Mexico City Metro Line 8 is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. Its distinctive color is green.
Opened in 1994, it was the tenth line to be built (despite its name being Line 8). With a length of and 19 stations, Line 8 runs through Mexico City from downtown to the southeastern municipality of Iztapalapa.
History Line 8 construction started in 1991 and finished in 1994. It was inaugurated on 20 July 1994 by President of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gortari in its entire stretch going from Garibaldi to Constitución de 1917. The next day, Salinas de Gortari drove the first train.
In 2018, the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo presented its plan projected to 2030, where an expansion of Line 8 was announced. This would extend the line northbound to La Raza, where it would connect with Lines 3 and 5; and southbound to Santa Marta, where it would connect with Line A. The project states that seven new stations would be built: three northwards and four southwards, with a total of for a total track length of .
Rolling stock Line 8 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.
Alstom MP-82: 1994–present Concarril NM-79: 2008–present
Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 30 are in service in Line 8.
Station list
The stations from east to west: Station Date opened Level Distance (km) Connection LocationBetweenstationsTotalGaribaldi/LagunillaJuly 20, 1994Underground0.0CuauhtémocBellas Artes0.80.8San Juan de Letrán0.61.4Salto del Agua0.41.8Doctores0.72.5 Obrera0.93.4Chabacano 1.34.7La Viga1.05.7 5AVenustiano CarranzaSanta Anita0.86.5IztacalcoCoyuya Grade-level1.17.6Iztacalco1.18.7Apatlaco1.19.8IztapalapaAculco0.710.5 Escuadrón 201Underground0.911.4Atlalilco1.913.3Iztapalapa0.914.2Cerro de la Estrella0.915.1UAM-I1.316.4 1D, 52CConstitución de 1917 Grade-level1.317.7 Ridership The following table shows each of Line 8 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.
† Transfer station ‡ Terminal †‡ Transfer station and terminal
Rank Station Total ridership Average daily 1 Constitución de 1917‡ 32,255,313 88,371 2 San Juan de Letrán 9,962,243 27,294 3 UAM-I 9,203,724 25,216 4 Coyuya 8,501,595 23,292 5 Escuadrón 201 8,047,639 22,048 6 Iztacalco 8,002,058 21,923 7 Bellas Artes† 7,718,079 21,145 8 Garibaldi / Lagunilla†‡ 6,304,770 17,273 9 Atlalilco† 5,611,383 15,374 10 Salto del Agua† 5,454,216 14,943 11 Apatlaco 5,100,848 13,975 12 Doctores 4,502,133 12,335 13 Obrera 4,452,999 12,200 14 Iztapalapa 4,140,807 11,345 15 Cerro de la Estrella 4,074,999 11,164 16 Aculco 3,524,731 9,657 17 La Viga 2,805,291 7,686 18 Santa Anita† 2,402,874 6,583 19 Chabacano† 1,554,977 4,260 Total 133,620,679 366,084
Tourism Line 8 passes near several places of interest:
Plaza Garibaldi, a square known as Mexico City's home of mariachi music where mariachi bands can be found playing or soliciting gigs from visitors Palacio de Bellas Artes, Palace of Fine Arts, cultural center Historic center of Mexico City Torre Latinoamericana, a skyscraper in downtown Mexico City with an observation deck
See also List of Mexico City Metro lines
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