Metro expansion strategy started in 2018. (Twitter/MetroCDMX)

The Public Transport System (STC) Metro of the City of the Metro is one of the means most used by the capital. It has a total of 12 lines and two rail routes; however, the increase in population in the capital has created the need not only to improve its functioning, but also to extend its extension to connect more points of the city.

The CDMX government recently signaled that a new strategy will be implemented so that 226 thousand 488 kilometers in service of the Metro Network are extended with new stations in some of its different Lines.

The call Metro master plan envisaged that by 2030 the construction of 61 new stations. A total of 78 kilometers of track. A strategy aimed at reducing demand on some of its Lines, in particular the 1, 2, and 3 of the metro which are recorded as the most used by the inhabitants of the capital.

according Metro master plan The ace Double 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 12 and the letters A and B These will be the routes where the 61 new planned stations will be distributed. An augmentation of 35% compared to existing roads.

Some Lines stations will have more than 6 new stations (Cuartoscuro)
Some Lines stations will have more than 6 new stations (Cuartoscuro)

Line A (Pantitlán – La Paz), will have an expansion of 13 thousand 19 kilometers with 6 new stations that intend to reach Chalco.

line B, (direction Buenavista-Ciudad Azteca), will have two additional stations. A total of 2.04 kilometers that will go from the Buenavista terminal to the Military College.

line 4 (direction Martín Carrera-Santa Anita), will be one of the routes that will most expand the routes considered with a total of 10 stations from the Santa Anita terminal to Periférico. However, in the opposite direction, 21 additional stations that will go from Martín Carrera to Tepexpan will also be expanded.

line 5 (direction Pantitlán-Politécnico), this route will have 6 new stations, making a total of 6.48 kilometers from Politécnico to Tlalnepantla, thus directly linking Mexico City to the State of Mexico.

line 6 (direction El Rosario- Martín Carrera), on this route it is planned to build 5 other stations with a length of 5.59 kilometers that will go from the Martín Carrera terminal to Villa de Aragón.

line 8 (direction Garibaldi-Constitución de 1917), this route will have 7 new stations, thus extending the route by 10.21 kilometers more. Like line 4, it will run in both directions from Garibaldi to La Raza and from Constitución de 1917 to Santa Marta, 4 more stations from the terminal.

The CDMX government is looking to organize more city points (Photo: @MetroCDMX)
The CDMX government is looking to organize more city points (Photo: @MetroCDMX)

line 9 (Pantitlán -Tacubaya direction), will be one of the routes that will have fewer new stations, since the Plan envisaged seeks only to extend over 1.46 kilometers with a station that ends at the Observatory. This is to reduce saturation in the Tacubaya transhipment.

line 12 (direction Mixcoac-Tláhuac), although this route has not been completely reopened, it is expected that by 2030 there will be 3 additional stations, with an approximate length of 4.10 kilometers that will go from the Mixcoac terminal to end at Observatorio.

So far, the mobility authorities of the capital have not communicated in detail the measures for the implementation of the Metro master plan, however, this project started with the arrival of the current administration (2018-2024) to be finalized with other governments. Some of the institutions involved are the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the National Polytechnic Institute (PIN), the National Infrastructure Fund, the Metropolitan Autonomous University (AMU), the Academy of Engineering of Mexico, the National Bank of Public Works and Services (BANBRAS), among others. The National Union of STC Workers will participate in this project in the same way.

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