Mexibús

Mexibús

Articulated bus operating for Mexibús BRT in Ecatepec.
Founded	2010
Locale	State of Mexico; Mexico City
Service type	bus rapid transit
Routes	3
Stations	95
Operator	Transmasivo (Line 1) Transcomunicador (Line 2) Red de Transporte de Oriente (Line 3)

Mexibús is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system in the parts of Greater Mexico City that are located in the State of Mexico, which surrounds the Mexican Federal District, i.e. Mexico City proper, on three sides.

It is operated by Transmasivo S.A. (line I), Transcomunicador S.A. (line II) and Red de Transporte de Oriente S.A. de C.V. (line III). There are three lines with a total length of 52 kilometres (32 mi) and 95 stations located in Ecatepec, Tecámac, Nezahualcóyotl, Chimalhuacán, Coacalco de Berriozábal, Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo, and Cuautitlán Izcalli, all in the State of Mexico (and Greater Mexico City zone), as well as one station in Mexico City proper in the Venustiano Carranza borough.

Network

Routes

Terminal at Ojo de Agua

Mexibús I: Ciudad Azteca - Ojo de Agua

Route I serves the northeastern suburbs, operating from Ciudad Azteca (terminus of Line B of the Mexico City metro), to Ojo de Agua, the concession is in hands of Transmasivo S.A. which operates both regular and express routes. It is 16 km long with 24 stations, and approximately 130,000 users per day.

There are three variations of this route:

• TR-1 Ojo de Agua-Ciudad Azteca regular service
• TR-3 Ojo de Agua-Ciudad Azteca express
• TR-4 Central de Abastos-Ciudad Azteca express

63 articulated Volvo 7300 BRT buses ply the route painted white with red, light green and dark green trim. It began free operations in October 2010.

Stations

Station		Location	Transference	Picture
	Ciudad Azteca	Ecatepec de Morelos	Metro Ciudad Azteca
	Quinto sol
	Josefa Ortíz de Domínguez
	Industrial
	UNITEC
	A. Torres
	Zodiaco
	Adolfo López Mateos
	Vocacional 3
	Valle Ecatepec
	Las Américas		Mexibus Las Américas Line 2 station
	1° de mayo
	Hospital
	Aquiles Serdán
	Jardines de Morelos
	Palomas
	19 de septiembre
	Central de Abasto
	Las Torres
	Hidalgo
	Cuauhtémoc Sur
	Cuauhtémoc Norte
	Esmeralda
	Ojo de Agua	Tecámac

Mexibús II: Las Américas - La Quebrada

A Mexibús in Line II station Las Américas

Mexibús line II runs 21.3 km long, from Fraccionamiento Las Américas in Ecatepec to La Quebrada, in Cuautitlán Izcalli, running along Avenida Primero de Mayo, Avenida Revolución and Avenida José López Portillo; it has 43 stations and 97 buses. Urbanbus is the concessionnaire.

This line connects two largest commercial centers of the far north metropolitan area: Perinorte and Plaza Las Américas. As of mid-2013 it was expected that the service would be operational in 2014. But it was until January 2015 when it was opened.

Stations

Station		Location	Transference	Picture
	Las Américas	Ecatepec de Morelos	Mexibus Las Américas Line 1 station
	1° de mayo
	San Martín
	Puente de Fierro
	Casa de Morelos
	UPE
	San Cristóbal
	Agricultura
	ISSEMYM
	El Carmen
	Ecatepec
	DIF
	Guadalupe Victoria
	Venustiano Carranza
	FOVISSSTE
	San Carlos
	La Laguna	Coacalco de Berriozábal
	Parque Residencial
	Eje 8
	1ra de Villa
	Las Flores Zacuatitla
	San Francisco
	Héroes Canosas
	Coacalco-Tultepec
	Ex Hacienda San Felipe
	Bosques del Valle
	Coacalco Berriozábal
	Santa María	Tultitlán de Mariano Escobedo
	Villas de San José
	Mariscala Real del Bosque
	Fuentes del Valle
	De la Cruz San Mateo
	Cartagena
	Bello Horizonte
	La Bandera Tultitlán
	Buenavista
	COCEM
	Recursos Hidráulicos
	Chilpan
	Ciudad Labor
	Vidriería
	Lechería		Lechería
	La Quebrada	Cuautitlán Izcalli

Mexibús III: Pantitlán - Chimalhuacán

Mexibus Route 3 Chimalhuacán-Pantitlán

Mexibús line III was the second line in service. It runs 14.5 kilometers from Metro Pantitlán (transfer for multiple lines of the Mexico City Metro) in Mexico City proper to Chimalhuacán, State of Mexico. The concessionnaire is Red de Transporte de Oriente S.A. de C.V. There are 29 stations, 2 terminals, and 85 buses. The line began construction at the end of 2010 and began operations 30 April 2013.

There are three service variations provided on the line:

• OR Pantitlán-Chimalhuacán regular (27 stops)
• EX-1 Pantitlán-Chimalhuacán express (14 stops)
• EX-2 Pantitlán-Chimalhuacán express (8 stops)

The buses are white with red, light and dark green trim.

Stations

Station		Location	Transference	Picture
	Pantitlán	Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City	Metro Pantitlán
	El Barquito	Nezahualcoyotl
	Maravillas
	Vicente Riva Palacio
	Virgencitas
	Nezahualcóyotl
	Lago de Chapala
	Adolfo López Mateos
	Palacio Municipal
	Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
	El Castillo
	General Vicente Villada
	Rayito de Sol
	Las Mañanitas
	Rancho Grande
	Bordo de Xochiaca
	Las Torres
	Guerrero Chimalli	Chimalhuacán
	Las Flores
	Canteros
	La Presa
	Embarcadero
	Santa Elena
	Ignacio Manuel Altamirano
	San Pablo
	Los Patos
	Refugio
	Acuitlapilco
	Chimalhuacán

Fare

The fare is 6 Mexican pesos (MXN) paid via rechargeable cards which cost 16 pesos and include 6 pesos in transit credit.

Service operates seven days a week from 4:30 A.M. to 12:30 A.M.