Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 12 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.
It is built under Avenida de los Insurgentes, Guerrero, Zarco, Balderas, Cuauhtémoc, Universidad, Copilco and Delfín Madrigal avenues. It interchanges with Line 6 at Deportivo 18 de Marzo, Line 5 at La Raza, Line B at Guerrero, Line 2 at Hidalgo, Line 1 at Balderas, Line 9 at Centro Médico. and Line 12 at Zapata.
Chronology 20 November 1970: from Tlatelolco to Hospital General 25 August 1978: from Tlatelolco to La Raza 1 December 1979: from La Raza to Indios Verdes 7 June 1980: from Hospital General to Centro Médico 25 August 1980: from Centro Médico to Zapata 30 August 1983: from Zapata to Universidad
Rolling stock Line 3 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.
Alstom MP-68: 1970–1981 Concarril NM-73: 1978–1981 Concarril NM-79 1982–present Alstom MP-82 1985–1994 Concarril NM-83 1990–present Bombardier NC-82: 2004–2012 CAF NE-92, 2023–present
The NM-79 trains were made in Mexico in 1979 by Concarril and the NM-83A trains were made in México by Concarril between 1983 and 1991.
Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 50 are in service in Line 3, more than in any other line.
Station list
The stations from north to south are:
StationOpenedLevelDistance (km)ConnectionsLocationBetweenstationsTotalIndios Verdes December 1, 1979Ground-level0.0Gustavo A. MaderoDeportivo 18 de Marzo 1.31.3Potrero 1.12.4La Raza August 25, 1978Underground,trench1.23.6TlatelolcoNovember 20, 19701.65.2CuauhtémocGuerrero1.16.3Hidalgo0.97.2Juárez0.47.6Balderas0.78.4Niños Héroes/Poder Judicial CDMX0.89.2Hospital General0.89.9Centro MédicoJune 7, 19800.810.7Etiopía/Plaza de la TransparenciaAugust 25, 19801.512.3Benito JuárezEugenia1.013.3División del Norte0.814.1Zapata 1.015.1CoyoacánAugust 30, 19831.216.4Viveros/Derechos HumanosUnderground1.017.4 116ACoyoacánMiguel Ángel de Quevedo1.018.4CopilcoUnderground,trench1.419.8 123A, 125, 128Universidad Ground-level1.521.3
Ridership The following table shows each of Line 3 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.
† Transfer station ‡ Terminal
Rank Station Total ridership Average daily 1 Indios Verdes‡ 39,192,273 107,376 2 Universidad‡ 26,555,624 72,755 3 Copilco 14,030,121 38,439 4 Deportivo 18 de Marzo† 12,397,054 33,965 5 Miguel Ángel de Quevedo 12,101,570 33,155 6 La Raza† 11,364,171 31,135 7 Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia 10,885,701 29,824 8 Coyoacán 9,780,261 26,795 9 Zapata† 9,027,192 24,732 10 Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX 7,865,930 21,550 11 Viveros / Derechos Humanos 7,727,513 21,171 12 Tlatelolco 7,562,593 20,719 13 Hospital General 7,478,953 20,490 14 Centro Médico† 7,395,505 20,262 15 Eugenia 6,700,579 18,358 16 División del Norte 6,552,063 17,951 17 Hidalgo† 6,378,926 17,477 18 Juárez 6,320,737 17,317 19 Potrero 6,317,545 17,308 20 Guerrero† 3,893,901 10,668 21 Balderas† 2,840,045 7,781 Total 222,368,257 609,228
Tourism Line 3 passes near several places of interest: Plaza de las Tres Culturas, square in the Tlatelolco neighborhood. Historic center of Mexico City Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico
See also List of Mexico City Metro lines 2023 Mexico City Metro train crash
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