The Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobús. It operates between Indios Verdes, in the Gustavo A. Madero municipality in the northern part of the city, and El Caminero, in Tlalpan in southern Mexico City. The line was the first one to be built and opened. The first section of the line, known as Corredor Insurgentes, was inaugurated by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, on June 19, 2005.[3] The second stretch of the line, known as Corredor Insurgentes Sur, was inaugurated on March 13, 2008, by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.[4]

Metrobús Line 1
Metrobús unit over Avenida de los Insurgentes
Overview
StatusIn service
Termini
  • Indios Verdes / Buenavista
  • El Caminero / Dr. Gálvez / Insurgentes
Stations46
WebsiteLínea 1
Service
TypeBus rapid transit
SystemMexico City Metrobus
Services5
Operator(s)See Operators
Daily ridership600,000 (April 2018)[1]
History
OpenedJune 19, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-06-19)
Technical
Line length28.1 km (17.5 mi)[2]
CharacterExclusive right-of-way

The line has 46 stations and a total length of 28.1 kilometers.[2]

Service description

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Services

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The line has five itineraries.[5]

Indios Verdes to Insurgentes

From Indios Verdes
  • First Bus: 5:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 21:55 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 8:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 16:04 (Saturday)
No service on Sunday
To Indios Verdes
  • First Bus: 5:58 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:23 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 8:24 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 16:27 (Saturday)
No service on Sunday

Indios Verdes to El Caminero

To El Caminero
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Wednesday)
  • Last Bus: 23:54 (Monday-Wednesday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Thursday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:40 (Thursday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:40 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Sunday)
To Indios Verdes
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Wednesday)
  • Last Bus: 23:35 (Monday-Wednesday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Thursday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:40 (Thursday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:40 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:50 (Sunday)

Indios Verdes to Dr. Gálvez

From Indios Verdes
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 21:24 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 22:37 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:08 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:02 (Sunday)
To Indios Verdes
  • First Bus: 4:37 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:40 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 22:38 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:03 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 22:40 (Sunday)

Buenavista to El Caminero

To El Caminero
  • First Bus: 5:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:28 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 21:54 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 6:20 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 21:54 (Sunday)
From El Caminero
  • First Bus: 5:01 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 21:11 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:50 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 20:43 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:34 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 20:38 (Sunday)

Colonia del Valle to Tepalcates (Line 2)

To Tepalcates
  • First Bus: 4:45 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:55 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:50 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:43 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:29 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:50 (Sunday)
To Colonia del Valle
  • First Bus: 4:35 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 21:28 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:28 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:05 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:39 (Sunday)

Line 1 services the Gustavo A. Madero, Cuauhtémoc, Benito Juárez, Álvaro Obregón, Coyoacán and Tlalpan municipalities.

Station list

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Key[a]
  Denotes a Metrobús 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 Metro 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 Tren Suburbano system
  Denotes a connection with the Trolleybus system
Stations[b] Connections Neighborhood(s) Municipality Picture Date opened
Indios Verdes[c]
  •    : Line 3: Indios Verdes station
  •    : Line 7: Indios Verdes station
  •    : Line 1: Indios Verdes station
  •   Indios Verdes
  •     Line 3: Indios Verdes station
  •     Line IV: Indios Verdes station
  •     Line 2: Indios Verdes station
  •   Routes: 101, 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 102, 107-B (at distance), 108
  • Residencial Zacatenco Gustavo A. Madero   June 19, 2005[2]
    Deportivo 18 de Marzo
  •     Line 6: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station
  •   Deportivo 18 de Marzo
  •     Line 3: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station
  •     Line 6: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station
  •   Route: 15-B
  • Lindavista, Tepeyac Insurgentes  
    Euzkaro
  •   Route: 15-A, 15-B
  • Magdalena de las Salinas, Industrial  
    Potrero
  •   Potrero
  •     Line 3: Potrero station
  •   Routes: 25, 104
  •   Route: 15-C
  • Capultitán, Guadalupe Insurgentes  
    La Raza
  •     Line 3: La Raza station
  •   La Raza
  •     Line 3: La Raza station
  •     Line 5: La Raza station
  •     Line IV: La Raza station
  •   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
  • Vallejo  
    Circuito
  •     Line 3: Circuito station
  •   Route: 200
  •   Routes: 7-D (at distance), 20-A, 20-D
  • Santa María Insurgentes Cuauhtémoc  
    San Simón
  •   Route: 20-B (at distance)
  • Santa María Insurgentes, San Simón Tolnáhuac  
    Manuel González
  •   Route: 10-B
  • Colonia Atlampa, Tlatelolco  
    Buenavista
  •     Line 3: Buenavista station
  •     Line 4: Buenavista station
  •   Buenavista
  •   (at distance)
  •     Line B: Buenavista station
  •   Line 1: Buenavista station
  •   Routes: 10-E, 11-C, 12-B
  • Santa María la Ribera, Buenavista  
    El Chopo
  •   (at distance)
  •  
    Revolución
  •   (at distance)
  •     Line 2: Revolución station
  •   Routes: 12-B (at distance), 16-A, 16-B
  •  
    Plaza de la República[d]
  •     Line 4: Plaza de la República station
  •   (at distance)
  •   Route: 12-B
  • San Rafael, Tabacalera  
    Reforma
  •     Line 7: Reforma station
  •     Line 7: París station
  •   (at distance)
  •   Route: 19-H (at distance)
  •  
    Hamburgo
  •     Line 7: Hamburgo station
  •  
  • Juárez  
    Glorieta de los Insurgentes
  •  
  •     Line 1: Insurgentes station
  •   Route: 34-A
  •   Routes: 18-C (at distance), 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
  • Juárez, Roma Norte  
    Durango
  •  
  •   Routes: 19, 19-A
  • Roma Norte  
    Álvaro Obregón
  •  
  •   Line 2: Insurgentes stop (east–west route)
  •  
    Sonora
  •  
  •   Routes: 19, 19-A
  • Hipódromo, Roma Norte  
    Campeche
  •  
  • Hipódromo, Roma Sur  
    Chilpancingo
  •  
  •     Line 9: Chilpancingo station
  •   Routes: 9-C, 9-E
  •  
    Nuevo León
  •     Line 2: Nuevo León station
  •  
  •  
    La Piedad
  •  
  • Nápoles, Del Valle Norte Benito Juárez  
    Poliforum
  •  
  •  
    Nápoles
  •  
  • Nápoles, Del Valle Centro  
    Colonia del Valle
  •  
  • Nápoles, Insurgentes San Borja  
    Ciudad de los Deportes
  •  
  • Ciudad de los Deportes, Insurgentes San Borja  
    Parque Hundido
  •  
  • Noche Buena, Tlacoquemécatl  
    Félix Cuevas
  •  
  •     Line 12: Insurgentes Sur station
  •   Insurgentes Sur stop (temporary Line 12 service)
  •   Line 3: Insurgentes Sur stop
  •   Route: 6-A (at distance)
  • Extremadura Insurgentes, Tlacoquemécatl  
    Río Churubusco
  •   Routes: 1-D, 120, 121-A, 200
  •   Route: 22-A
  • Insurgentes Mixcoac, Actipán  
    Teatro Insurgentes San José Insurgentes, Crédito Constructor  
    José María Velasco
  •   Route: 6-A
  • Guadalupe Inn, Florida Álvaro Obregón  
    Francia  
    Olivo  
    Altavista
  •   Route: 116-A
  •  
    La Bombilla
  •   Routes: 21-D (at distance), 34-B
  • San Ángel, Chimalistac  
    Dr. Gálvez
  •   Routes: 13-A, 21-D (at distance), 34-B, 125, 128
  • Barrio Loreto, Chimalistac  
    Ciudad Universitaria
  •   Line 7: Ciudad Universitaria stop (north–south route)
  • Ciudad Universitaria Coyoacán   March 13, 2008[2]
    Centro Cultural Universitario  
    Perisur
  •   Route: 57-A
  • Insurgentes Cuicuilco  
    Villa Olímpica Villa Olímpica, Peña Pobre Tlalpan  
    Corregidora Tlalpan, La Lonja  
    Ayuntamiento Tlalpan, La Fama  
    Fuentes Brotantes Santa Úrsula Xitla, Tlalpan  
    Santa Úrsula  
    La Joya  
    El Caminero
  •   Routes: 2-A, 17-E, 17-F, 69, 111-A, 131, 132, 134, 134-A, 134-B, 134-C, 134-D
  • La Joya  
    Notes

    Operators

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    Line 1 has four operators.[15]

    • Corredor Insurgentes, SA de CV (CISA)[16]
    • Vanguardia y Cambio, SA de CV (VYC)
    • Rey Cuauhtémoc, SA de CV (RECSA)
    • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros del Distrito Federal (RTP)

    Ridership

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    As of April 2018, the Metrobus Line 1 moves an average of 600,000 commuters daily. This has led to a saturation of the line, thus articulated buses are being substituted for bi-articulated buses.[1]

    Incidents

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    According to the director of CISA, there are between one and four minor accidents per week in Line 1.[17]

    In February 2018, a cyclist was hit by a bus when he invaded the Metrobús' right-of-way near Perisur. The cyclist died immediately after the incident.[18]

    Notes

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    1. ^ The following list was adapted from different websites and official maps.
    2. ^ All the stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities.
    3. ^ New station in operation from April 7, 2024.[13]
    4. ^ Formerly named "Tabacalera".[14]

    References

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    1. ^ a b "Línea 1 del Metrobús saturada; se intensifica la sustitución de unidades por biarticulados" (in Spanish). El Sol de México.
    2. ^ a b c d (in Spanish) "Corredor Insurgentes", Metrobús website, archive of 2009-07-29
    3. ^ "Circula el Metrobús con numerosos pendientes". La Jornada (in Spanish). June 20, 2005. Archived from the original on 2009-12-02. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
    4. ^ "Inauguran ampliación de Línea 1 del Metrobús". El Financiero (in Spanish). Notimex. March 13, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-02. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
    5. ^ (in Spanish) "Mapa Línea 1" (Line 1 Map), Metrobús website
    6. ^ "Mapa del sistema" [System map] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    7. ^ a b "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    8. ^ "Centros de Transferencia Modal (CETRAM)" [Modal Transfer Centers] (in Spanish). Órgano Regulador de Transporte. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    9. ^ "Mapa de disponibilidad" [Disponibility map] (in Spanish). Ecobici. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    10. ^ a b c d "Mi Mapa Metro 22032021" [My Metro Map 22032021] (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    11. ^ "Red de corredores" [Route network] (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    12. ^ "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    13. ^ Lázaro, Esmeralda (April 7, 2024). "Primera etapa del Cetram Indios Verdes inicia operaciones". El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved April 8, 2024.
    14. ^ Vértiz de la Fuente, Columba (April 3, 2015). "Altares de Dolores en el Museo Soumaya". Proceso (in Spanish). Retrieved September 1, 2020.
    15. ^ Padron Corredores Metrobus (in Spanish), Gobierno del Distrito Federal, retrieved June 5, 2018
    16. ^ ¿Quiénes somos? (in Spanish), CISA, archived from the original on 2008-12-02, retrieved June 5, 2018
    17. ^ "Accidente en el Metrobús, ¿me quedo o me voy?". Más Por Más (in Spanish). July 6, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
    18. ^ "Accidente en Línea 1 del Metrobús" (in Spanish). CDMX. February 6, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.