Mexico City Metrobús Line 1

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
Status	In service
Termini	Indios Verdes / Buenavista El Caminero / Dr. Gálvez / Insurgentes
Stations	46
Website	Línea 1
Service
Type	Bus rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metrobus
Services	5
Operator(s)	See Operators
Daily ridership	600,000 (April 2018)[1]
History
Opened	June 19, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-06-19)
Technical
Line length	28.1 km (17.5 mi)[2]
Character	Exclusive right-of-way

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

Service description

Services

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

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

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

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

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

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

   • Metrobús () obtained from the Mexico City Metrobús system map.^[6]
   • Cablebús () obtained from their official website.^[7]
   • Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM; ) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.^[8]
   • Ecobici () obtained from their official website.^[9]
   • Metro () connections obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.^[10]
   • Mexibús () obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.^[10]
   • Mexicable () obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.^[10]
   • Public buses network (peseros) () obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.^[11]
   • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros () obtained from their official website.^[12]
   • Tren Suburbano () obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.^[10]
   • Trolleybuses () obtained from their official website.^[7]
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

1. "Línea 1 del Metrobús saturada; se intensifica la sustitución de unidades por biarticulados" (in Spanish). El Sol de México.
2. (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. "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. "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]. Organismo Regulador de Transporte (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.