Mexico City Metrobús Line 5

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.

Metrobús Line 5
Río de los Remedios station
Overview
Status	In service
Termini	Río de los Remedios San Lázaro / Las Bombas / Preparatoria 1
Stations	51
Website	Línea 5
Service
Type	Bus rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metrobus
Services	4
Operator(s)	See Operators
Daily ridership	70,000[1]
History
Opened	November 5, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-11-05)
Technical
Line length	28.5 km (17.7 mi)[2]
Character	Exclusive right-of-way

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]

	Denotes a Metrobús transfer
	Denotes a connection with the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) 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 Trolleybus system

Stations[b]	Connections	Neighborhood(s)	Borough	Picture	Date opened
Río de los Remedios	Line II: Río de los Remedios station	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	Line 6: San Juan de Aragón station Line 5: Gran Canal stop	Constitución de la República, DM Nacional
Río Guadalupe		Granjas Modernas, DM Nacional
Talismán	Route: 15-C	Ampliación San Juan de Aragón, San Pedro el Chico
Victoria		Aragón Inguarán, Gertrudis Sánchez
Oriente 101	Line 4: Av. Eduardo Molina stop Routes: 11-A, 12	Ampliación Mártires de Río Blanco, Gertrudis Sánchez
Río Santa Coleta		La Joya, Nueva Tenochitlán
Río Consulado	Line 4: Consulado station (at distance) Line 5: Consulado station (at distance) Line 5: Eduardo Molina station (at distance) Routes: 37, 200 Routes: 5-A, 20-A, 20-B	La Joya, La Malinche
Canal del Norte	Route: 20-B	Ampliación Michoacana, 20 de Noviembre	Venustiano Carranza
Deportivo Eduardo Molina		Ampliación 20 de Noviembre, 20 de Noviembre
Mercado Morelos	Route: 18	20 de Noviembre, Col. Morelos
Archivo General de la Nación	Line 4: Archivo General de la Nación station	Ampliación Penitenciaria, Penitenciaria
San Lázaro	Line 4: San Lázaro station San Lázaro Line 1: San Lázaro station Line B: San Lázaro station East Bus Terminal (TAPO)	Del Parque, 7 de Julio
Moctezuma	Line 4: 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			September 7, 2020[15][16]
Venustiano Carranza	Routes: 19-F, 19-H	Jardín Balbuena
Avenida del Taller	Route: 19-F	24 de Abril
Mixiuhca	Line 9: Mixiuhca station Line 2: Mixiuhca stop Route: 9-C, 9-E, 14-A	Magdalena Mixiuhca
Hospital General Troncoso		Granjas México	Iztacalco
Metro Coyuya	Line 2: Metro Coyuya station Coyuya Line 8: Coyuya station Route: 14-A	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	Line 8: Apatlaco station Line 9: Metro Apatlaco stop (Sundays-only)	Purísima Atlazolpa, Pueblo Magdalena Atlazolpa, Purísima Atlazolpa, Nueva Rosita
Aculco	Line 8: Aculco station	Pueblo Magdalena Atlazolpa, Pueblo Aculco, Jardines de Churubusco
Churubusco Oriente		El Sifón
Escuadrón 201	Escuadrón 201 (unused) Line 8: Escuadrón 201 station Route: 22-D	Escuadrón 201
Atanasio G. Sarabia	Route: 22-D
Ermita Iztapalapa	Route: 52-C Route: 22-D	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	Route: 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	Routes: 47-A, 81-A, 143	Potrero de San Bernardino

Operators

Line 5 has the following operators.^[17]

• 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.^[18]

Notes

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

   • Metrobús () obtained from the Mexico City Metrobús system map.^[9]
   • Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM; ) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.^[10]
   • Metro () connections obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.^[11]
   • Mexibús () obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.^[11]
   • Public buses network (peseros) () obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.^[12]
   • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros () obtained from their official website.^[13]
   • Trolleybuses () obtained from their official website.^[14]
2. All the stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities.

References

1. (in Spanish) "Ficha técnica Línea 5" (Line 5 technical data), Metrobús website
2. 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. "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. "Mapa del sistema" [System map] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
10. "Centros de Transferencia Modal (CETRAM)" [Modal Transfer Centers] (in Spanish). Órgano Regulador de Transporte. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
11. "Mi Mapa Metro 22032021" [My Metro Map 22032021] (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
12. "Red de corredores" [Route network] (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
13. "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
14. "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
15. López, Jonás (August 29, 2020). "Línea 5 del Metrobús iniciará operaciones el 7 de septiembre". Excélsior (in Spanish). Retrieved September 1, 2020.
16. "Inicia operaciones línea 5 del Metrobús en CDMX" (in Spanish). Noticieros Televisa. September 7, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.
17. Padron Corredores Metrobus (in Spanish), Gobierno del Distrito Federal, retrieved June 5, 2018
18. "Tráiler choca y daña estación Hospital Troncoso del Metrobús (aún no inaugurada)". Animal Político (in Spanish). September 1, 2020. Retrieved September 7, 2020.