Mexico City Metro Line 2 is one of the 12 lines of the Mexico City Metro. Identified by the color blue, it runs in a general northwest–south direction between Cuatro Caminos in the State of Mexico and Tasqueña in southern Mexico City, where the Xochimilco Light Rail continues the rail corridor south to Xochimilco. Opened in 1970, it was the second line in the system to enter service. Following two extensions, Line 2 comprises 24 stations, the most of any line in the network, and has a total route length of . With more than 212 million passengers in 2024, it is the busiest line on the Mexico City Metro system.

General information Line 2 connects with Line 7 at Tacuba, Line 3 at Hidalgo, Line 8 at Bellas Artes, Line 1 at Pino Suárez, Lines 8 and 9 at Chabacano and Line 12 at Ermita. It is linked with the Mexico City Light Rail to Xochimilco at the Tasqueña terminal. It used to be served by NC-82 and some NM-83 trains.

It runs under the following roads: Calzada San Bartolo Naucalpan in the stretch from Cuatro Caminos to Panteones, Calzada México-Tacuba from Panteones to Normal, Av. Ribera de San Cosme, Av. México - Tenochtitlan from Revolución to Hidalgo, Av. Hidalgo from Hidalgo to Bellas Artes, Tacuba street, República de Guatemala street, José María Pino Suárez street from Zócalo/Tenochtitlan to Pino Suárez. From San Antonio Abad it runs at ground level over Calzada San Antonio Abad and Calzada de Tlalpan till the terminus of the line in Tasqueña. With 737,396 passengers per day in 2019, it is the busiest line of the Mexico City Metro.

History Line 2 opened on August 1, 1970, in the stretch Tasqueña–Pino Suárez. Pino Suárez station became the first transfer station of the Mexico City Metro, connecting with Line 1, built one year before.

On September 14, the line was expanded towards Tacuba station.

The last expansion of the line occurred in 1984 when two more stations were built: Panteones and Cuatro Caminos, the latter being the first station of the system to serve the State of Mexico. Cuatro Caminos would remain as the only station to serve the suburbs of Mexico City until 1991, when Line A opened and service reached the municipality of Los Reyes La Paz, in the southeastern part of the State of Mexico with the stations Los Reyes and La Paz.

1975 train crash

This line has seen the worst accident in Mexico City history when on October 20, 1975, when there was a crash between two trains at Viaducto metro station. One train was parked at the station picking up passengers when it was hit by another train that did not stop in time. At least 27 people were killed and several wounded. After this accident, automatic traffic lights were installed in all lines.

Chronology August 1, 1970: from Tasqueña to Pino Suárez. September 14, 1970: from Pino Suárez to Tacuba. August 22, 1984: from Tacuba to Cuatro Caminos.

Rolling stock Line 2 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.

Alstom MP-68: : 1970–1975 2023 Concarril NM-73: : 1975–2005 2023 Concarril NM-79: 1980–2006 2023 Alstom MP-82: 1985–2007 Bombardier NC-82: 1987–2005 2023 CAF/Bombardier NM-02: 2004–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 40 are in service in Line 2.http://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/operacion/parque-vehicular Parque vehicular (Rolling stock)

Station list

The stations from west to east and from north to south:

StationOpenedLevelDistance (km)ConnectionsLocationBetweenstationsTotalAugust 22, 1984Underground0.0NaucalpanState of MexicoPanteones1.81.8Miguel HidalgoMexico CitySeptember 14, 19701.63.4Cuitláhuac0.74.1Popotla0.84.9Colegio Militar0.65.5 16BNormal0.76.2San Cosme 0.87.0CuauhtémocRevolución0.87.8Hidalgo0.78.5Bellas Artes0.69.1Allende0.59.6Zócalo/Tenochtitlan0.810.4Pino SuárezAugust 1, 19700.911.3San Antonio AbadGround-level1.012.3ChabacanoAugust 1, 1970Chabacano Line 2 was rebuilt as part of the introduction of Line 9 in 1988 to support three-line transfer with middle-platform solution (Line 8 was built in 1994).0.813.1ViaductoAugust 1, 19700.914.0Benito JuárezXola0.614.6Villa de Cortés0.815.4Nativitas0.916.3Portales1.117.4Ermita0.918.3General Anaya1.019.3Coyoacán1.520.8

Ridership The following table shows each of Line 2 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.

† Transfer station ‡ Terminal

Rank Station Total ridership Average daily 1 Cuatro Caminos‡ 39,378,128 107,885 2 Tasqueña‡ 26,905,368 73,713 3 Zócalo/Tenochtitlan 26,138,960 71,614 4 Normal 12,870,083 35,261 5 Tacuba† 12,081,287 33,099 6 Bellas Artes† 11,057,441 30,294 7 Revolución 10,775,619 29,522 8 Allende 10,538,474 28,873 9 Chabacano† 10,452,786 28,638 10 Hidalgo† 9,967,554 27,308 11 Pino Suárez† 9,540,733 26,139 12 General Anaya 8,881,306 24,332 13 San Cosme 8,355,454 22,892 14 Portales 8,201,726 22,470 15 Xola 8,146,220 22,318 16 San Antonio Abad 7,897,611 21,637 17 Viaducto 7,543,940 20,668 18 Nativitas 7,163,027 19,625 19 Cuitláhuac 6,794,715 18,616 20 Villa de Cortés 6,341,507 17,374 21 Ermita† 5,962,152 16,335 22 Colegio Militar 5,575,408 15,275 23 Panteones 4,929,735 13,506 24 Popotla 3,650,212 10,001 Total 269,149,446 737,396

Tourism

Line 2 passes near several places of interest: Monumento a la Revolución, a monument commemorating the Mexican Revolution located in Plaza de la República (Republic Square). Paseo de la Reforma, emblematic avenue of Mexico City. Alameda Central, public urban park in downtown Mexico City and oldest public park in the Americas. Palacio de Bellas Artes, Palace of Fine Arts, cultural center. Historic center of Mexico City Plaza de la Constitución, Mexico City's main square. Metropolitan Cathedral National Palace, the seat of the federal executive in Mexico. Templo Mayor, archeological site and museum.

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