Mexico City Metro Line 8

Mexico City Metro Line 8 is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. Its distinctive color is green.

Line 8 / Línea 8
San Juan de Letrán station
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Garibaldi / Lagunilla Constitución de 1917
Stations	19
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	Trains NM-79, MP-82
Ridership	366,084 passengers per day (2019)[1]
History
Opened	20 July 1994[2]
Technical
Line length	17.679 km (11 mi)
Track length	20.078 km (12 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in) standard gauge with roll ways along track
Electrification	Guide bars
Route map Garibaldi / Lagunilla Bellas Artes San Juan de Letrán Salto del Agua Doctores Obrera Chabacano La Viga Santa Anita Coyuya Iztacalco Apatlaco Aculco Escuadrón 201 Atlalilco Iztapalapa Cerro de la Estrella UAM-I Constitución de 1917

Opened in 1994, it was the tenth line to be built (despite its name being Line 8). With a length of 20.078 kilometers and 19 stations, Line 8 runs through Mexico City from downtown to the southeastern municipality of Iztapalapa.

History

Obrera station before its opening

Line 4 construction started in 1991 and finished in 1994.[3] It was inaugurated on 20 July 1994 by President of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gortari in its entire stretch going from Garibaldi to Constitución de 1917. The next day, Salinas de Gortari drove the first train.[4]

In 2018, the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo presented its plan projected to 2030, where an expansion of Line 8 was announced. This would extend the line northbound to La Raza, where it would connect with Lines 3 and 4; and southbound to Santa Marta, where it would connect with Line A. The project states that seven new stations will be built: three northwards and four southwards, with a total of 10.21 km for a total track length of 27.89 km.[5]

Rolling stock

Line 8 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.

• Alstom MP-82: 1994–present
• Concarril NM-79: 2008–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 30 are in service in Line 8.[6]

Station list

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Transfers	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Garibaldi / Lagunilla	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	-	0.0	Metrobús Line 7 Trolleybus Line LL	Cuauhtémoc
02	Bellas Artes	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	0.8	0.8	Metrobús Line 4 (North route) Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
03	San Juan de Letrán	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	0.6	1.4	Metrobús Line 4 (South route) Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
04	Salto del Agua	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	0.4	1.8	Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
05	Doctores	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	0.7	2.5	Cero Emissions Corridor Line A
06	Obrera	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	0.9	3.4	Cero Emissions Corridor Line A Cero Emissions Corridor Line S
07	Chabacano	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	1.3	4.7
08	La Viga	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	1.0	5.7		Venustiano Carranza
09	Santa Anita	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	0.8	6.5	CETRAM (Bus platforms) (closed)	Iztacalco
10	Coyuya	July 20, 1994	Surface.	1.1	7.6	Metrobús Line 2 Metrobús Line 5 (under construction) CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Iztacalco
11	Iztacalco	July 20, 1994	Surface.	1.1	8.7
12	Apatlaco	July 20, 1994	Surface.	1.1	9.8	Metrobús Line 5 (under construction)	Iztapalapa
13	Aculco	July 20, 1994	Surface.	0.7	10.5	Metrobús Line 5 (under construction)
14	Escuadrón 201	July 20, 1994	Underground.	0.9	11.4	Metrobús Line 5 (under construction) CETRAM (Bus platforms) (unused)
15	Atlalilco	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	1.9	13.3
16	Iztapalapa	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	0.9	14.2	CETRAM (Bus platforms) (unused)
17	Cerro de la Estrella	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	0.9	15.1
18	UAM-I	July 20, 1994	Underground, trench	1.3	16.4
19	Constitución de 1917	July 20, 1994	Surface.	1.3	17.7	CETRAM (Bus platforms) for Iztapalapa

Renamed stations

Date	Old name	New name
1995	La Purísima	UAM-I

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line 8 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.[1]

†	Transfer station
‡	Terminal
†‡	Transfer station and terminal

Rank	Station	Total ridership	Average daily
1	Constitución de 1917‡	32,255,313	88,371
2	San Juan de Letrán	9,962,243	27,294
3	UAM-I	9,203,724	25,216
4	Coyuya	8,501,595	23,292
5	Escuadrón 201	8,047,639	22,048
6	Iztacalco	8,002,058	21,923
7	Bellas Artes†	7,718,079	21,145
8	Garibaldi / Lagunilla†‡	6,304,770	17,273
9	Atlalilco†	5,611,383	15,374
10	Salto del Agua†	5,454,216	14,943
11	Apatlaco	5,100,848	13,975
12	Doctores	4,502,133	12,335
13	Obrera	4,452,999	12,200
14	Iztapalapa	4,140,807	11,345
15	Cerro de la Estrella	4,074,999	11,164
16	Aculco	3,524,731	9,657
17	La Viga	2,805,291	7,686
18	Santa Anita†	2,402,874	6,583
19	Chabacano†	1,554,977	4,260
Total		133,620,679	366,084

Tourism

Line 8 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.
• Palacio de Bellas Artes, Palace of Fine Arts, cultural center.
• Historic center of Mexico City
• Torre Latinoamericana, a skyscraper in downtown Mexico City with an observation deck.

See also

• List of Mexico City Metro lines

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
2. "Línea 8" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. Connolly, Priscilla. "Evaluación económico financiera del Metro de la ciudad de México 1988-1994" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 127. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
4. "Los Presidentes que impulsaron el Metro". El Universal (in Spanish). 2 September 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
5. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. "Plan Maestro del Metro 2018–2030" (PDF) (in Spanish). p. 49. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
6. "Parque vehicular". Metro CDMX. Retrieved 27 April 2020.