Mexico City Metro Line 2
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Mexico City Metro Line 2 is one of the 11 lines of the Mexico City Metro
.
Line 2 is the second of the network, the color that identifies it is blue and it runs from west to east and north to south, turning at the city center. It starts at the border of the city and the Estado de México and ends in the south of the city.
It commutes with Line 7 at Tacuba
, Line 3
at Hidalgo
, Line 8 at Bellas Artes
, Line 1
at Pino Suárez
and Lines 8 and 9 at Chabacano
. At Tasqueña it links with the Mexico City Light Rail to Xochimilco
. It used to be served by NC-82 and some NM-83 trains.
This line was temporarily served by an NM-02 train with landscapes and images of Mexico City.
This line has seen the worst accident in Mexico City history when on October 20, 1975 there was a crash between two trains at Metro Viaducto
. One train was parked at the station picking up passengers when it was hit by another train that did not stop on time. 20 people were killed and several wounded. After that accident automatic traffic lights were installed in all the lines.
Mexico City Metro
The Mexico City Metro , officially called Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, is a metro system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City...
.
Line 2 is the second of the network, the color that identifies it is blue and it runs from west to east and north to south, turning at the city center. It starts at the border of the city and the Estado de México and ends in the south of the city.
It commutes with Line 7 at Tacuba
Metro Tacuba
Metro Tacuba is a station of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Tacuba district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough, to the west of downtown Mexico City. It lies along Lines 2 and 7....
, Line 3
Mexico City Metro Line 3
Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico.Line 3 is the longest line, its color is olive green and it runs from north to south of the city covering almost all of it....
at Hidalgo
Metro Hidalgo
Metro Hidalgo is a station on Line 2 and Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, west of the city centre, on Hidalgo Avenue and serves the Colonia Tabacalera, Colonia Guerrero, and Colonia Centro districts....
, Line 8 at Bellas Artes
Metro Bellas Artes
Metro Bellas Artes is a station along Line 2 and Line 8 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Centro district of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, on the junction of Avenida Juárez and Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas, on the eastern end of the Alameda Central, west of the...
, Line 1
Mexico City Metro Line 1
Mexico City Metro Line 1 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico. It was the first to be built, the identifying color is pink and runs through the city from west to east....
at Pino Suárez
Metro Pino Suárez
Metro Pino Suárez is a station on Line 1 and Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, on the southern part of the city centre....
and Lines 8 and 9 at Chabacano
Metro Chabacano
Metro Chabacano is a station on Lines 2, 8 and 9 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, south of the city centre, on Calzada de Tlalpan.Chabacano means apricot in Mexican Spanish...
. At Tasqueña it links with the Mexico City Light Rail to Xochimilco
Xochimilco
Xochimilco is one of the sixteen delegaciones or boroughs within Mexican Federal District. The borough is centered on the formerly independent city of Xochimilco, which was established on what was the southern shore of Lake Xochimilco in the pre-Hispanic period...
. It used to be served by NC-82 and some NM-83 trains.
This line was temporarily served by an NM-02 train with landscapes and images of Mexico City.
This line has seen the worst accident in Mexico City history when on October 20, 1975 there was a crash between two trains at Metro Viaducto
Metro Viaducto
Viaducto is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the border of Benito Juárez and Iztacalco boroughs of Mexico City, south of the city centre on Calzada de Tlalpan...
. One train was parked at the station picking up passengers when it was hit by another train that did not stop on time. 20 people were killed and several wounded. After that accident automatic traffic lights were installed in all the lines.