Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 16 metro lines built in Mexico City

Mexico City

Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...

, 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.

It is built under Avenida de los Insurgentes

Avenida de los Insurgentes

Avenida de los Insurgentes , sometimes known simply as Insurgentes, is the longest avenue in Mexico City and said to be the longest in the world with a length of on a north-south axis across the city...

, Guerrero, Zarco, Balderas, Cuauhtémoc, Universidad, Copilco and Delfín Madrigal avenues. It interchanges with Line 6 at Deportivo 18 de Marzo

Metro Deportivo 18 de Marzo

Metro Deportivo 18 de Marzo is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in Mexico City's Gustavo A. Madero borough.The name of the station refers to the adjacent Deportivo 18 de Marzo sports complex, and its logo represents a player of a pre-Columbian ball game.This station was previously...

, Line 5

Mexico City Metro Line 5

Mexico City Metro Line 5 is one of the 11 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico.It has as its color the color yellow and runs from the north to the east...

 at La Raza

Metro La Raza

Metro La Raza is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is a combinedsubway and surface station, located in the Colonia Vallejo and Colonia Héroes de Nacozari neighbourhoods of the Gustavo A...

, Line B at Guerrero

Metro Guerrero

Metro Guerrero is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Guerrero neighborhood of Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, on the intersecion of Zarco street and Eje 1 Norte Mosqueta Avenue...

, Line 2

Mexico City Metro Line 2

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...

 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 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 Balderas

Metro Balderas

Metro Balderas is an underground station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the center of Mexico City. It is a transfer station along Lines 1 and 3...

 and Line 9 at Centro Médico

Metro Centro Médico

Metro Centro Médico is an underground metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. It is a transfer station for both Lines 3 and 9....

. It is expected to connect with Line 12 at Zapata

Metro Zapata

Metro Zapata is a station on the Mexico City Metro. The station logo depicts Emiliano Zapata, a national hero from the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1921. This station used to be the terminus of Line 3; while the line has since been extended south, it still plays an important role in the...

 when Line 12 nears completion.

Chronology

• November 20, 1970: from Tlatelolco
  Metro Tlatelolco
  Metro Tlatelolco is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Tlatelolco neighbourhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, to the north of the downtown area...
  
   to Hospital General
  Metro Hospital General
  Metro Hospital General is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.The station logo represents the symbol of International Red Cross...
  
  
• August 25, 1978: from Tlatelolco to La Raza
  Metro La Raza
  Metro La Raza is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is a combinedsubway and surface station, located in the Colonia Vallejo and Colonia Héroes de Nacozari neighbourhoods of the Gustavo A...
  
  
• December 1, 1979: from La Raza to Indios Verdes
  Metro Indios Verdes
  Indios Verdes is a station on the Mexico City Metro. Indios Verdes, located in the northern reaches of Mexico City, is the current terminal station for the Metro's Line 3.Indios Verdes literally means "Green Indians"...
  
  
• June 7, 1980: from Hospital General to Centro Médico
  Metro Centro Médico
  Metro Centro Médico is an underground metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. It is a transfer station for both Lines 3 and 9....
  
  
• August 25, 1980: from Centro Médico to Zapata
• August 30, 1983: from Zapata to Universidad

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