Four stations on line 1 of the Mexico Metro system which serve the popular districts of the capital such as the Roma and Condesa reopened on Wednesday, more than a year after their closing for renovation.
Metro users can now access the following stations:
- Cuauhtemoc (giving access to North Rome And Juárez neighborhoods)
- The insurgents (Rome North and Juárez, including the Zona Rosa)
- Seville (Rome Norte and Juárez)
- Chapultepec (Countess and chapultepec park)
The four stations Closed in November 2023 As a company commanded by the city government, has made a major upgrade of line 1 of The Mexico MetroThe oldest and most frequented line of the system.
The project as a whole – including the upgrades of tracks, stations and communication systems – started in July 2022, but has still not been completed.
Three stations on the 20 stations line – Juanacatlán, Tacubaya and Observatorio – remain closed. They should reopen later this year. The Mexico-City-Toluca train line will end in Observatorio once it is finished.
In the current state of things, line 1 – known as The pink line Or the pink line – is open between Panttitlán, a station in eastern Mexico, and Chapultepec. New trains designed and built by the Chinese company CRRC ZHUZHOU LOCOMOTIVE now run on the line.
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A Mexican subsidiary of this company won a 37 billion peso contract (1.9 billion US dollars) to upgrade line 1 and other work in progress over a period of 19 years.
“ It is as if a new metro line is built ”
President Claudia Sheinbaum and Mexico Major Clara Brugada Attended a ceremony at the Chapultepec station on Wednesday to celebrate the reopening of the four modernized stations.
“It is as if a new metro line had been built,” said Sheinbaum, who noted that the line 1 tunnel, through which the trains took place, was verified to ensure that it was structurally healthy. The line opened in 1969, just Two years after the start of construction.
SHEINBAUM – The mayor of Mexico City when the upgrade of line 1 began – noted that the entire project was initially planned for completion in just one year.
However, she said that the challenge was greater than originally expected and said that the project completion “under three years is a world record”.
Metro users spoke with shine the results A video published on social networks by the metro system.
“The truth is that it turned out to be very well. (The station) is now a little brighter,” said a passenger.
In a Publish on social networksBrugada described the Mexico Metro as “the heart of our city”.
“We will continue to work for transport accessible and durable for the well-being of all,” wrote the mayor.
Regarding the Cuauhtémoc-Chapultepec section of line 1, Brugada said That “all systems have been updated 100%: new tracks, new automatic direction, a new electrical system and new trains.”
“(Line 1 is) a whole new line that will benefit nearly 500,000 people per day, with 17 already operational stations,” she said.
“… Thanks to the management of our dear president @Claudiashein, today we have a faster, safer and more modern line, ” Brugada said.
With reports from The financier And The day
