Line 2 / Línea 2
Interior of Tasqueña and the front view of a NM-02 train
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Cuatro Caminos Tasqueña
Connecting lines	Tacuba Hidalgo Bellas Artes Pino Suárez Chabacano Ermita
Stations	24
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	NM-02
Ridership	737,396 passengers per day (2019)[1]
History
Opened	1 August 1970
Technical
Line length	20.713 km (13 mi)
Track length	23.431 km (15 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge with roll ways along track
Electrification	Guide bars
Operating speed	36 km/h (22 mph)
Route map Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo/Tenochtitlan Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard

Line 2 is one of the 12 lines of the Mexico City Metro.^[2]

The 2 Line is the second oldest in the network, identified by the color blue and runs from West to East and then North to South, turning at the city center. It starts at the border of the city with Estado de México and ends South of the city.

General information

Line 2 connects with Line 7 at Tacuba, Line 3 at Hidalgo, Line 8 at Bellas Artes, Line 1 at Pino Suárez, Lines 8 and 9 at Chabacano and Line 12 at Ermita. It is linked with the Mexico City Light Rail to Xochimilco at the Tasqueña terminal. It used to be served by NC-82 and some NM-83 trains.

It runs under the following roads: Calzada San Bartolo Naucalpan in the stretch from Cuatro Caminos to Panteones, Calzada México-Tacuba from Panteones to Normal, Av. Ribera de San Cosme, Av. México - Tenochtitlan from Revolución to Hidalgo, Av. Hidalgo from Hidalgo to Bellas Artes, Tacuba street, República de Guatemala street, José María Pino Suárez street from Zócalo/Tenochtitlan to Pino Suárez. From San Antonio Abad it runs at ground level over Calzada San Antonio Abad and Calzada de Tlalpan till the terminus of the line in Tasqueña. With 737,396 passengers per day in 2019, it is the busiest line of the Mexico City Metro.

This line was temporarily served by an NM-02 train printed with landscapes and images of Mexico City.

History

Line 2 opened on August 1, 1970, in the stretch Tasqueña–Pino Suárez. Pino Suárez station became the first transfer station of the Mexico City Metro, connecting with Line 1, built one year before.

On September 14, the line was expanded towards Tacuba station.

The last expansion of the line occurred in 1984 when two more stations were built: Panteones and Cuatro Caminos, the latter being the first station of the system to serve the State of Mexico. Cuatro Caminos would remain as the only station to serve the suburbs of Mexico City until 1991, when Line A opened and service reached the municipality of Los Reyes La Paz, in the southeastern part of the State of Mexico with the stations Los Reyes and La Paz.

Chronology

• August 1, 1970: from Tasqueña to Pino Suárez.
• September 14, 1970: from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.
• August 22, 1984: from Tacuba to Cuatro Caminos.

Rolling stock

Line 2 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.

• Alstom MP-68: : 1970–1975 2023
• Concarril NM-73: : 1975–2005 2023
• Concarril NM-79: 1980–2006 2023
• Alstom MP-82: 1985–2007
• Bombardier NC-82: 1987–2005 2023
• CAF/Bombardier NM-02: 2004–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 40 are in service in Line 2.^[3]

Station list

Key^{[lower-alpha 1]}

†	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 Trolleybus system
	Denotes a connection with the Xochimilco Light Rail system

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

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Connection	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Cuatro Caminos †	August 22, 1984	Underground trench	-	0.0	Cuatro Caminos Routes: 18, 57-A, 57-C Route: 16-B	Naucalpan	State of Mexico
02	Panteones			1.8	1.8	Route: 18 Route: 16-B	Miguel Hidalgo	Mexico City
03	Tacuba †	September 14, 1970		1.6	3.4	Line 7 Tacuba Routes: 18, 59, 107 Routes: 11-A, 16-B, 16-D, 19-H
04	Cuitláhuac			0.7	4.1	Routes: 18, 19, 107, 107-B Line 6: Calz.México-Tacuba stop (at distance) Routes: 16-B, 16-D
05	Popotla			0.8	4.9	Route: 18 Routes: 16-B, 16-D
06	Colegio Militar			0.6	5.5	Route: 16-B
07	Normal			0.7	6.2	Routes: 19, 19-A, 200 Routes: 16-A, 16-B
08	San Cosme			0.8	7.0	(at distance) Route: 59-A Routes: 12-B, 12-D, 16-A, 16-B	Cuauhtémoc
09	Revolución ‡			0.8	7.8	(at distance) Line 1: Revolución station (at distance) Line 4: México-Tenochtitlan station (at distance) Routes: 12-B (at distance), 16-A, 16-B
10	Hidalgo †			0.7	8.5	Line 3 (at distance) Line 3: Hidalgo station Line 4: Hidalgo station (north route) Line 7: Hidalgo station Temporary Line 1 service: Hidalgo stop Route: 27-A Line 5: Metro Hidalgo stop Route: 16-A
11	Bellas Artes †			0.6	9.1	Line 8 Line 4: Bellas Artes station (north route) Line 1: Bellas Artes stop Route: 16-A
12	Allende			0.5	9.6	(at distance)
13	Zócalo/Tenochtitlan †		Underground two-story trench	0.8	10.4	Passage Zócalo-Pino Suárez
14	Pino Suárez ‡	August 1, 1970	Underground trench (Lv. -2)	0.9	11.3	Line 1 (out of service) Passage Zócalo-Pino Suárez Nezahualcóyotl (at distance) Line 4: Pino Suárez station (south route) Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A (also temporary Line 1 service) Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I, 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
15	San Antonio Abad †		Ground-level, overground access	1.0	12.3	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 14-A, 17-C, 17-H, 17-I
16	Chabacano ‡	August 1, 1970[* 1]		0.8	13.1	Line 8 Line 9 Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 33, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 9-C, 9-E, 14-A, 17-C, 17-H, 17-I
17	Viaducto	August 1, 1970		0.9	14.0	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	Benito Juárez
18	Xola †			0.6	14.6	Line 2: Xola station (at distance) Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I
19	Villa de Cortés †			0.8	15.4	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Line 9: Villa de Cortés stop Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I
20	Nativitas †			0.9	16.3	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I
21	Portales †			1.1	17.4	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A Line 3: Miravalle stop (at distance) Route: 6-A (at distance), 17-C, 17-H, 17-I
22	Ermita ‡			0.9	18.3	Line 12 (out of service) Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 52-C, 111-A, 145-A (also temporary Line 12 service) Routes: 6-A (at distance), 17-C, 17-H, 17-I
23	General Anaya †			1.0	19.3	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 116-A, 145-A Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	Coyoacán
24	Tasqueña ‡		Ground-level	1.5	20.8	South Bus Terminal Tasqueña Routes: 2-A, 17-F, 31-B, 81-A, 111-A, 143, 145-A Line 1: Tasqueña stop Line 1: Central del Sur stop (at distance) Line 1: Cerro Huitzilac stop (at distance) Line 7: Tasqueña stop Line 7: Central del Sur stop (at distance) Line 7: Cerro Huitzilac stop (at distance) Line 1: Tasqueña station Routes: 2-A, 2-F, 5-A (at distance), 17-C, 17-H, 17-I

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line 2 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.^[1]

Tourism

Line 2 passes near several places of interest:

• Monumento a la Revolución, a monument commemorating the Mexican Revolution located in Plaza de la República (Republic Square).
• Paseo de la Reforma, emblematic avenue of Mexico City.
• Alameda Central, public urban park in downtown Mexico City and oldest public park in the Americas.
• Palacio de Bellas Artes, Palace of Fine Arts, cultural center.
• Historic center of Mexico City
• Plaza de la Constitución, Mexico City's main square.
• Metropolitan Cathedral
• National Palace, the seat of the federal executive in Mexico.
• Templo Mayor, archeological site and museum.

See also

• List of Mexico City Metro lines

References

Notes