Mexico City Metrobús Line 5

Metrobús Line 5
Río de los Remedios station
Overview
StatusIn service
Termini
  • Río de los Remedios
  • San Lázaro / Las Bombas / Preparatoria 1
Stations51
WebsiteLínea 5
Service
TypeBus rapid transit
SystemMexico City Metrobus
Services4
OperatorSee Operators
Daily ridership70,000[1]
History
OpenedNovember 5, 2013 (2013-11-05)
Technical
Line length28.5 km (17.7 mi)[2]
CharacterExclusive right-of-way

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 5 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobus. It operates between Río de los Remedios in the boroughs of Gustavo A. Madero, in Mexico City's northern limit with the municipality of Ecatepec de Morelos in the State of Mexico, to Preparatoria 1 in Xochimilco.

Line 5 has a total of 51 stations and a length of 28.5 kilometers,[2] which runs from northeastern to eastern Mexico City.[1]

History and construction

Construction of Line 5 started on March 26, 2013 and it was inaugurated on November 5, 2013 by Miguel Ángel Mancera, then-Head of Government of the Federal District.[3][4] The service ran from Río de los Remedios to San Lázaro.

Expansion works for Line 5 started in August 2017. It was planned to extend the line until Preparatoria 1, although originally intended to be extended to Glorieta de Vaqueritos in the limits of Tlalpan and Xochimilco boroughs), in southeastern Mexico City. The first extension added 26 stations along 16 kilometers. The second extension added 4 kilometers and 7 stations to the line,[5] serving the Coyoacán, Tlalpan, and Xochimilco boroughs.[6][7]

Service description

Services

The line has three itineraries.[8]

Río de los Remedios to San Lázaro Norte

To San Lázaro Norte
  • First Bus: 4:32 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 21:29 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Sunday)
To Río de los Remedios
  • First Bus: 4:39 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:21 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:32 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:11 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:09 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:11 (Sunday)

Las Bombas to San Lázaro Sur

To San Lázaro Sur
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 21:57 (Monday-Friday)
To Las Bombas
  • First Bus: 4:32 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 21:12 (Monday-Friday)

Río de los Remedios to Las Bombas

To Las Bombas
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:07 (Monday-Friday)
To Río de los Remedios
  • First Bus: 4:36 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:02 (Monday-Friday)

Line 5 services the Gustavo A. Madero, Venustiano Carranza, Iztacalco, Iztapalapa and Coyoacán, Tlalpan and Xochimilco 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
Station[b] Connections Neighborhood(s) Borough Picture Date opened
Río de los Remedios Mexibús Mexibús Line 2
  • Juan González Romero
  • Nueva Atzacoalco
 Gustavo A. Madero November 5, 2013[4]
314. Memorial New's Divine Del Obrero, Nueva Atzacoalco
5 de Mayo
  • Vasco de Quiroga
  • Nueva Atzacoalco
Vasco de Quiroga
El Coyol
  • Salvador Díaz Mirón
  • El Coyol
Preparatoria 3
  • Constitución de la República
  • El Coyol
San Juan de Aragón
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 6
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 5 (at Gran Canal)
  • Constitución de la República
  • DM Nacional
Río de Guadalupe Granjas Modernas, DM Nacional
Talismán Mexico City minubus 15C
  • Ampliación San Juan de Aragón
  • San Pedro el Chico
Victoria
  • Aragón Inguarán
  • Gertrudis Sánchez
Oriente 101
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 4 (at Av. Eduardo Molina)
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 11A, 12
  • Ampliación Mártires de Río Blanco
  • Gertrudis Sánchez
Río Santa Coleta
  • La Joya
  • Nueva Tenochitlán
Río Consulado
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 37, 200
  • Mexico City minubus 5A, 20A, 20B
  • La Joya
  • La Malinche
Canal del Norte Mexico City minubus 20B
  • Ampliación Michoacana
  • 20 de Noviembre
 Venustiano Carranza
Deportivo Eduardo Molina
  • Ampliación 20 de Noviembre
  • 20 de Noviembre
Mercado Morelos Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 18
  • 20 de Noviembre
  • Col. Morelos
Archivo General de la Nación Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 4
  • Ampliación Penitenciaria
  • Penitenciaria
San Lázaro Transfer hub
  • Mexico City Metro Line 1 Line B
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 4
  • Bus interchange East Bus Terminal (TAPO)
  • Del Parque
  • 7 de Julio
Moctezuma Transfer hub
  • Mexico City Metro Line 1
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 4
  • Mexico City minubus 19E, 19F, 19G, 19H (all at distance)
  • Del Parque
  • Jardín Balbuena
 September 7, 2020[16][17]
Venustiano Carranza Mexico City minubus 19F, 19H Jardín Balbuena
Avenida del Taller Mexico City minubus 19F 24 de Abril
Mixiuhca
  • Mexico City Metro Line 9
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 2
  • Mexico City minubus 9C, 9E, 14A
 Magdalena Mixiuhca
Hospital General Troncoso Granjas México Iztacalco
Metro Coyuya Transfer hub
  • Mexico City Metro Line 8
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 2
  • Mexico City minubus 14A
  • Granjas México
  • Tlazintla
  • Coyuya
  • Barrio de los Reyes
Recreo Tlazintla
Oriente 116 Los Picos de Iztacalco II A
Colegio de Bachilleres 3 INFONAVIT Iztacalco
Canal de Apatlaco Apatlaco Iztapalapa
Apatlaco
  • Mexico City Metro Line 8
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 9 (Sundays only)
  • Purísima Atlazolpa
  • Pueblo Magdalena Atlazolpa
  • Purísima Atlazolpa
  • Nueva Rosita
Aculco Mexico City Metro Line 8
  • Pueblo Magdalena Atlazolpa
  • Pueblo Aculco
  • Jardines de Churubusco
Churubusco Oriente El Sifón
Escuadrón 201 Transfer hub
  • Mexico City Metro Line 8
  • Mexico City minubus 22D
 Escuadrón 201
Atanasio G. Sarabia Mexico City minubus 22D
Ermita Iztapalapa
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 52C
  • Mexico City minubus 22D
 Progreso del Sur
Ganaderos
  • Progreso del Sur
  • Minerva
Pueblo Los Reyes
  • Valle del Sur
  • Pueblo Los Reyes Culhuacán
Barrio San Antonio Barrio San Antonio Culhuacán
Calzada Taxqueña Barrio Tula
Cafetales San Francisco Culhuacán Coyoacán
ESIME Culhuacán CTM Culhuacán V
Manuela Sáenz CTM Culhuacán VI
La Vírgen Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 37
  • Ex Ejido de San Pedro Tepetlapa
  • Popular Emiliano Zapata
Tepetlapa
  • Alianza Popular Revolucionaria
  • Popular Emiliano Zapata
Las Bombas
  • CTM Culhuacán X
  • Cafetales
Vista Hermosa
  • Hacienda de Coyoacán
  • CTM Culhuacán X
 May 3, 2021[2]
Calzada del Hueso Hacienda de Coyoacán
Cañaverales Granjas Coapa Tlalpan
Muyuguarda San Lorenzo la Cebada Xochimilco
Circuito Cuemanco Barrio 18
DIF Xochimilco
Preparatoria 1 Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 47A, 81A, 143 Potrero de San Bernardino

Operators

Line 5 has the following operators.[18]

  • Corredor Integral de Transporte Eduardo Molina, SA (CITEMSA)
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros del Distrito Federal (RTP)

Incidents

A week before its opening, on September 1, 2020, a truck crashed into Hospital General Troncoso station, damaging the roof.[19]

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.[9]
    • 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.[9]
    • Cablebús (Cablebús Line {{{3}}}) obtained from their official website.[10]
    • Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM; Transfer hub) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[11]
    • Ecobici (Ecobici) obtained from their official website.[12]
    • Metrobús (Mexico City Metrobús) obtained from the Mexico City Metrobús system map.[13]
    • Mexibús (Mexibús) obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[9]
    • Mexicable (Mexicable) obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[9]
    • Public buses network (peseros) (Mexico City minubus) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[14]
    • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (Red de Transporte de Pasajeros) obtained from their official website.[15]
    • Trolleybuses (Trolleybus) obtained from their official website.[10]
  2. ↑ All the stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities.

References

  1. 1 2 (in Spanish) "Ficha técnica Línea 5" (Line 5 technical data), Metrobús website
  2. 1 2 3 Cruz, Héctor (May 3, 2021). "Confusioón y desconcierto por nuevo tramo de Línea 5 del Metrobús". El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  3. ↑ "GDF inicia obras de Línea 5 del Metrobús". Noticieros Televisa (in Spanish). March 26, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Inauguran L5 del Metrobús". Milenio (in Spanish). November 5, 2013. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ Hernández, Eduardo (September 7, 2020). "Inauguran nuevo tramo de la Línea 5 del Metrobús". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  6. ↑ (in Spanish) "Ampliación Línea 5" (Line 5 Expansion), Metrobús website
  7. ↑ "Acortan Línea 5 del Metrobús; no llegará a Vaqueritos". El Universal (in Spanish). July 30, 2018. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  8. ↑ (in Spanish) "Mapa Línea 5" (Line 5 Map), Metrobús website
  9. 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.
  10. 1 2 "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  11. ↑ "Centros de Transferencia Modal (CETRAM)" [Modal Transfer Centers] (in Spanish). Órgano Regulador de Transporte. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  12. ↑ "Mapa de disponibilidad" [Disponibility map] (in Spanish). Ecobici. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  13. ↑ "Mapa del sistema" [System map] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  14. ↑ "Red de corredores" [Route network]. Organismo Regulador de Transporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  15. ↑ "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  16. ↑ López, Jonás (August 29, 2020). "Línea 5 del Metrobús iniciará operaciones el 7 de septiembre". Excélsior (in Spanish). Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  17. ↑ "Inicia operaciones línea 5 del Metrobús en CDMX" (in Spanish). Noticieros Televisa. September 7, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
  18. ↑ Padron Corredores Metrobus (in Spanish), Gobierno del Distrito Federal, retrieved June 5, 2018
  19. ↑ "Tráiler choca y daña estación Hospital Troncoso del Metrobús (aún no inaugurada)". Animal Político (in Spanish). September 1, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
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