Mexico City Metro Line A

Metro line in Mexico City

Mexico City Metro Line A is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. The line’s color is purple. It was the ninth line to be opened.

The line was opened in 1983 and it runs from eastern Mexico City southeast into the State of Mexico. Line A has 10 stations and a length of 17.192 km (10.683 mi), out of which 14.893 km (9.254 mi) are for service. It was the second line to service the State of Mexico, after the Cuatro Caminos station of the Line 2, opened in 1984.

History[edit]

Line A was inaugurated on August 12, 1991 by Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994, Manuel Camacho Solís, Head of the Federal District Department from 1988 to 1993, and Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza, Governor of the State of Mexico from 1989 to 1993.

Line A was conceived as a feeder line, thus, instead of using a number (which, in this case, it would have been 10 – Line 10), it used a letter in its denomination. The line was designed to connect Mexico City to the State of Mexico. For this reason, until December 2013, it was necessary to pay another fare when commuting from Line A to Lines 1, 5 and 9 at Pantitlán station.^[3][4]

Another feeder line, also connecting the State of Mexico to Mexico City, would be inaugurated in 1999: Line B, also using a letter instead of a number to designate it.

A proposed extension of the line was presented in 2018 by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. According to the plan, Line A would be expanded southbound towards Chalco in the State of Mexico. The stretch would have six new stations and a length of 13.19 km (8.20 mi).^[5]

Rolling stock[edit]

Line A has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 17 are in service in Line A.^[6]

Station list[edit]

The stations from east to west:

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Connection	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Pantitlán	12 August 1991	Underground	–	0.0	Line 1 (out of service) Line 5 Line 9 Pantitlán Line 4 (Alameda Oriente branch): Pantitlán station Line III: Pantitlán station (temporary Line 1 service) Route: 168 (temporary Line 1 service) Line 2: Pantitlán stop Routes: 11-B, 11-C, 19-F, 19-G	Iztacalco / Venustiano Carranza	Mexico City
02	Agrícola Oriental		Grade-level, overground access	1.6	1.6	Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167 Route: 11-G	Iztacalco
03	Canal de San Juan			1.2	2.8	Line 2: Canal de San Juan station (at distance) Routes: 47-A, 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167 Routes: 4-B, 4-C, 9-B (at distance), 9-E (at distance), 14-A (at distance)
04	Tepalcates			1.6	4.4	Tepalcates Line 2: Tepalcates station Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167 Routes: 9-D, 9-E	Iztapalapa
05	Guelatao			1.3	5.7	Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167 Route: 9-D
06	Peñón Viejo			2.4	8.1	Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167
07	Acatitla			1.5	9.6	Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167
08	Santa Marta			1.3	10.9	Santa Marta Line 2: Santa Marta station Line 10: Santa Marta station (under construction) Line 11: Santa Marta station (under construction) Routes: 1-D, 52-C
09	Los Reyes			1.9	12.8		La Paz	State of Mexico
10	La Paz			2.1	14.9	La Paz

Ridership[edit]

The following table shows each of Line 6 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.^[1]

‡	Terminal
†‡	Transfer station and terminal

Rank	Station	Total ridership	Average daily
1	Pantitlán†‡	45,550,938	124,797
2	La Paz‡	15,636,790	42,841
3	Santa Marta	10,088,191	27,639
4	Guelatao	7,898,506	21,640
5	Tepalcates	7,054,067	19,326
6	Los Reyes	6,242,517	17,103
7	Acatitla	5,846,455	16,018
8	Peñón Viejo	5,025,958	13,770
9	Canal de San Juan	4,813,813	13,189
10	Agrícola Oriental	4,130,829	11,317
Total		112,288,064	307,639

See also[edit]

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