Line 8 / Línea 8
San Juan de Letrán station
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Garibaldi / Lagunilla Constitución de 1917
Connecting lines	Garibaldi / Lagunilla Bellas Artes Salto del Agua (Out of service) Chabacano Santa Anita Atlalilco
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

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

Opened in 1994, it was the tenth line to be built (despite its name being Line 8). With a length of 20.078 kilometres (12.476 mi) and 19 stations, Line 8 runs through Mexico City from downtown to the southeastern municipality of Iztapalapa.

History

Obrera station before its opening

Line 8 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 5; and southbound to Santa Marta, where it would connect with Line A. The project states that seven new stations would be built: three northwards and four southwards, with a total of 10.21 km (6.34 mi) for a total track length of 27.89 km (17.33 mi).^[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

Key^{[lower-alpha 1]}

†	Denotes a partially accessible station
‡	Denotes a fully accessible station
	Denotes a metro transfer
	Denotes a connection with the Cablebús system
	Denotes a connection with the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) system
	Denotes a connection with the Ecobici system
	Denotes a connection with the Metrobús 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

The stations from east to west:

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Connection	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Garibaldi / Lagunilla †	July 20, 1994	Underground trench	-	0.0	Line B Line 7: Garibaldi station Line 1: Luna stop (at distance) Line 5: Garibaldi stop Routes: 18, 27-A Routes: 10-E, 11-C	Cuauhtémoc
02	Bellas Artes †			0.8	0.8	Line 2 Line 4: Bellas Artes station (north route) Line 1: Bellas Artes stop Line 5: Av. Hidalgo stop (at distance) Route: 16-A
03	San Juan de Letrán			0.6	1.4	Line 4: Eje Central station (south route) Line 1: República de Uruguay stop
04	Salto del Agua †			0.4	1.8	Line 1 (out of service) Salto del Agua stop (temporary Line 1 service) Line 1: Salto del Agua stop Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
05	Doctores			0.7	2.5	Line 1: Doctores stop
06	Obrera			0.9	3.4	Line 1: Obrera stop Line 2: Eje Central stop (at distance) Route: 19-F (at distance)
07	Chabacano ‡			1.3	4.7	Line 2 Line 9 Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 33, 111-A, 145-A Line 2: Jose Antonio Torres stop (at distance) Routes: 9-C, 9-E, 14-A, 17-C, 17-H, 17-I
08	La Viga			1.0	5.7	Route: 5-A	Venustiano Carranza
09	Santa Anita			0.8	6.5	Line 4 Line 2: La Viga station (at distance) Route: 37 Routes: 5-A, 14-A	Iztacalco
10	Coyuya †		Grade-level, overground access	1.1	7.6	Coyuya Line 2: Metro Coyuya station Line 5: Metro Coyuya station Route: 14-A
11	Iztacalco †			1.1	8.7	Line 5: Colegio de Bachilleres 3 station Line 9: Iztacalco stop (west-east route)
12	Apatlaco			1.1	9.8	Line 5: Apatlaco station Line 9: Metro Apatlaco stop (Sundays-only)	Iztapalapa
13	Aculco			0.7	10.5	Line 5: Aculco station
14	Escuadrón 201		Underground trench	0.9	11.4	Line 5: Escuadrón 201 station Route: 22-D
15	Atlalilco ‡			1.9	13.3	Line 12 Routes: 1-D, 52-C Route: 6-A
16	Iztapalapa			0.9	14.2	Routes: 1-D, 52-C Route: 6-A
17	Cerro de la Estrella			0.9	15.1	Routes: 1-D, 52-C Route: 6-A (at distance)
18	UAM-I			1.3	16.4	Routes: 1-D, 52-C
19	Constitución de 1917 †		Grade-level, overground access	1.3	17.7	Constitución de 1917 Line 2: Constitución de 1917 station Routes: 1-D, 47-A, 57-A, 57-C, 159, 161, 161-C, 161-D, 161-E, 161-F, 162, 165-A (also temporary Line 12 service) Line 10: Constitución de 1917 station Route: 4-B

Ridership

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

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.

Notes

See also

• List of Mexico City Metro lines

References