Mexico City Metrobús Line 3

Metrobús Line 3
A Metrobús in Hidalgo station
Overview
StatusIn service
Termini
  • Tenayuca/Indios Verdes
  • Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac
Stations39
WebsiteLínea 3
Service
TypeBus rapid transit
SystemMexico City Metrobus
Services5
OperatorSee Operators
History
OpenedFebruary 8, 2011 (2011-02-08)
Technical
Line length20 km (12.4 mi)[1]
CharacterExclusive right-of-way

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 3 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobús. It operates between Tenayuca, in the limits with the State of Mexico in Gustavo A. Madero and Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac in the Benito Juárez boroughs, in southern Mexico City.

Line 3 has a total of 39 stations and a length of 20 kilometers and it runs from north to south.[1]

Construction of Line 3 started on March 5, 2010, and it was inaugurated on February 8, 2011, by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.[2][3]

In 2019, the Government of Mexico City announced 7 new stations to the south, ending near Hospital Xoco. Construction was expected to end by June 2020.[4]

On March 10, 2021, had opening 5 new stations.

Service description

Services

The line has five itineraries.[5]

Tenayuca to Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac

To Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:24 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:27 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:20 (Sunday)
To Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 4:28 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:21 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:21 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:05 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:14 (Sunday)

Tenayuca to Balderas

From Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 21:49 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 21:33 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 7:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 21:20 (Sunday)
To Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:36 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 6:37 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 22:17 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 7:37 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 22:05 (Sunday)

Tenayuca to Buenavista

From Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:35 (Sunday)
To Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 4:58 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:19 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:16 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:11 (Sunday)

Tenayuca to La Raza

From Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 4:45 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:12 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:45 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:17 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:30 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:07 (Sunday)
To Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 4:45 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:44 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:43 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:29 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:34 (Sunday)

Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac to Indios Verdes[6]

From Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac
  • First Bus: 4:34 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:46 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 6:04 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:33 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 6:04 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:33 (Sunday)
To Indios Verdes
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:42 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:29 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:29 (Sunday)

Line 3 services the Gustavo A. Madero, Azcapotzalco, Cuauhtémoc and Benito Juárez boroughs.

Station list

Key[a]
Handicapped/disabled accessFully accessible stationCablebús Line {{{3}}}Cablebús connectionRed de Transporte de PasajerosRTP connection
Handicapped/disabled accessPartially accessible stationMexibúsMexibús connectionTren InterurbanoTren Interurbano connection
Transfer hubCETRAM transfer stationMexicableMexicable connectionTren SuburbanoTren Suburbano connection
Transfer hubETRAM transfer stationMexico City MetroMexico City Metro connectionTrolleybusTrolleybus connection
EcobiciEcobici bikeshareMexico City minubusPesero connectionXochimilco Light RailXochimilco Light Rail connection

Tenayuca–Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac route

Stations[b] Connections Neighborhood(s) Borough Picture Date opened
Tenayuca
  • Santa Rosa
  • San José de la Escalera
Gustavo A. Madero February 8, 2011[3]
San José de la Escalera
Progreso Nacional Progreso Nacional
Tres Anegas Amp. Progreso Nacional
Júpiter Nueva Industrial Vallejo
La Patera Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 107B
  • Industrial Vallejo
  • Nueva Industrial Vallejo
Poniente 146
  • Industrial Vallejo
  • Nueva Vallejo
Montevideo Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 6
Poniente 134 Lindavista Vallejo III Sección
Poniente 128 Mexico City Metro Line 6 (at Vallejo)
  • Santa Cruz de las Salinas
  • Nueva Vallejo
Magdalena de las Salinas
  • Coltongo
  • Magdalena de las Salinas
Coltongo Mexico City minubus 15A
Cuitláhuac
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 4 (at Calzada Vallejo)
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 11A, 12
  • Pro Hogar
  • Guadalupe Victoria
Héroe de Nacozari Mexico City minubus 20C
  • Porvernir
  • Héroe de Nacozari
Hospital La Raza Mexico City minubus 20C
  • San Francisco Xocotitla
  • Vallejo Poniente
La Raza[c] Transfer hub
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 5
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 1
  • Mexibús Mexibús Line 4
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 1
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 11A (at distance), 12 (at distance), 23, 27A, 103
  • Mexico City minubus 7D (at distance), 20C, 20D
Vallejo Poniente Gustavo A. Madero
Circuito
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 1
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 200
  • Mexico City minubus 7D (at distance), 20A, 20D
Santa María Insurgentes Cuauhtémoc
Tolnáhuac San Simón Tolnáhuac
Tlatelolco
Nonoalco Tlatelolco
Ricardo Flores Magón Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 18
Guerrero
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line B
  • Mexico City minubus 10E, 11C
Buenavista[d] Transfer hub
Mina
Hidalgo
  • Mexico City Metro Line 2 Line 3
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 4 Mexico City Metrobús Line 7
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 5 (at Metro Hidalgo)
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 27A
  • Mexico City minubus 16A
  • Ecobici (at distance)
Centro
Juárez
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 4
  • Ecobici
Balderas
  • Mexico City Metro Line 1 Line 3
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 34A
  • Mexico City minubus 19E, 19F, 19G, 19H
  • Ecobici
Cuauhtémoc
  • Mexico City Metro Line 1
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 34A
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 2
  • Mexico City minubus 19E, 19F, 19G, 19H
  • Ecobici
Jardín Pushkin Ecobici
Hospital General
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 2
  • Mexico City minubus 9A, 9C, 9E (at distance), 19F
  • Ecobici
Dr. Márquez Ecobici
Centro Médico
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 9
  • Mexico City minubus 9A, 9C, 9E
  • Ecobici
Obrero Mundial Ecobici Piedad Narvarte Benito Juárez
Etiopía/Plaza de la Transparencia
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 2
  • Ecobici
Narvarte Poniente
Luz Saviñón Ecobici (at distance) March 10, 2021[14]
Eugenia
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3
  • Ecobici
Narvarte Poniente
División del Norte
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3
  • Ecobici
Miguel Laurent Letrán Valle
Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac
Del Valle Sur

Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac–Indios Verdes route

The route runs from Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac to Tlatelolco normally. As soon as it reaches Avenida Manuel González (Eje 2 Norte), the route detours towards Avenida de los Insurgentes. Starting at San Simón, the route shares the same stations Line 1 uses.

The branch was originally a temporary auxiliary line created to reduce the impact of the Mexico City Metro PCCI fire had on Mexico City Metro Line 3 in January 2021, then it was left permanently. Until 4 August 2023, it detoured at Avenida Mosqueta (Eje 1 Norte) and it serviced Buenavista and Manuel González stations.[15]

Stations[b] Connections Neighborhood(s) Municipality Picture Date opened
Indios Verdes Transfer hub
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 Mexico City Metrobús Line 7
  • Mexibús Mexibús Line 4
  • Cablebús Line {{{3}}} Cablebús
  • Mexicable Mexicable Line 2
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 101, 101A, 101B, 101D, 102, 107B (at distance), 108
Residencial Zacatenco Gustavo A. Madero June 19, 2005[16]
Deportivo 18 de Marzo Transfer hub
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 6
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 6
  • Mexico City minubus 15B
Euzkaro Mexico City minubus 15A, 15B
  • Magdalena de las Salinas
  • Industrial
Potrero Transfer hub
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 25, 104
  • Mexico City minubus 15C
  • Capultitán
  • Guadalupe Insurgentes
La Raza Transfer hub
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 5
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 1
  • Mexibús Mexibús Line 4 Line 4 (under construction)
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 1
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 11A (at distance), 12 (at distance), 23, 27A, 103
  • Mexico City minubus 7D (at distance), 20C, 20D
Vallejo
Circuito
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 1
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 200
  • Mexico City minubus 7D (at distance), 20A, 20D
Santa María Insurgentes Cuauhtémoc
San Simón Mexico City minubus 20B (at distance)
Tlatelolco
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3
  • Mexico City minubus 10B
Nonoalco Tlatelolco February 8, 2011[3]

Operator

Movilidad Integral de Vanguardia, SAPI de CV (MIV) is the sole operator of Line 3.[17]

Notes

  1. ↑ The following list was adapted from different websites and official maps.
    • Metro (Mexico City Metro) connections obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[7]
    • Accessibility obtained from the Mexico City Metro system map. In some cases, the map omits the accessibility icon as the station(s) are actually partially accessible. However, the respective websites of each station on the official site indicate the respective accessibility methods. Stations with the symbol Handicapped/disabled access are fully accessible; stations with the symbol Handicapped/disabled access are partially accessible.[7]
    • Cablebús (Cablebús Line {{{3}}}) obtained from their official website.[8]
    • Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM; Transfer hub) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[9]
    • Ecobici (Ecobici) obtained from their official website.[10]
    • Metrobús (Mexico City Metrobús) obtained from the Mexico City Metrobús system map.[11]
    • Mexibús (Mexibús) obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[7]
    • Mexicable (Mexicable) obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[7]
    • Public buses network (peseros) (Mexico City minubus) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[12]
    • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (Red de Transporte de Pasajeros) obtained from their official website.[13]
    • Trolleybuses (Trolleybus) obtained from their official website.[8]
  2. 1 2 All the stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities.
  3. ↑ Accessible from Tenayuca–La Raza route
  4. ↑ Accessible from Tenayuca–Buenavista route

References

  1. 1 2 (in Spanish) "Línea 3 general", Metrobús website
  2. ↑ "En marcha, construcción de Línea 3 del Metrobús". Crónica (in Spanish). Notimex. March 5, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Inaugurarán mañana la Línea 3 del Metrobús". Excélsior (in Spanish). February 7, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Conoce todos los detalles sobre la ampliación de la Línea 3 del Metrobús". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). October 16, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
  5. ↑ (in Spanish) "Mapa Línea 3" (Line 3 Map), Metrobús website
  6. ↑ "Ampliación Línea 3" (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "Mi Mapa Metro 22032021" [My Metro Map 22032021] (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  8. 1 2 "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  9. ↑ "Centros de Transferencia Modal (CETRAM)" [Modal Transfer Centers] (in Spanish). Órgano Regulador de Transporte. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  10. ↑ "Mapa de disponibilidad" [Disponibility map] (in Spanish). Ecobici. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Mapa del sistema" [System map] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "Red de corredores" [Route network]. Organismo Regulador de Transporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  13. ↑ "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  14. ↑ Wong, Alma Paola (March 10, 2021). "CdMx inaugura ampliación de línea 3 del Metrobús". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved March 10, 2021.
  15. ↑ Stettin, Cinthya (1 August 2023). "Metrobús Buenavista modifica su servicio, ¿qué cambios se implementarán en la ruta?". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  16. ↑ (in Spanish) "Corredor Insurgentes", Metrobús website, archive of 2009-07-29
  17. ↑ Padron Corredores Metrobus (in Spanish), Gobierno del Distrito Federal, retrieved June 5, 2018