Mexico City Metrobús Line 2

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 2 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobus. It operates between Tepalcates, in Iztapalapa and Tacubaya in the Miguel Hidalgo municipality, in western Mexico City.

Metrobús Line 2
Bus at the Escandón station
Overview
Status	In service
Termini	Tepalcates / Del Moral / Río Frío Tacubaya / Etiopía / Dr. Gálvez / Juárez
Stations	37
Website	Línea 2
Service
Type	Bus rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metrobus
Services	4
Operator(s)	See Operators
History
Opened	December 16, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-12-16)
Technical
Line length	20 km (12.4 mi)[1]
Character	Exclusive right-of-way

Line 2 has a total of 36 stations and a length of 20 kilometers and it runs from east to west through Eje 4 Sur.^[1]

Construction of Line 2 started on September 4, 2007 and it was inaugurated on December 16, 2008 by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.^[2][3]

Service description

Services

The line has six itineraries.^[4]

Tepalcates to Tacubaya To Tacubaya First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday) Last Bus: 23:57 (Monday-Friday) First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday) Last Bus: 00:00 (Saturday) First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday) Last Bus: 23:50 (Sunday) To Tepalcates First Bus: 4:35 (Monday-Friday) Last Bus: 23:59 (Monday-Friday) First Bus: 4:35 (Saturday) Last Bus: 00:00 (Saturday) First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday) Last Bus: 00:02 (Sunday) Tepalcates to Etiopía To Etiopía First Bus: 5:00 (Monday-Friday) Last Bus: 21:59 (Monday-Friday) First Bus: 5:30 (Saturday) Last Bus: 21:11 (Saturday) No service on Sunday To Tepalcates First Bus: 5:25 (Monday-Friday) Last Bus: 22:25 (Monday-Friday) First Bus: 7:12 (Saturday) Last Bus: 20:00 (Saturday) No service on Sunday Tepalcates to Colonia del Valle (Line 1) To Colonia del Valle First Bus: 4:36 (Monday-Friday) Last Bus: 23:00 (Monday-Friday) First Bus: 4:37 (Saturday) Last Bus: 23:01 (Saturday) First Bus: 5:06 (Sunday) Last Bus: 23:01 (Sunday) To Tepalcates First Bus: 4:45 (Monday-Friday) Last Bus: 23:00 (Monday-Friday) First Bus: 4:45 (Saturday) Last Bus: 23:22 (Saturday) First Bus: 5:15 (Sunday) Last Bus: 23:02 (Sunday)

Tepalcates to Nápoles (Line 1) To Nápoles First Bus: 4:47 (daily) Last Bus: 21:13 (daily) To Tepalcates First Bus: 5:31 (daily) Last Bus: 23:19 (daily) Rojo Gómez to Doctor Gálvez (Line 1) To Doctor Gálvez First Bus: 5:30 (Monday–Friday) Last Bus: 20:56 (Monday–Friday) No service on Saturday and Sunday To Rojo Gómez First Bus: 5:41 (Monday–Friday) Last Bus: 21:27 (Monday–Friday) No service on Saturday and Sunday Río Frío to Colonia del Valle (Line 1) To Colonia del Valle First Bus: 5:30 (Monday–Friday) Last Bus: 10:28 (Monday–Friday) No service on Saturday and Sunday To Río Frío First Bus: 6:26 (Monday–Friday) Last Bus: 11:25 (Monday–Friday) No service on Saturday and Sunday

Line 2 services the Iztapalapa, Iztacalco, Benito Juárez, Cuauhtémoc, and Miguel Hidalgo and Álvaro Obregón boroughs.

Station list

Key^{[lower-alpha 1]}

	Denotes a Metrobús transfer
	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 public bus system
	Denotes a connection with the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP) system
	Denotes a connection with the Trolleybus system

Tepalcates–Tacubaya

Stations[lower-alpha 2]	Connections	Neighborhood(s)	Borough	Picture	Date opened
Tepalcates	Tepalcates Line A: Tepalcates station Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167 Routes: 9-D, 9-E	Unidad Habitacional Ejército Constitucionalista, Tepalcates	Iztapalapa		December 16, 2008[3]
Nicolás Bravo[lower-alpha 3]	Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167	Tepalcates
Canal de San Juan[lower-alpha 3]	Line A: Canal de San Juan station (at distance) Routes: 47-A, 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167 Routes: 4-B, 4-C, 9-B, 9-E, 14-A
General Antonio de León[lower-alpha 4]
Constitución de Apatzingán	Routes: 4-C, 9-A
CCH Oriente[lower-alpha 5]	Route: 4-C	Unidad Habitacional Ejército Constitucionalista
Leyes de Reforma		Colonia Leyes de Reforma 3@ Sección
Del Moral[lower-alpha 4]		Colonia Cuchilla del Moral, Colonia Leyes de Reforma 3@ Sección
Río Frío[lower-alpha 3]		Colonia Cuchilla del Moral
Rojo Gómez		Colonia Dr. Alfonso Díaz Tirado
Río Mayo
Río Tecolutla		Colonia Real del Moral
El Rodeo	Route: 14-A	Colonia Paseos de Churubusco, Colonia El Rodeo
UPIICSA		Colonia Granjas México, Colonia Ampliación Gabriel Ramos Millán	Iztacalco
Iztacalco	Route: 14-A
Goma	Routes: 43, 200 Route: 14-A	Colonia Granjas México, Colonia Gabriel Ramos Millán
Tlacotal
Canela
Metro Coyuya	Line 5: Metro Coyuya station Coyuya Line 8: Coyuya station Route: 14-A	Coyuya, Granjas México, Barrio de los Reyes, Tlazintla			September 7, 2020[12]
Coyuya		Santa Anita, Barrio Los Reyes			December 16, 2008[3]
La Viga	Route: 37	Nueva Santa Anita, Barrio San Francisco Xicaltongo
Andrés Molina		Nueva Santa Anita, Barrio San Pedro
Las Américas		Colonia Moderna	Benito Juárez
Xola	Line 2: Xola station Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	Colonia Álamos
Álamos
Centro SCOP	Line 1: Centro SCOP stop	Narvarte Oriente
Doctor Vértiz
Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia	Line 3: Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia station Line 3: Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia station	Narvarte Poniente
Amores		Colonia del Valle Norte
Viaducto	Line 1: Nuevo León station (at distance)	Colonia Roma Sur	Cuauhtémoc
Nuevo León	Line 1: Nuevo León station	Hipódromo
Escandón		Hipódromo, Escandón	Cuauhtémoc, Miguel Hidalgo
Patriotismo	Line 9: Patriotismo station Routes: 13-A, 115-A, 200 Routes: 9-C, 9-E, 21-A
De La Salle	Temporary Line 1 service: De La Salle stop Routes: 13-A, 115-A, 200	Hipódromo Condesa, Escandón
Parque Lira[lower-alpha 4]		San Miguel Chapultepec	Miguel Hidalgo
Antonio Maceo[lower-alpha 3]		Tacubaya
Tacubaya	Temporary Line 1 service: Tacubaya stop Tacubaya (at distance) Line 1: Tacubaya station Line 7: Tacubaya station Line 9: Tacubaya station Routes: 110, 110-B, 110-C, 112, 113-B, 115, 118, 119, 200 Routes: 1-B, 9-C, 9-E, 21-A

Tepalcates–Doctor Gálvez branch

The route runs from Tepalcates to Viaducto normally. As soon as it reaches Avenida de los Insurgentes, the route detours towards Southern Mexico City sharing the same stations Line 1 uses. The branch originally ran from Tepalcates to Colonia del Valle stations, but since 31 October 2022, there is an additional service that runs from Rojo Gómez station to Doctor Gálvez station.^[13]

Stations[lower-alpha 2]	Connections	Neighborhood(s)	Borough	Picture	Date opened
Viaducto	Line 1: Nuevo León station (at distance)	Colonia Roma Sur	Cuauhtémoc		December 16, 2008
Nuevo León (L1)	Line 1	Hipódromo, Roma Sur			June 19, 2005[14]
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

Río Frío/Del Moral–Juárez branch

The route starts at Río Frío station and runs normally to Doctor Vértiz. As it reaches Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia station, the route detours at Avenida Cuauhtémoc towards Northern Mexico City sharing the same stations Line 3 uses until Juárez station. Then the route returns following the same route and it ends at Del Moral station.^[15]

Stations[lower-alpha 2]	Connections	Neighborhood(s)	Borough	Picture	Date opened
Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia (L3)	Line 3: Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia station	Narvarte Poniente	Benito Juárez		February 8, 2011[16]
Obrero Mundial		Piedad Narvarte
Centro Médico	Line 3: Centro Médico station Line 9: Centro Médico station Routes: 9-A, 9-C, 9-E	Roma Sur, Doctores	Cuauhtémoc
Dr. Márquez
Hospital General	Line 3: Hospital General station Line 2: Hospital General stop Line 2: Dr. Lucio stop(at distance) Routes: 9-A, 9-C, 9-E (at distance), 19-F	Roma Norte, Doctores
Jardín Pushkin
Cuauhtémoc	Line 1: Cuauhtémoc station Route: 34-A Line 2: Cuauhtémoc stop Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
Balderas	Line 1: Balderas station Line 3: Balderas station Route: 34-A Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H	Centro
Juárez	Line 4: Juárez station (south route) Line 3: Juárez station

Operators

Line 2 has five operators.^[17]

• Corredor Oriente - Poniente, SA de CV (COP)
• Corredor Eje 4 - 17 de Marzo, SA de CV (CE4-17MSA)
• Transportes Sánchez Armas José Juan, SA de CV (TSA)
• Corredor Tacubaya - Tepalcates, SA de CV (CTT)
• Red de Transporte de Pasajeros del Distrito Federal

Notes

1. The following list was adapted from different websites and official maps.

   • Metrobús () obtained from the Mexico City Metrobús system map.^[5]
   • Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM; ) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.^[6]
   • Ecobici () obtained from their official website.^[7]
   • Metro () connections obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.^[8]
   • Public buses network (peseros) () obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.^[9]
   • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros () obtained from their official website.^[10]
   • Trolleybuses () obtained from their official website.^[11]
2. All the stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities.
3. Accessible from Tacubaya to Tepalcates.
4. Accessible from Tepalcates to Tacubaya.
5. Formerly named "Tezontle".

References

1. (in Spanish) "Eje 4 Sur", Metrobús website, archive of 2010-08-21
2. "Comienzan obras del segundo corredor del Metrobús, que irá sobre Eje 4 Sur". La Jornada (in Spanish). September 5, 2007. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
3. "Arranca inconclusa la línea 2 del Metrobús". La Jornada (in Spanish). December 17, 2008. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
4. (in Spanish) "Mapa Línea 2" (Line 2 Map), Metrobús website
5. "Mapa del sistema" [System map] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
6. "Centros de Transferencia Modal (CETRAM)" [Modal Transfer Centers] (in Spanish). Órgano Regulador de Transporte. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
7. "Mapa de disponibilidad" [Disponibility map] (in Spanish). Ecobici. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
8. "Mi Mapa Metro 22032021" [My Metro Map 22032021] (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
9. "Red de corredores" [Route network] (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
10. "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
11. "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
12. "Inicia operaciones línea 5 del Metrobús en CDMX" (in Spanish). Noticieros Televisa. September 7, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
13. López, Jonás (26 October 2022). "Metrobús tendrá nueva ruta; conectará Doctor Gálvez con Rojo Gómez". Excélsior (in Spanish). Mexico City. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
14. (in Spanish) "Corredor Insurgentes", Metrobús website, archive of 2009-07-29
15. "Este lunes se estrena nueva ruta del Metrobús en CDMX: irá de Río Frío a Juárez". Expansión (in Spanish). 23 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
16. "Inaugurarán mañana la Línea 3 del Metrobús". Excélsior (in Spanish). February 7, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
17. Padron Corredores Metrobus (in Spanish), Gobierno del Distrito Federal, retrieved June 5, 2018