Mexico City Metrobús Line 4

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 4 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobus. It operates between Colonia Buenavista, in central Mexico City and the Mexico City International Airport in the Venustiano Carranza borough, in the east of the capital.

Metrobús Line 4
Bus at the Museo de la Ciudad station
Overview
Status	In service
Termini	Buenavista / Pantitlán / Alameda Oriente San Lázaro / AICM Terminal 2 / Hidalgo
Stations	43
Website	Línea 4
Service
Type	Bus rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metrobus
Services	5
Operator(s)	See Operators
Daily ridership	65,000[1]
History
Opened	April 1, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-04-01)
Technical
Line length	40.5 km (25.2 mi)[2]
Character	Exclusive right-of-way

Line 4 has a total of 43 stations and a length of 40.5 kilometers divided into two routes, called the North and South routes, and goes mainly through Mexico City's downtown towards and from Mexico City International Airport.^[1]

Construction of Line 4 started on July 4, 2011 and it was inaugurated on April 1, 2012 by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.^[3][4]

Service description

Services

The line has three itineraries and two routes: North and South.^[5]

Buenavista to Terminal 2 (North route)

To Terminal 2

• First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 00:15 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 00:15 (Saturday)
• First Bus: 4:30 (Sunday)
• Last Bus: 00:15 (Sunday)

To Buenavista

• First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 00:00 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 00:00 (Saturday)
• First Bus: 4:30 (Sunday)
• Last Bus: 00:00 (Sunday)

Buenavista to San Lázaro (South route)

To San Lázaro

• First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 00:30 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 00:30 (Saturday)
• First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
• Last Bus: 00:36 (Sunday)

To Buenavista

• First Bus: 4:28 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 00:15 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 4:28 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 00:15 (Saturday)
• First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
• Last Bus: 00:30 (Sunday)

Buenavista to San Lázaro (North route)

To San Lázaro

• First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 00:35 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 00:35 (Saturday)
• First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
• Last Bus: 00:36 (Sunday)

To Buenavista

• First Bus: 4:27 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 00:12 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 4:27 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 00:12 (Saturday)
• First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
• Last Bus: 00:30 (Sunday)

Pantitlán to Hidalgo^[6]

To Hidalgo

• First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 22:59 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 22:59 (Saturday)
• First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
• Last Bus: 23:04 (Sunday)

To Pantitlán

• First Bus: 5:04 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 22:33 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 5:04 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 23:33 (Saturday)
• First Bus: 5:30 (Sunday)
• Last Bus: 23:35 (Sunday)

Alameda Oriente to Hidalgo

To Hidalgo

• First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 22:59 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 22:59 (Saturday)
• First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
• Last Bus: 23:58 (Sunday)

To Alameda Oriente

• First Bus: 5:20 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 23:40 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 5:20 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 23:40 (Saturday)
• First Bus: 5:51 (Sunday)
• Last Bus: 23:49 (Sunday)

Line 4 services the Cuauhtémoc and Venustiano Carranza boroughs.

Station list

Key^[a]

	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 Mexibús 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

North route

Stations[b]	North	Alameda Oriente–Hidalgo[14]	Connections	Neighborhood(s)	Borough(s)	Picture	Date opened
Buenavista	●		Line 1: Buenavista station Line 3: Buenavista station Buenavista (at distance) Line B: Buenavista station Line 1: Buenavista station Routes: 10-E, 11-C, 12-B	Buenavista	Cuauhtémoc		April 1, 2012[4]
Delegación Cuauhtémoc	●
México Tenochtitlan[c]	●		(at distance) Line 2: Revolución station Routes: 12-B (at distance), 16-A, 16-B	Buenavista, Tabacalera
Museo San Carlos	●
Hidalgo	●	●	Line 3: Hidalgo station Line 7: Hidalgo station (at distance) Line 2: Hidalgo station Line 3: Hidalgo station Route: 27-A Line 5: Metro Hidalgo stop Route: 16-A	Guerrero, Centro
Bellas Artes	●	●	Line 2: Bellas Artes station Line 8: Bellas Artes station Line 1: Bellas Artes stop Route: 16-A
Teatro Blanquita	●	●	Line 1: República de Perú stop	Centro
República de Chile	●	●
República de Argentina	●	●
Mercado Abelardo L. Rodríguez[d]	●	●
Mixcalco	●	●			Cuauhtémoc / Venustiano Carranza
Ferrocarril de Cintura	●	●		Centro, Ampliación Penitenciaria	Venustiano Carranza
Morelos	●	●	Line 4: Morelos station (at distance) Line B: Morelos station (at distance) Routes: 18 (at distance), 37 Routes: 5-A, 10-E (at distance)	Ampliación Penitenciaria, Morelos
Archivo General de la Nación	●	●	Line 5: Archivo General de la Nación station	Ampliación Penitenciaria, Penitenciaria
San Lázaro	●		Line 5: San Lázaro station San Lázaro Line 1: San Lázaro station Line B: San Lázaro station East Bus Terminal (TAPO)	7 de Julio
Terminal 1[e]	●		Mexico City Airport Aerotren (at distance) Line 5: Terminal Aérea station (at distance) Routes: 43, 200 Line 4: Terminal Aérea stop (east–west route) Route: 20-B	Mexico City International Airport
Terminal 2[e]	●		Mexico City Airport Aerotren
Pantitlán		●	Pantitlán Line 1: Pantitlán station Line 5: Pantitlán station Line 9: Pantitlán station Line A: Pantitlán station Line III: Pantitlán station Route: 168 Line 2: Pantitlán stop Routes: 11-B, 11-C, 19-F, 19-G	Adolfo López Mateos, Aviación Civil, Pantitlán			3 June 2021[17]
Calle 6[f]		●	Line III: Calle 6 station	Cuchilla Pantitlán			27 March 2022[18]
Alameda Oriente		●	Route: 47-A	Arsenal 4ta Sección

South route

Since the route has a complex route with several one-way stations, the following table will start at the Buenavista Terminal Station and follow an eastward flow until reaching the San Lázaro Terminal Station, then follow the route westward culminating with the 20 de Noviembre station.

Stations[b]	Eastbound	Westbound	Connections	Neighborhood(s)	Borough(s)	Picture	Date opened
Buenavista	●	●	Line 1: Buenavista station Line 3: Buenavista station Buenavista (at distance) Line B: Buenavista station Line 1: Buenavista station Routes: 10-E, 11-C, 12-B	Buenavista	Cuauhtémoc		April 1, 2012[4]
Delegación Cuauhtémoc	●	●
México-Tenochtitlan[c]	●	●	(at distance) Line 2: Revolución station Routes: 12-B (at distance), 16-A, 16-B	Buenavista, Tabacalera
Plaza de la República	●	●	Line 1: Plaza de la República station (at distance) Route: 12-B
Amajac[g]	●	●	Line 7: Amajac station	Tabacalera
Defensoría Pública[h]	●	●		Juárez, Centro
Vocacional 5	●	●		Centro
Juárez	●	●	Line 3: Juárez station Line 3: Juárez station
Plaza San Juan	●	●
Eje Central	●	●	Line 8: San Juan de Letrán station Line 1: República de Uruguay stop
El Salvador	●	●
Isabel la Católica	●	●
Museo de la Ciudad	●		Route: 145-A
Pino Suárez	●		Nezahualcóyotl (at distance) Line 1: Pino Suárez station Line 2: Pino Suárez station Passage Zócalo-Pino Suárez Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I, 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
Las Cruces Sur	●
La Merced	●		Line 1: Merced station Route: 5-A		Venustiano Carranza
Mercado de Sonora	●
Cecilio Robelo	●	●	Line 1: Candelaria station (at distance) Line 4: Candelaria station (at distance) Route: 37 Route: 5-A	Del Parque
Eduardo Molina	●
Moctezuma	●	●	Line 5: Moctezuma station (at distance) Line 1: Moctezuma station (at distance) Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H (all at distance)	Del Parque, Jardín Balbuena
San Lázaro	●	●	Line 5: San Lázaro station San Lázaro Line 1: San Lázaro station Line B: San Lázaro station East Bus Terminal (TAPO)	7 de Julio
Hospital Balbuena		●		Del Parque
Mercado de Sonora Sur		●		Centro			November 28, 2022[21]
San Pablo		●			Cuauhtémoc
Pino Suárez Sur		●	Nezahualcóyotl (at distance) Line 1: Pino Suárez station Line 2: Pino Suárez station Passage Zócalo-Pino Suárez Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I, 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
20 de Noviembre		●	Line 2: Zócalo-Tenochtitlan station (at distance) Passage Zócalo-Pino Suárez (at distance) Route: 145-A

Replacement of stations

On November 28, 2022, five eastward bus stops were removed. Mercado de Sonora, La Merced, Mercado Ampudia,^[i] Las Cruces Norte and Museo de la Ciudad stations were relocated southbound due to traffic jams caused by their location in the market area of the historic center of the city.^[22][23]

Operator

Conexión Centro-Aeropuerto, SA de CV (CCA) is the sole operator of Line 4.^[24]

Notes

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

   • Metrobús () obtained from the Mexico City Metrobús system map.^[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]
   • 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.^[13]
2. All the stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities.
3. Formerly named "Puente de Alvarado".^[15]
4. Formerly named "Teatro del Pueblo".^[16]
5. Accessible from the Buenavista–Terminal 2 route (with additional cost).
6. Accessible from Alameda Oriente to Hidalgo.
7. Formerly named "Glorieta de Colón".^[19]
8. Formerly named "Expo Reforma".^[20]
9. Previously "Circunvalación".

References

1. (in Spanish) "Ficha técnica Línea 4" (Line 4 technical data), Metrobús website
2. "Hoy inicia operaciones la ampliación de la Línea 4 del Metrobús en la Ciudad de México". Reporte Índigo (in Spanish). 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
3. "Comerciantes se manifiestan contra L4 de Metrobús". El Universal (in Spanish). July 4, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
4. "Arranca Línea 4 de Metrobús; gratis hoy y mañana". El Universal (in Spanish). April 2, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
5. (in Spanish) "Mapa Línea 4" (Line 4 Map), Metrobús website
6. "De Hidalgo a Pantitlán: inicia operación ampliación de L4 del Metrobús". Milenio (in Spanish). Mexico City. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
7. "Mapa del sistema" [System map] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. 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. "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
14. "Amplicación L4". Mexico City Metrobús (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
15. Arteaga, Jacqueline (9 August 2021). "¿Cuándo la Estación del Metro Zócalo añadirá 'Tenochtitlán' a su nombre?". BolaVIP (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2021.
16. "Inician recuperación de murales dañados en el Mercado Abelardo L. Rodríguez" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Government of Mexico City. November 25, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
17. López, Jonás (2 June 2021). "Arranca ampliación de Lína 4 del Metrobús". Excélsior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
18. Agular, Tania (26 March 2022). "CDMX inaugura ampliación de la Línea 4 del Metrobús en tramo Alameda Oriente". El Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2021.
19. Sánchez, Frida (12 October 2023). "Cambian nombre de estación del Metrobús 'Glorieta de Colón' por 'Amajac'". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
20. "Estación 'Expo Reforma' del Metrobús cambia de nombre". El Capitalino (in Spanish). 20 September 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
21. "Crea confusión cambio de ruta en Lína 4 del MB" [Metrobús Line 4 route change creates confusion]. El Universal (in Spanish). 17 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
22. "Línea 4 del Metrobús: Esta es la nueva ruta a partir del 28 de noviembre" [Metrobus Line 4: This is the new route as of 28 November]. El Financiero (in Spanish). 15 November 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
23. Rodríguez, Josep (14 November 2022). "Línea 4 del Metrobús cambiará de ruta en el tramo sur". Expansión (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 November 2022.
24. Padron Corredores Metrobus (in Spanish), Gobierno del Distrito Federal, retrieved June 5, 2018