Mexico City Metro Line B

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Line B / Línea B
San Lázaro station
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Ciudad Azteca Buenavista
Connecting lines	Oceanía Morelos San Lázaro Garibaldi / Lagunilla Guerrero
Stations	21
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	MP-68
Ridership	417,934 passengers per day (2019)[1]
History
Opened	15 December 1999[2]
Technical
Line length	20.278 km (13 mi)
Track length	23.722 km (15 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge with roll ways along track
Electrification	Guide bars
Route map Legend Ciudad Azteca workshops Ciudad Azteca Plaza Aragón Olímpica Ecatepec Múzquiz Río de los Remedios Impulsora Nezahualcóyotl State of Mexico Mexico City Villa de Aragón Bosque de Aragón Deportivo Oceanía Oceanía Romero Rubio Ricardo Flores Magón San Lázaro Morelos Tepito Lagunilla Garibaldi / Lagunilla Guerrero Buenavista This diagram: view talk edit

Mexico City Metro Line B is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. It has 21 stations and a total length of 23.772 km (14.771 mi), 20.278 km (12.600 mi) service the line while the rest are used for maneuvers.

Line B runs from downtown Mexico City north towards the municipality of Ecatepec de Morelos.

Currently, it is the only line in the whole metro network to use two distinctive colors: green and gray.

Alongside Line 12, Line B is one of the two metro lines of the network to have the three type of stations: underground, elevated and surface.^[3]

Line B was planned as a feeder line that would connect Mexico City to the adjacent municipalities of the State of Mexico, such as Ecatepec de Morelos and Ciudad Nezahualcóyotl, therefore, instead of using the same numbering system as with the other metro lines, the line was named as Line B, same as in Line A, which connects Mexico City with the municipality of La Paz, also in the State of Mexico.

Line B was conceived in the early 1990s and was to originally named as Line 10. The 1994 Mexican peso crisis affected the construction of the line on its first stages as well as opposition from the citizens, specially those living in Santa María la Ribera, who claimed that Line B construction affected their houses, with damages such as sinking and breakage.^[4]

The first stretch of the line, from Buenavista to Villa de Aragón, was inaugurated on 15 December 1999 by Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000, and Rosario Robles, Head of Government of the Federal District from 1991 to 2000. The second section, from Villa de Aragón to Ciudad Azteca, was opened on 30 November 2000, six years after it was planned.^[4]

An extension for Line B is planned, adding two more stations to expand the line westbound towards Colegio Militar, where line B would connect with Line 2.^[5]

• 15 December 1999: from Villa de Aragón to Buenavista
• 30 November 2000: from Ciudad Azteca to Nezahualcóyotl

• Alstom MP-68: 1999–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 36 are in service in Line B.^[6]

Key^[a]

†	Denotes a partially accessible station
‡	Denotes a fully accessible station
	Denotes a metro transfer
	Denotes a connection with the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) system. In the State of Mexico, they are called Estación de tranferencia modal (ETRAM).
	Denotes a connection with the Ecobici system
	Denotes a connection with the Metrobús 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

The stations from east to west and from south to north.

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Connection	Pictogram	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Ciudad Azteca ‡	30 November 2000	Ground-level, overground access	-	0.0	Ciudad Azteca Line I: Ciudad Azteca station	A silhouette of the neighborhood's glyph	Ecatepec de Morelos	State of Mexico
02	Plaza Aragón ‡			0.7	0.7		A stand of pots from a tianguis
03	Olímpica †			0.9	1.6		The Olympic rings
04	Ecatepec †			0.7	2.3		Mexica based icon of Ehecatépetl
05	Múzquiz †			1.6	3.9		A bust of Melchor de Eca y Múzquiz
06	Río de los Remedios †			1.3	5.2	Río de los Remedios	A sailboat	Nezahualcóyotl
07	Impulsora †			0.6	5.8		Cart with an old hacienda
08	Nezahualcóyotl †			1.5	7.3		A coyote's head
09	Villa de Aragón ‡	15 December 1999		1.5	8.8	Line 6: Villa de Aragón station Routes: 15-A, 15-C	A collection of houses	Gustavo A. Madero	Mexico City
10	Bosque de Aragón †			0.9	9.7		Three forest trees
11	Deportivo Oceanía †			1.3	11.0	Routes: 11-A, 12, 43 Routes: 7-B, 7-D	A koala clinging to a soccer ball
12	Oceanía †		Elevated, overground access	1.0	12.0	Line 5 Routes: 43, 200 Line 4: Oceanía stop Route: 10-D	A kangaroo
13	Romero Rubio †			1.0	13.0	Routes: 10-B, 18	A silhouette of a bust of Romero Rubio	Venustiano Carranza
14	Ricardo Flores Magón †			1.1	14.1		A portrait of Ricardo Flores Magón
15	San Lázaro ‡			1.1	15.2	Line 1 (out of service) San Lázaro Line 4: San Lázaro station Line 5: San Lázaro station San Lázaro stop (temporary Line 1 service) East Bus Terminal (TAPO)	A steam locomotive
16	Morelos †		Underground, trench	1.4	16.6	Line 4 Line 4: Morelos station (at distance) Routes: 18, 37 Routes: 5-A, 10-E	A profile of José María Morelos y Pavón
17	Tepito †			0.6	17.2	Routes: 18, 33 Routes: 10-E, 11-C	A boxing glove	Cuauhtémoc
18	Lagunilla			0.8	18.0	Route: 18 Routes: 10-E, 11-C	A wild duck
19	Garibaldi / Lagunilla †			0.6	18.6	Line 8 Line 7: Garibaldi station Line 5: Garibaldi stop Routes: 18, 27-A Routes: 10-E, 11-C	A guitar and a sarape
20	Guerrero ‡			0.9	19.5	Line 3 Line 3: Guerrero station Routes: 10-E, 11-C	Bust of Vincente Guerrero
21	Buenavista ‡			0.7	20.2	Buenavista (at distance) Line 1: Buenavista station Line 3: Buenavista station Line 4: Buenavista station Line 1: Buenavista station Routes: 10-E, 11-C, 12-B	An ALCO type diesel locomotive

The following table shows each of Line B stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.^[1]

Line B passes near several places of interest:

• Plaza Garibaldi, a square known as Mexico City's home of mariachi music where mariachi bands can be found playing or soliciting gigs from visitors.
• Historic center of Mexico City

On its route, Line B passes through some places known for their levels of crime including Ecatepec de Morelos, Gustavo A. Madero, Venustiano Carranza, and neighborhoods such as Tepito and Colonia Morelos.^[14] Due to this, the line has a high rate of crime inside the stations and the trains, going from the presence of pickpockets and petty theft to armed robbery and sexual assault.^[14]

In 2017, at least three violent robberies were reported, in which armed men entered the wagons and stripped the passengers out of their belongings.^[14][15]

• List of Mexico City Metro lines