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Mexibús
	Articulated bus operating for Mexibús BRT in Ecatepec.
Founded	2010
Locale	State of Mexico and Mexico City
Service type	bus rapid transit
Routes	4
Stations	126
Operator	Transmasivo (Line I and IV); Transcomunicador (Line II); Red de Transporte de Oriente (Line III)

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Mexibús is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that is located in the Greater Mexico City part of the State of Mexico, which surrounds Mexico City proper through 126 stations.

It is operated by Transmasivo S.A. (Lines I and IV), Transcomunicador S.A. (Line II), and Red de Transporte de Oriente S.A. de C.V. (Line III).^[1] As of October 2021, there are four lines with a total length of 74 kilometres (46 mi) and 126 stations located in Ecatepec, Tecámac, Nezahualcóyotl, Chimalhuacán, Coacalco, Tultitlán, Cuautitlán Izcalli, and Eastern Tlalnepantla, all in the State of Mexico, and 3 stations in Mexico City proper in the Venustiano Carranza and Gustavo A. Madero boroughs.

Network

Fare and schedule

The fare is 9 Mexican pesos (MXN)^[2] paid via rechargeable cards which cost 18 pesos and include 9 pesos in transit credit.^[3]^[4]

Service operates daily from 4:30 A.M. to 12:30 A.M.

Routes

Line I: Ciudad Azteca – Ojo de Agua

Route I serves the northeastern suburbs, operating from Ciudad Azteca (terminus of Line B of the Mexico City metro), to Ojo de Agua, the concession is in hands of Transmasivo S.A. which operates both regular and express routes. It is 16 km long with 25 stations, and approximately 130,000 users per day.^[5] 63 articulated Volvo 7300 BRT buses ply the route painted white with red, light green and dark green trim.^[6] It began free operations in October 2010.^[7]

Line II: Las Américas – La Quebrada

Mexibús line II runs 21.3 km long, from Fraccionamiento Las Américas in Ecatepec to La Quebrada, in Cuautitlán Izcalli, running along Avenida Primero de Mayo, Avenida Revolución and Avenida José López Portillo; it has 43 stations and 97 buses. Urbanbus is the concessionnaire.

This line connects two largest commercial centers of the far north metropolitan area: Perinorte and Plaza Las Américas.^[8] As of mid-2013 it was expected that the service would be operational in 2014.^[9] But it was until January 2015 when it was opened.^[10]

On 8 October 2018, the Servicio Exprés was opened, going from Lechería to Ecatepec stations.^[11] Until 15 December 2020, Mexibús II provided a provisional route from Las Américas to Indios Verdes metro station.^[12]

Stations^[13]

	L	Ex	Location	Connection	Opened
Las Américas	●		Ecatepec de Morelos	1° de mayo Line I station	12 January 2015^[10]
1° de Mayo	●
San Martín	●
Puente de Fierro	●			Puente de Fierro Line IV station
Casa de Morelos	●
UPE	●
San Cristóbal	●
Agricultura	●
ISSEMYM	●
El Carmen	●
Ecatepec	●	●
DIF	●	●
Guadalupe Victoria	●	●
Venustiano Carranza	●
FOVISSSTE	●	●
San Carlos	●
La Laguna	●	●	Coacalco de Berriozábal
Parque Residencial	●	●
Eje 8	●	●
1ª de Villa	●	●
Las Flores Zacuautitla	●	●
San Francisco	●	●
Héroes-Canosas	●	●
Coacalco-Tultepec	●	●
Ex Hacienda San Felipe	●
Bosques del Valle	●	●
Coacalco Berriozábal	●	●
Santa María	●		Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo
Villas de San José	●	●
Mariscala Real del Bosque	●	●
Fuentes del Valle	●	●
De la Cruz San Mateo	●
Cartagena	●	●
Bello Horizonte	●
La Bandera/Tultitlán	●	●
Buenavista	●
COCEM	●
Recursos Hidráulicos	●
Chilpan	●	●
Ciudad Labor	●
Vidriera	●
Lechería	●			Lechería
Lechería (express service-only)		●		Lechería	8 October 2018^[11]
La Quebrada	●		Cuautitlán Izcalli		12 January 2015^[10]

Line III: Pantitlán – Chimalhuacán

Mexibús Line III was the second line in service. It runs 14.5 kilometers from Pantitlán (transfer for multiple lines of the Mexico City Metro) in Mexico City proper to Chimalhuacán, State of Mexico. The concessionaire is Red de Transporte de Oriente S.A. de C.V.^[1] There are 30 stations, 2 terminals, and 85 buses. The line began construction at the end of 2010 ^[14]^[15] and began operations 30 April 2013.^[16]

There are four service variations provided on the line:

O: Pantitlán-Chimalhuacán local (27 stops)^[17]
EX-1: Pantitlán-Acuitlapilco express (13 stops)^[18]
EX-2: Pantitlán-Chimalhuacán express (8 stops)^[19]
EX-3: Pantitlán-Rayito de Sol express (8 stops)^[20]^[21]

The buses are white with red, light and dark green trim.

Stations^[22]^[23]

	O	EX-1	EX-2	EX-3	Location	Connection	Opened
Pantitlán	●	●	●	●	Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City	Pantitlán Pantitlán	30 April 2013^[16]
Calle 6	●			●	Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City		4 November 2019^[24]^[25]
El Barquito	●	●		●	Nezahualcóyotl		30 April 2013^[16]
Maravillas	●
Vicente Riva Palacio	●	●	●	●
Virgencitas	●
Nezahualcóyotl	●	●
Lago de Chapala	●
Adolfo López Mateos	●	●	●	●
Palacio Municipal	●	●		●
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz	●
El Castillo	●
General Vicente Villada	●	●	●	●
Rayito de Sol	●	●		●
Las Mañanitas	●
Rancho Grande	●
Bordo de Xochiaca	●
Las Torres	●	●	●
Guerrero Chimalli	●				Chimalhuacán
Las Flores	●	●
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La Presa	●	●	●
Embarcadero	●
Santa Elena	●
Ignacio Manuel Altamirano	●
San Pablo	●
Los Patos	●	●	●
Refugio	●
Acuitlapilco	●	●
Chimalhuacán	●		●

Line IV: Indios Verdes – Universidad Mexiquense del Bicentenario

Mexibús Line IV is the fourth line in service. It runs 22.3 kilometers from Indios Verdes (transport hub for multiple transport services) in Mexico City proper to Ojo de Agua, Tecámac, State of Mexico. The concessionaire is Transmasivo. There are 28 operative stations, 1 under-construction station, 2 terminals, and 71 buses.^[26] The line began construction in June 2014,^[27] and was expected to open since 2015.^[28] It started free pre-operative tests on 24 February 2021.^[29] Operations started on 9 October 2021.^[30]

	O	Ex	Location	Connection	Opened
Indios Verdes	●	●	Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City	Indios Verdes Indios Verdes Indios Verdes Indios Verdes Indios Verdes	24 February 2021^[29]
Periférico	●	●	Tlalnepantla de Baz
Martín Carrera	●		Tlalnepantla de Baz
Clínica 76	●	●	Ecatepec de Morelos
Vía Morelos	●
Monumento a Morelos	●
5 de Febrero	●
Santa Clara	●	●		Santa Clara
Cerro Gordo	●
Servicios Administrativos	●
Clínica 93	●	●
Industrial	●
5ta. Aparición	●
Tulpetlac	●	●
Siervo de la Nación	●
Nuevo Laredo	●	●
Laureles	●
La Viga	●
San Cristóbal	●
Puente de Fierro	●	●		Puente de Fierro Line II station
Izcalli Palomas	●				9 October 2021^[30]
Central de Abastos	●	●		Central de Abastos Line I station	9 October 2021^[30]
Santo Tomás Chiconautla	●				Under construction
Ejido Santo Tomás	●				9 October 2021^[30]
Revolución	●
Margarito F. Ayala	●		Tecámac
Flores	●
Bosques	●
Universidad Mexiquense del Bicentenario	●	●

Expansion

Lines I, II and IV are expected to connect with the Santa Lucía Airport, in Zumpango Municipality. Line I's expansion is planned to be completed by February 2022.^[31] Line IV is expected to be expanded southward toward La Raza metro station.^[32]

Incidents

On 12 April 2021, at 5:30 hours, a driver crashed into the turnstiles of FOVISSSTE station on Line 2. The station was empty and only the driver resulted injured.^[33]

References

^ ^a ^b Redacción de El Universal (1 May 2013). "Mexibús Línea 3 dará servicio gratuito" [Mexibús Line 3 will provide free service]. El Universal. Estado de México, México. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
^ "Sube 2 pesos la tarifa del Mexibus y el Mexicable costarán 9 pesos a partir de enero de 2020". El Financiero (in Spanish). 26 December 2019.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ [1] Archived 1 October 2013 at archive.today
^ [2]
^ "Confirman 63 autobuses articulados Volvo para el Mexibus". Estado de México, México: Directorio T21. 3 December 2009. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2009.
^ "Corre el Mexibús, luego de un año de retraso en su inauguración" [Mexibús is running, after a year's delay in its inauguration]. Excélsior. Distrito Federal, México. 2 October 2010. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
^ "Autorizan una segunda ruta de Mexibús" [Second Mexibús route authorized]. El Universal. Ecatepec de Morelos, Méx., México. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
^ "Línea 2 del Mexicos funcionará a inicios del 2014". El Universal Edomex. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Inaugura Peña Nieto Línea 2 del Mexibús". Excelsior.com.mx. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Alfredo del Mazo pone en operación Línea Exprés del Mexibús". Ordenador Político. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
^ "¡Aviso importante!". Mexibús Line II Official Facebook. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
^ Mexibús, Inicia servicio exprés de la Línea 2 del (2018-10-08). "Inicia servicio exprés de la Línea 2 del Mexibús". Capital Edo Méx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "En Proceso de Licitación" [Tendering bids] (PDF). Gaceta del Gobierno del Estado de México. Chimalhuacán, Méx., México. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "Listas en 2012, tres líneas del Mexibús" [Ready in 2012, three Mexibús routes], El Universal, Chimalhuacán, Méx., México, 7 November 2011, archived from the original on 8 November 2011, retrieved 6 December 2011
^ ^a ^b ^c Notimex (30 April 2013). "Inicia operaciones línea 3 del Mexibús en Edomex". 20Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.
^ "Ordinario". Mexibus Línea 3 (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.
^ "Express 1". Mexibus Línea 3 (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.
^ "EXPRESS 2". Mexibus Línea 3 (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.
^ Moreno, Lucas (18 December 2019). "Línea III del Mexibús contará con ruta exprés desde Nezahualcóyotl" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^ "Express 3". Mexibus Línea 3 (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.
^ "Nezahualcoyotl" (PDF). Ceape.edomex.gob.mx. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
^ Víctor Hugo Ramírez H. (1 May 2013), "Chimalhuacán inicia Mexibus pruebas con pasajeros abordo" [Chimalhuacán begins Mexibús tests with passengers aboard], Alianzatex, Texcoco, Estado de México, retrieved 12 May 2013
^ Del Mazo Maza, Alfredo (4 November 2019). "Pusimos en marcha la estación "Calle 6" de la Línea III del Mexibús, que nos permite darle mayores oportunidades de traslado a todas las familias de #Nezahualcóyotl" (in Spanish). Twitter. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^ "Estación fantasma de Mexibús cuesta 27 mdp". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 24 October 2017. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
^ "Línea 4" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Masivo y Teleférico. Government of the State of Mexico. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^ "Retraso de la Línea 4 del Mexibús ocasiona la pérdida de horas hombre: UNIDEM". El Sol de Toluca (in Spanish). 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^ "Van 5 años de atraso en línea 4 de Mexibús". El Sol de México (in Spanish). 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
^ ^a ^b "L4 DEL MEXIBÚS, A PRUEBA". Pasajero7 (in Spanish). 4 March 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Solís, Fernando (9 October 2021). "Inicia operaciones la Línea 4 del Mexibús en Tecámac". El Sol de Toluca (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2021.
^ Fernández, Emilio (25 August 2021). "Anuncian ampliación de la Línea 1 del Mexibús; irá de Ciudad Azteca al Aeropuerto de Santa Lucía". El Universal. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^ Cerón, Mayra (12 September 2017). "Unidades del Mexibús llegarán a Indios Verdes y La Raza". Revista Transportes y Turismo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
^ Fernández, Emilio (12 April 2021). "Mujer pierde control de camioneta y destroza torniquetes de Mexibús en Ecatepec". El Universal (in Spanish). Ecatepec. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

External links

Official website (Line I)
Official website (Line II)
Official website (Line III)
Mexibús on Twitter (Line IV)

[adminMXB3-1] Redacción de El Universal (1 May 2013). "Mexibús Línea 3 dará servicio gratuito" [Mexibús Line 3 will provide free service]. El Universal. Estado de México, México. Retrieved 12 May 2013.

[2] "Sube 2 pesos la tarifa del Mexibus y el Mexicable costarán 9 pesos a partir de enero de 2020". El Financiero (in Spanish). 26 December 2019.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2013-10-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] [1] Archived 1 October 2013 at archive.today

[5] [2]

[6] "Confirman 63 autobuses articulados Volvo para el Mexibus". Estado de México, México: Directorio T21. 3 December 2009. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 30 December 2009.

[7] "Corre el Mexibús, luego de un año de retraso en su inauguración" [Mexibús is running, after a year's delay in its inauguration]. Excélsior. Distrito Federal, México. 2 October 2010. Archived from the original on 7 November 2010. Retrieved 5 October 2010.

[8] "Autorizan una segunda ruta de Mexibús" [Second Mexibús route authorized]. El Universal. Ecatepec de Morelos, Méx., México. 29 March 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.

[9] "Línea 2 del Mexicos funcionará a inicios del 2014". El Universal Edomex. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

[inaug2-10] "Inaugura Peña Nieto Línea 2 del Mexibús". Excelsior.com.mx. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

[express2-11] "Alfredo del Mazo pone en operación Línea Exprés del Mexibús". Ordenador Político. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.

[12] "¡Aviso importante!". Mexibús Line II Official Facebook. 12 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.

[13] Mexibús, Inicia servicio exprés de la Línea 2 del (2018-10-08). "Inicia servicio exprés de la Línea 2 del Mexibús". Capital Edo Méx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[14] "En Proceso de Licitación" [Tendering bids] (PDF). Gaceta del Gobierno del Estado de México. Chimalhuacán, Méx., México. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 29 October 2010.^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[15] "Listas en 2012, tres líneas del Mexibús" [Ready in 2012, three Mexibús routes], El Universal, Chimalhuacán, Méx., México, 7 November 2011, archived from the original on 8 November 2011, retrieved 6 December 2011

[inaugu3-16] Notimex (30 April 2013). "Inicia operaciones línea 3 del Mexibús en Edomex". 20Minutos (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[17] "Ordinario". Mexibus Línea 3 (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.

[18] "Express 1". Mexibus Línea 3 (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.

[19] "EXPRESS 2". Mexibus Línea 3 (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.

[20] Moreno, Lucas (18 December 2019). "Línea III del Mexibús contará con ruta exprés desde Nezahualcóyotl" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[21] "Express 3". Mexibus Línea 3 (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2021-03-07.

[22] "Nezahualcoyotl" (PDF). Ceape.edomex.gob.mx. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

[23] Víctor Hugo Ramírez H. (1 May 2013), "Chimalhuacán inicia Mexibus pruebas con pasajeros abordo" [Chimalhuacán begins Mexibús tests with passengers aboard], Alianzatex, Texcoco, Estado de México, retrieved 12 May 2013

[24] Del Mazo Maza, Alfredo (4 November 2019). "Pusimos en marcha la estación "Calle 6" de la Línea III del Mexibús, que nos permite darle mayores oportunidades de traslado a todas las familias de #Nezahualcóyotl" (in Spanish). Twitter. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[25] "Estación fantasma de Mexibús cuesta 27 mdp". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 24 October 2017. Retrieved 29 February 2020.

[26] "Línea 4" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Masivo y Teleférico. Government of the State of Mexico. Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

[27] "Retraso de la Línea 4 del Mexibús ocasiona la pérdida de horas hombre: UNIDEM". El Sol de Toluca (in Spanish). 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 17 December 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

[28] "Van 5 años de atraso en línea 4 de Mexibús". El Sol de México (in Spanish). 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2020.

[inaug4-29] "L4 DEL MEXIBÚS, A PRUEBA". Pasajero7 (in Spanish). 4 March 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[openl4-30] Solís, Fernando (9 October 2021). "Inicia operaciones la Línea 4 del Mexibús en Tecámac". El Sol de Toluca (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 October 2021.

[31] Fernández, Emilio (25 August 2021). "Anuncian ampliación de la Línea 1 del Mexibús; irá de Ciudad Azteca al Aeropuerto de Santa Lucía". El Universal. Retrieved 26 August 2021.

[32] Cerón, Mayra (12 September 2017). "Unidades del Mexibús llegarán a Indios Verdes y La Raza". Revista Transportes y Turismo (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 October 2021.

[33] Fernández, Emilio (12 April 2021). "Mujer pierde control de camioneta y destroza torniquetes de Mexibús en Ecatepec". El Universal (in Spanish). Ecatepec. Retrieved 12 April 2021.

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v t e Ecatepec de Morelos
Areas	Ciudad Azteca (ES) San Cristóbal Ecatepec (ES)
Landmarks	El Caracol El Vigilante Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral (Roman Catholic Diocese of Ecatepec) Casa de la Cultura "José Ma. Morelos y Pavón" (ES) Cerro del Viento (ES) Multiplaza Aragón Museo Casa de Morelos (ES) Puente de Fierro Iglesia de San Cristóbal (ES)
History	2013 Ecatepec de Morelos gas tanker explosion
Transport	Mexicable Mexibús
Mexico City Metro stations	Ciudad Azteca Ecatepec (formerly Tecnológico) Múzquiz Olímpica Plaza Aragón
This list is incomplete.

v t e Tultitlán
Neighborhoods and regions	Buenavista La Cuarta Transformación Fuentes del Valle San Pablo de las Salinas Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo Tultitlán Region
Buildings	Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe and Felix Candela's Industrial Buildings
Media	XETUL-AM
Transportation	Lechería railway station Tultitlán railway station Mexibús

v t e Transportation in Mexico City
Metro	Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6 Line 7 Line 8 Line 9 Line A Line B Line 12
Metrobús	Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6 Line 7
Mexibús	Line I Line II Line III Line IV
Others	Ferrocarril Suburbano () Tren Ligero () Cablebús () Trolebús () Centro de transferencia modal () Ecobici () Mexicable () Muévete en Bici Pesero () Rickshaws
Projects	El Insurgente
Former	Streetcars
Administration	Red de Transporte de Pasajeros () Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos () Tarjeta de Movilidad Integrada ()

v t e Urban public transport networks and systems in Mexico
Commuter rail	Tren Suburbano El Insurgente
Rapid transit	Mexico City Metro (STC) Metrorrey
Light rail	SITEUR light rail/metro of Guadalajara Mexico City light rail
Trolleybus	Trolleybuses in Guadalajara Trolleybuses in Mexico City
Bus rapid transit	Macrobús (Guadalajara) Ie-Tram Yucatán (Mérida) Metrobús (Mexico City) Optibús (León) Mexibús (State of Mexico) Acabús (Acapulco) Ecovía (Monterrey) Ruta (Puebla) ViveBús (Chihuahua) Bravobús (Cd. Juárez) Tuzobús (Pachuca)
Multimodal operating authorities	Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (Mexico City)
Cable car	Cablebús (Mexico City) Mexicable (State of Mexico)
Other transport	"Pesero"