécnico – Instituto Politécnico Nacional) 46
9 M Metro Villa de Cortés – Río Churubusco / Metro Apatlaco[7] 40
10 – Metro Constitución de 1917 – Acahualtepec[8] 10
11 – Metro Santa Marta – Chalco (under construction)[9][10] 15
12 – Metro Tláhuac – Chalco (planned)[11] TBD

Lines 1 to 7 are cross-city routes, of which 3, 4, and 7 are tangential routes, not reaching the city centre and generally oriented perpendicular to radial routes ("crosstown" route in American English). Line 9 is a short tangential route that is not "cross-city". Line 8 is a "feeder" route, feeding the city's metro system at Politécnico station and also line 1.

On October 29, 2022, line 10 was inaugurated from Metro Constitución de 1917 to Acahualtepec. From Acahualtepec to Metro Santa Marta is under construction.[12][13]


See also

References

  1. ^ Trolleybus Magazine No. 349 (January–February 2020), pp. 28–30. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  2. ^ a b c d Trolleybus Magazine No. 318 (November–December 2014), p. 159. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  3. ^ Trolleybus Magazine No. 235 (January–February 2001), p. 14. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  4. ^ Morrison, Allen (2010; updated 2014). The Trolleybuses of Latin America in 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Líneas de Trolebuses" (in Spanish). STE. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Líneas de Trolebús". Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (in Spanish). STE. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Reactivación De Línea 9 Del Trolebús Villa De Cortés - Río Churubusco" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Línea 10, Trolebús Elevado" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. October 29, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  9. ^ Ayala Espinosa, Camila (October 24, 2021). "Autoridades del Estado de México y de la capital del país firmaron un convenio de colaboración para construir el Corredor Trolebús Chalco-Santa Martha, el cual será el primer sistema metropolitano en su tipo". El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  10. ^ "Proyecto Trolebús Chalco-Santa Martha". Gobierno de Chalco (in Spanish). Retrieved October 14, 2022.
  11. ^ Navarrete, Shelma (October 25, 2021). "Trolebús conectará Chalco con la L12 y Milpa Alta para 2022, anuncia Sheinbaum". Expansión (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
  12. ^ "Formalizan creación de trolebús elevado, será la Línea 10 de la red". Excélsior (in Spanish). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  13. ^ "El Trolebús Elevado se avecina: estos son los detalles". Obras por Expansión (in Spanish). November 29, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

External links

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