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Metrobús Line 3
A Metrobús in Hidalgo station
Overview
StatusIn service
Termini
  • Tenayuca/Indios Verdes
  • Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac
Stations38
WebsiteLínea 3
Service
TypeBus rapid transit
SystemMexico City Metrobus
Services5
Operator(s)See Operators
History
OpenedFebruary 8, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02-08)
Technical
Line length20 km (12.4 mi)[1]
CharacterExclusive right-of-way

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 3 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobús. It operates between Tenayuca, in the limits with the State of Mexico in Gustavo A. Madero and Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac in the Benito Juárez boroughs, in southern Mexico City.

Line 3 has a total of 38 stations and a length of 20 kilometers and it runs from north to south.[1]

Construction of Line 3 started on March 5, 2010 and it was inaugurated on February 8, 2011 by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.[2][3]

In 2019, the Government of Mexico City announced 7 new stations to the south, ending near Hospital Xoco. Construction was expected to end by June 2020.[4]

On March 10, 2021, had opening 5 new stations.

Service description

Services

The line has five itineraries.[5]

Tenayuca to Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac

To Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:24 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:27 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:20 (Sunday)
To Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 4:28 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:21 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:21 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:05 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:14 (Sunday)

Tenayuca to Balderas

From Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 21:49 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 21:33 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 7:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 21:20 (Sunday)
To Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:36 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 6:37 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 22:17 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 7:37 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 22:05 (Sunday)

Tenayuca to Buenavista

From Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:35 (Sunday)
To Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 4:58 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:19 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:16 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:11 (Sunday)

Tenayuca to La Raza

From Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 4:45 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:12 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:45 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:17 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:30 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:07 (Sunday)
To Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 4:45 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:44 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:43 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:29 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:34 (Sunday)

Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac to Indios Verdes[6]

From Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac
  • First Bus: 4:34 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:46 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 6:04 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:33 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 6:04 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:33 (Sunday)
To Indios Verdes
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:42 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:29 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:29 (Sunday)

Line 3 services the Gustavo A. Madero, Azcapotzalco, Cuauhtémoc and Benito Juárez boroughs.

Station list

Key[a]
Metrobús Denotes a Metrobús transfer
Cablebús Denotes a connection with the Cablebús system
CETRAM Denotes a connection with the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) system
Ecobici Denotes a connection with the Ecobici system
Mexico City Metro Denotes a connection with the Metro system
Mexibús Denotes a connection with the Mexibús system
Mexicable Denotes a connection with the Mexicable system
Public buses Denotes a connection with the public bus system
RTP Denotes a connection with the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP) system
Tren Suburbano Denotes a connection with the Tren Suburbano system
Trolleybus Denotes a connection with the Trolleybus system

Tenayuca–Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac route

Stations[b] Connections Neighborhood(s) Borough Picture Date opened
Tenayuca Santa Rosa, San José de la Escalera Gustavo A. Madero February 8, 2011[3]
San José de la Escalera
Tres Anegas Amp. Progreso Nacional
Júpiter Nueva Industrial Vallejo
La Patera
  • RTP Route: 107-B
    		• Industrial Vallejo, Nueva Industrial Vallejo Azcapotzalco, Gustavo A. Madero
    Poniente 146 Industrial Vallejo, Nueva Vallejo
    Montevideo
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 6 Line 6: Montevideo station
    • Poniente 134
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 6 Line 6: Vallejo station
    		• Lindavista Vallejo III Sección
    Poniente 128
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 6 Line 6: Vallejo station
    		• Santa Cruz de las Salinas, Nueva Vallejo
    Magdalena de las Salinas Coltongo, Magdalena de las Salinas
    Coltongo
  • Public buses Route: 15-A
    • Cuitláhuac
  • RTP Routes: 11-A, 12
  • Trolleybus Line 4: Calzada Vallejo stop
    		• Pro Hogar, Guadalupe Victoria
    Héroe de Nacozari
  • Public buses Route: 20-C
    		• Porvernir, Héroe de Nacozari
    Hospital La Raza
  • Public buses Route: 20-C
    		• San Francisco Xocotitla, Vallejo Poniente
    La Raza[c]
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 Line 1: La Raza station
  • CETRAM La Raza
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: La Raza station
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 5 Line 5: La Raza station
  • Mexibús Mexibús Line IV Line IV: La Raza station
  • RTP Routes: 11-A (at distance), 12 (at distance), 23, 27-A, 103
  • Trolleybus Line 1: La Raza stop (north–south route)
  • Public buses Routes: 7-D (at distance), 20-C, 20-D
    		• Vallejo Poniente Gustavo A. Madero
    Circuito
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 Line 1: Circuito station
  • RTP Route: 200
  • Public buses Routes: 7-D (at distance), 20-A, 20-D
    		• Santa María Insurgentes Cuauhtémoc
    Tolnáhuac San Simón Tolnáhuac
    Tlatelolco
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Tlatelolco station (at distance)
  • Public buses Route: 10-B
    		• Nonoalco Tlatelolco
    Ricardo Flores Magón
  • RTP Route: 18
    		• Buenavista, Guerrero
    Guerrero
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Guerrero station
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line B Line B: Guerrero station
  • Public buses Routes: 10-E, 11-C
    • Buenavista[d]
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 Line 1: Buenavista station
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 4 Line 4: Buenavista station
  • CETRAM Buenavista
  • Ecobici (at distance)
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line B Line B: Buenavista station
  • Tren Suburbano Line 1: Buenavista station
  • Public buses Routes: 10-E, 11-C, 12-B
    • Mina
    Hidalgo
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 4 Line 4: Hidalgo station (north route)
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 4 Line 4: Hidalgo station
  • Ecobici (at distance)
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 2 Line 2: Hidalgo station
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Hidalgo station
  • RTP Route: 27-A
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Metro Hidalgo stop
  • Public buses Route: 16-A
    		• Centro
    Juárez
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 4 Line 4: Juárez station (south route)
  • Ecobici
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Juárez station
    • Balderas
  • Ecobici
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 1 Line 1: Balderas station
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Balderas station
  • RTP Route: 34-A
  • Public buses Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
    • Cuauhtémoc
  • Ecobici
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 1 Line 1: Cuauhtémoc station
  • RTP Route: 34-A
  • Trolleybus Line 2: Cuauhtémoc stop
  • Public buses Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
    		• Roma Norte, Doctores
    Jardín Pushkin
  • Ecobici
    • Hospital General
  • Ecobici
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Hospital General station
  • Trolleybus Line 2: Hospital General stop
  • Trolleybus Line 2: Dr. Lucio stop(at distance)
  • Public buses Routes: 9-A, 9-C, 9-E (at distance), 19-F
    • Dr. Márquez
  • Ecobici
    		• Roma Sur, Doctores
    Centro Médico
  • Ecobici
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Centro Médico station
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 9 Line 9: Centro Médico station
  • Public buses Routes: 9-A, 9-C, 9-E
    • Obrero Mundial
  • Ecobici
    		• Piedad Narvarte Benito Juárez
    Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 2 Line 2: Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia station
  • Ecobici
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia station
    		• Narvarte Poniente
    Luz Saviñón
  • Ecobici (at distance)
    		• Narvarte Poniente, Narvarte Oriente March 10, 2021[14]
    Eugenia
  • Ecobici
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Eugenia station
    		• Narvarte Poniente
    División del Norte
  • Ecobici
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: División del Norte station
    • Miguel Laurent Letrán Valle
    Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac
  • CETRAM Zapata (at distance)
  • Ecobici (at distance)
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Zapata station (at distance)
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 12 Line 12: Zapata station (at distance; out of service)
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 12 Line 12: Parque de los Venados station (at distance; out of service)
  • RTP Routes: 1-D, 52-C, 120, 121-A (also temporary Line 12 service)
  • Trolleybus Line 3: Zapata 1 stop, Zapata 2 stop (both at distance)
  • Public buses Route: 6-A
    		• Del Valle Sur

    Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac–Indios Verdes route

    The route runs from Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac to Tlatelolco normally. As soon as it reaches Avenida Manuel González (Eje 2 Norte), the route detours towards Avenida de los Insurgentes. Starting at San Simón, the route shares the same stations Line 1 uses.

    The branch was originally a temporary auxiliary line created to reduce the impact of the Mexico City Metro PCCI fire had on Mexico City Metro Line 3 in January 2021, then it was left permanently. Until 4 August 2023, it detoured at Avenida Mosqueta (Eje 1 Norte) and it serviced Buenavista and Manuel González stations.[15]

    Stations[b] Connections Neighborhood(s) Municipality Picture Date opened
    Indios Verdes
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 Line 1: Indios Verdes station
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 7 Line 7: Indios Verdes station
  • Cablebús Line 1: Line 1: Indios Verdes station
  • CETRAM Indios Verdes
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Indios Verdes station
  • Mexibús Mexibús Line IV Line IV: Indios Verdes station
  • Mexicable Line 2 Line 2: Indios Verdes station
  • RTP Routes: 101, 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 102, 107-B (at distance), 108
    		• Residencial Zacatenco Gustavo A. Madero June 19, 2005[16]
    Deportivo 18 de Marzo
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 6 Line 6: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station
  • CETRAM Deportivo 18 de Marzo
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 6 Line 6: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station
  • Public buses Route: 15-B
    		• Lindavista, Tepeyac Insurgentes
    Euzkaro
  • Public buses Route: 15-A, 15-B
    		• Magdalena de las Salinas, Industrial
    Potrero
  • CETRAM Potrero
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Potrero station
  • RTP Routes: 25, 104
  • Public buses Route: 15-C
    		• Capultitán, Guadalupe Insurgentes
    La Raza
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 Line 1: La Raza station
  • CETRAM La Raza
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: La Raza station
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 5 Line 5: La Raza station
  • Mexibús Mexibús Line IV Line IV: La Raza station (under construction)
  • RTP Routes: 11-A (at distance), 12 (at distance), 23, 27-A, 103
  • Trolleybus Line 1: La Raza stop (north–south route)
  • Public buses Routes: 7-D (at distance), 20-C, 20-D
    		• Vallejo
    Circuito
  • Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 Line 1: Circuito station
  • RTP Route: 200
  • Public buses Routes: 7-D (at distance), 20-A, 20-D
    		• Santa María Insurgentes Cuauhtémoc
    San Simón
  • Public buses Route: 20-B (at distance)
    		• Santa María Insurgentes, San Simón Tolnáhuac
    Tlatelolco
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Tlatelolco station (at distance)
  • Public buses Route: 10-B
    		• Nonoalco Tlatelolco February 8, 2011[3]

    Operator

    Movilidad Integral de Vanguardia, SAPI de CV (MIV) is the sole operator of Line 3.[17]

    Notes

    1. ^ The following list was adapted from different websites and official maps.
      • Metrobús () obtained from the Mexico City Metrobús system map.[7]
      • Cablebús () obtained from their official website.[8]
      • Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM; ) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[9]
      • Ecobici () obtained from their official website.[10]
      • Metro () connections obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[11]
      • Mexibús () obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[11]
      • Mexibús () obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[11]
      • Public buses network (peseros) () obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[12]
      • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros () obtained from their official website.[13]
      • Tren Suburbano (Tren Suburbano) obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[11]
      • Trolleybuses () obtained from their official website.[8]
    2. ^ a b All the stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities.
    3. ^ Accessible from Tenayuca–La Raza route
    4. ^ Accessible from Tenayuca–Buenavista route

    References

    1. ^ a b (in Spanish) "Línea 3 general", Metrobús website
    2. ^ "En marcha, construcción de Línea 3 del Metrobús". Crónica (in Spanish). Notimex. March 5, 2010. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
    3. ^ a b c "Inaugurarán mañana la Línea 3 del Metrobús". Excélsior (in Spanish). February 7, 2011. Retrieved July 20, 2018.
    4. ^ "Conoce todos los detalles sobre la ampliación de la Línea 3 del Metrobús". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). October 16, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
    5. ^ (in Spanish) "Mapa Línea 3" (Line 3 Map), Metrobús website
    6. ^ "Ampliación Línea 3" (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
    7. ^ "Mapa del sistema" [System map] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    8. ^ a b "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    9. ^ "Centros de Transferencia Modal (CETRAM)" [Modal Transfer Centers] (in Spanish). Órgano Regulador de Transporte. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    10. ^ "Mapa de disponibilidad" [Disponibility map] (in Spanish). Ecobici. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    11. ^ a b c d "Mi Mapa Metro 22032021" [My Metro Map 22032021] (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    12. ^ "Red de corredores" [Route network] (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    13. ^ "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    14. ^ Wong, Alma Paola (March 10, 2021). "CdMx inaugura ampliación de línea 3 del Metrobús". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved March 10, 2021.
    15. ^ Stettin, Cinthya (1 August 2023). "Metrobús Buenavista modifica su servicio, ¿qué cambios se implementarán en la ruta?". El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 August 2023.
    16. ^ (in Spanish) "Corredor Insurgentes", Metrobús website, archive of 2009-07-29
    17. ^ Padron Corredores Metrobus (in Spanish), Gobierno del Distrito Federal, retrieved June 5, 2018
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