Mexico City Metrobús Line 6

Bus route in Mexico City

Metrobús Line 6

Bus at the Villa de Aragón terminal station

Overview
Status| In service
Termini|

* El Rosario
* Villa de Aragón

Stations| 37
Website| Línea 6
Service
Type| Bus rapid transit
System| Mexico City Metrobus
Services| 3
Operator(s)| See Operators
Daily ridership| 150,000[1]
History
Opened| January 21, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-01-21)
Technical
Line length| 20 km (12.4 mi)[1]
Character| Exclusive right-of-way

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 6 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobus. It operates between El Rosario in the municipality of Azcapotzalco, in northern Mexico City, and Villa de Aragón in Gustavo A. Madero, in the eastern limits of the city with the municipality of Ecatepec de Morelos in the State of Mexico, Mexico.

Line 6 has a total of 37 stations and a length of 20 kilometers (12.4 mi), which runs from northwestern to eastern Mexico City.[1]

Construction of Line 6 started on August 6, 2014 and it was inaugurated on January 21, 2016 by Miguel Ángel Mancera, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2012 to 2018.[2][3]

## Service description

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### Services

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The line has three itineraries:[4]

Villa de Aragón – El Rosario  |  | Monday–
Friday | Saturday | Sunday

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to El Rosario
First Bus  | 04:20 | 04:30 | 05:00
Last Bus  | 00:18 | 00:20 | 00:18
to Villa de Aragón
First Bus  | 04:22 | 04:21 | 05:00
Last Bus  | 00:17 | 00:13 | 00:17
|  Villa de Aragón –
Instituto Politécnico Nacional  |  | Monday–
Friday | Saturday | Sunday

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from Villa de Aragón
First Bus  | 04:30 | 04:45 | no
service
Last Bus  | 22:00 | 22:16
to Villa de Aragón
First Bus  | 04:37 | 04:55 | no
service
Last Bus  | 22:40 | 22:26

Deportivo 18 de Marzo – El Rosario  |  | Monday–
Friday | Saturday | Sunday

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to El Rosario
First Bus  | 04:30 | no
service
Last Bus  | 22:15
from El Rosario
First Bus  | 04:24 | no
service
Last Bus  | 23:36

Line 6 serves the municipalities of Azcapotzalco and Gustavo A. Madero.

### Station list

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Key to connections[a] Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) |  Mexibús |  Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP)

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Metro |  Pesero (public bus)  |  Trolleybus
Metrobús
Station[b] | Connections  | Neighborhood(s)  | Borough  | Picture  | Date opened

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El Rosario  |
* El Rosario
* Line 6: El Rosario station
* Line 7: El Rosario station
* Line V: El Rosario station (under planning)[11]
* Routes: 19, 19-A, 59, 59-A, 107
* Lines 4 and 6: El Rosario stop
| Unidad Habitacional El Rosario  | Azcapotzalco |  | January 21, 2016[3]
Colegio de Bachilleres 1  |
* Line V: Colegio de Bachilleres 1 station (under planning)[11]
* Routes: 19, 19-A, 59, 59-A, 107
* Line 6: Bachilleres 1 stop
De las Culturas  |
* Routes: 19, 19-A, 107
| Unidad Habitacional El Rosario, San Martín Xochinahuac
Ferrocarriles Nacionales  |
* Routes: 19, 19-A
|  San Martín Xochinahuac
UAM Azcapotzalco  |
* Routes: 19, 19-A, 107, 107-B
| San Martín Xochinahuac, Santa Bárbara
Tecnoparque  |
* Routes: 19, 19-A, 107-B
| Santa Bárbara
Norte 59  |  | Industrial Vallejo
Norte 45  |
* Line 6: Norte 45 station (at distance)
* Route: 15-A (at distance)

Montevideo  |
* Line 3: Montevideo
| Industrial Vallejo, Nueva Vallejo  | Azcapotzalco, Gustavo A. Madero |
Lindavista-Vallejo  |  | Nueva Vallejo, Lindavista Vallejo  | Gustavo A. Madero
Instituto del Petróleo  |
* Line 5: Instituto del Petróleo station (at distance)
* Line 6: Instituto del Petróleo station (at distance)
* Routes: 23, 27-A, 103
* Line 1: Instituto del Petróleo stop (north–south route; at distance)
* Line 8: Montevideo stop (at distance)
| Lindavista Vallejo, San Bartolo Atepehuacán
San Bartolo  |  | San Bartolo Atepehuacán, Lindavista Sur  |
Instituto Politécnico Nacional  |
* Routes: 25, 104
| Lindavista Sur
Riobamba  |  |
Deportivo 18 de Marzo  |
* Line 1: 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
| Tepeyac Insurgentes  |
La Villa  |
* Line 6: La Villa-Basílica station (at distance)
* Line 7: Garrido station (at distance)
* Routes: 25, 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 107-B
* Line 5: Garrido stop (at distance)
* Route: 15-B (at distance)

De los Misterios[c] |
* Line 7: De los Misterios station
* Routes: 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 107-B
* Line 5: Av. Montevideo stop
| Tepeyac Insurgentes, Villa Gustavo A. Madero  |
Hospital Infantil La Villa[c] |
* Line 7: Hospital Infantil La Villa station
* Routes: 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 107-B
* Line 5: Hospital de la Villa stop
| Villa Gustavo A. Madero, Estanzuela  |
Delegación Gustavo A. Madero  |
* Line 7: Delegación Gustavo A. Madero station
* Route: 107-B
* Line 5: Cuauhtémoc stop
| Villa Gustavo A. Madero, Martín Carrera  |
Martín Carrera  |
* Martín Carrera
* Line 4: Martín Carrera station
* Line 6: Martín Carrera station
* Routes: 33, 37
* Line 5: Martín Carrera stop
* Route: 5-A
| Constitución de la República, Granjas Modernas  |
Hospital General La Villa  |  |
San Juan de Aragón  |
* Line 5: San Juan de Aragón station
* Line 5: Gran Canal stop
| Constitución de la República, Granjas Modernas, DM Nacional  |
Gran Canal  |  | DM Nacional, Amp. Casas Alemán  |
Casas Alemán  |  | Ampliación Casas Alemán, Héroes de Chapultepec
Pueblo San Juan de Aragón  |  | Pueblo San Juan de Aragón
Loreto Fabela  |
* Routes: 15-B, 15-C
| Pueblo San Juan de Aragón, San Juan de Aragón
482[d] |
* Route: 15-C
| San Juan de Aragón
414[d] |
416 Oriente[d] |
416 Poniente[c] |
* Route: 43
* Route: 15-B
| Ampliación Casas Alemán, San Juan de Aragón
Deportivo Los Galeana[c] |
* Route: 43
* Route: 15-B
Ampliación Providencia[c] |  | Providencia, San Juan de Aragón
Volcán de Fuego[c] |  | Ampliación Providencia, San Juan de Aragón  |
La Pradera  |  | La Pradera, San Juan de Aragón
Colegio de Bachilleres 9  |
Francisco Morazán  |  | Villa de Aragón, San Juan de Aragón
Villa de Aragón  |
* Line B: Villa de Aragón station
* Routes: 15-A, 15-C

## Operators

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Corredor Antenas-Rosario, SA de CV (CARSA) is the sole operator of Line 6.[12]

## Notes

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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]
* Metro () connections obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[7]
* Mexibús () obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[7]
* Public buses network (peseros) () obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[8]
* Red de Transporte de Pasajeros () obtained from their official website.[9]
* Trolleybuses () obtained from their official website.[10]
2. ^ All the stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities.
3. ^ a b c d e f Accessible from Villa de Aragón to El Rosario.
4. ^ a b c Accessible from El Rosario to Villa de Aragón.

## References

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1. ^ a b c (in Spanish) "Ficha técnica Línea 6" (Line 6 technical data), Metrobús website
2. ^ "Inicia obra por Línea 6 del Metrobús". Excélsior (in Spanish). March 26, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
3. ^ a b "Mancera inaugura Línea 6 del Metrobús". El Financiero (in Spanish). January 21, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
4. ^ (in Spanish) "Mapa Línea 6" (Line 6 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. ^ a b "Mi Mapa Metro 22032021" [My Metro Map 22032021] (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
8. ^ "Red de corredores" [Route network]. Organismo Regulador de Transporte (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
9. ^ "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
10. ^ "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
11. ^ a b Contreras, Jorge (24 July 2024). "¿Habrá nueva línea de Mexibús hasta el Metro Rosario? Esto respondieron las autoridades del Edomex". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
12. ^ Padron Corredores Metrobus (in Spanish), Gobierno del Distrito Federal, retrieved June 5, 2018

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