Mexico City Metrobús Line 4

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The Mexico City Metrobús Line 4 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobus. It operates between Colonia Buenavista, in central Mexico City and the Mexico City International Airport in the Venustiano Carranza borough, in the east of the capital.

StatusIn service
Termini
  • Buenavista / Pantitlán / Alameda Oriente
  • San Lázaro / AICM Terminal 2 / Hidalgo
Stations43
WebsiteLínea 4
Quick facts Metrobús Line 4, Overview ...
Metrobús Line 4
Bus at the Museo de la Ciudad station
Overview
StatusIn service
Termini
  • Buenavista / Pantitlán / Alameda Oriente
  • San Lázaro / AICM Terminal 2 / Hidalgo
Stations43
WebsiteLínea 4
Service
TypeBus rapid transit
SystemMexico City Metrobus
Services5
Operator(s)See Operators
Daily ridership65,000[1]
History
OpenedApril 1, 2012; 14 years ago (2012-04-01)
Technical
Line length40.5 km (25.2 mi)[2]
CharacterExclusive right-of-way
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Line 4 has a total of 43 stations and a length of 40.5 kilometers divided into two routes, called the North and South routes, and goes mainly through Mexico City's downtown towards and from Mexico City International Airport.[1]

Construction of Line 4 started on July 4, 2011 and it was inaugurated on April 1, 2012 by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.[3][4]

Service description

Services

The line has three itineraries and two routes: North and South.[5]

Amajac to Terminal 2 (South route)

To Terminal 2
  • First Bus: 4:37 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:21 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:38 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:19 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 4:40 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:19 (Sunday)
To Amajac
  • First Bus: 4:32 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 0:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:31 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:30 (Saturday)
  • First Bus:14:38 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:32 (Sunday)

Buenavista to San Lázaro (South route)

To San Lázaro
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:30 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:36 (Sunday)
To Buenavista
  • First Bus: 4:28 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:15 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:28 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:15 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:30 (Sunday)

Buenavista to San Lázaro (North route)

To San Lázaro
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:35 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:35 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:36 (Sunday)
To Buenavista
  • First Bus: 4:27 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:12 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:27 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:12 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:30 (Sunday)

Pantitlán to Hidalgo[6]

To Hidalgo
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:59 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 22:59 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:04 (Sunday)
To Pantitlán
  • First Bus: 5:04 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:33 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:04 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:33 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:30 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:35 (Sunday)

Alameda Oriente to Hidalgo

To Hidalgo
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:59 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 22:59 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:58 (Sunday)
To Alameda Oriente
  • First Bus: 5:20 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:20 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:51 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:49 (Sunday)

Line 4 services the Cuauhtémoc and Venustiano Carranza boroughs.

Station list

Key[a]
Transfer hub Denotes a centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM)
Mexico City Metrobús Denotes a Metrobús transfer
Ecobici Denotes a connection with the Ecobici system
Mexico City Metro Denotes a connection with the Metro system
Mexibús Denotes a connection with the Mexibús system
Mexico City minubus Denotes a connection with the public bus system
Red de Transporte de Pasajeros Denotes a connection with the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP) system
Tren Suburbano Denotes a connection with the Tren Suburbano system
Trolleybus Denotes a connection with the trolleybus system

North route

More information Station, North ...
Station[b] North Alameda
Oriente–
Hidalgo[14]		 Connections Neighborhood(s) Borough(s) Picture Date opened
Buenavista Transfer hub ●
Buenavista Cuauhtémoc April 1, 2012[4]
Delegación Cuauhtémoc ●
México Tenochtitlan[c] ●
Museo San Carlos ● Ecobici
Hidalgo ● ●
  • Mexico City Metro Line 2 Line 3
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 3 Mexico City Metrobús Line 7
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 5
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 27A
  • Mexico City minubus 16A
  • Ecobici (at distance)
Bellas Artes ● ●
  • Mexico City Metro Line 2 Line 8
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 1
  • Mexico City minubus 16A
  • Ecobici
Teatro Blanquita ● ● Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 1 (at República de Perú) Centro
República de Chile ● ●
República de Argentina ● ●
Mercado Abelardo L. Rodríguez[d] ● ●
Mixcalco ● ● Cuauhtémoc/
Venustiano Carranza
Ferrocarril de Cintura ● ●
  • Centro
  • Ampliación Penitenciaria
 Venustiano Carranza
Mercado Morelos ● ●
  • Mexico City Metro Line 4 Line B (at Morelos)
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 18 (at distance), 37
  • Mexico City minubus 5A, 10E (at distance)
  • Ampliación Penitenciaria
  • Morelos
Archivo General de la Nación ● ● Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 5
  • Ampliación Penitenciaria
  • Penitenciaria
San Lázaro Transfer hub ●
  • Mexico City Metro Line 1 Line B
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 5
  • Bus interchange East Bus Terminal (TAPO)
 7 de Julio
Terminal 1[e] ●
Mexico City International Airport
Terminal 2[e] ●
Pantitlán Transfer hub ●
  • Mexico City Metro Line 1 Line 5 Line 9 Line A
  • Mexibús Mexibús Line III
  • Trolleybus Trolleybus Line 2
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 168
  • Mexico City minubus 11B, 11C, 19F, 19G
  • Adolfo López Mateos
  • Aviación Civil
  • Pantitlán
 3 June 2021[17]
Calle 6 ● Mexibús Mexibús Line III Cuchilla Pantitlán 27 March 2022[18]
Alameda Oriente ● Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 47A Arsenal 4ta Sección
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South route

Since the route has a complex route with several one-way stations, the following table will start at the Buenavista Terminal Station and follow an eastward flow until reaching the San Lázaro Terminal Station, then follow the route westward culminating with the 20 de Noviembre station.
More information Station, Eastbound ...
Station[b] Eastbound Westbound Connections Neighborhood(s) Borough(s) Picture Date opened
Buenavista Transfer hub ● ●
Buenavista Cuauhtémoc April 1, 2012[4]
Delegación Cuauhtémoc ● ●
México-Tenochtitlan[c] ● ●
Plaza de la República ● ●
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 1
  • Mexico City minubus Route: 12B
  • Ecobici (at distance)
Amajac[f] ● ●
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 7
  • Ecobici
 Tabacalera
Defensoría Pública[g] ● ●
Vocacional 5 ● ● Centro
Juárez ● ●
  • Mexico City Metro Line 3
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 3
  • Ecobici
Mercado San Juan[h] ● ● Ecobici
Eje Central ● ●
El Salvador ● ●
Isabel la Católica ● ●
Museo de la Ciudad ●
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 145A
  • Ecobici
Pino Suárez ●
  • Transfer hub Nezahualcóyotl (at distance)
  • Mexico City Metro Line 1 Line 2
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 2A, 31B, 111A, 145A
  • Mexico City minubus 17C, 17H, 17I, 19E, 19F, 19G, 19H
  • Ecobici
Las Cruces[i] ●
La Merced ●
Venustiano Carranza
Mercado de Sonora ●
Cecilio Robelo ● ●
Del Parque
Eduardo Molina ●
Moctezuma ● ●
  • Mexico City Metro Line 1
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 5
  • Mexico City minubus 19E, 19F, 19G, 19H (all at distance)
  • Del Parque
  • Jardín Balbuena
San Lázaro Transfer hub ● ●
  • Mexico City Metro Line 1 Line B
  • Mexico City Metrobús Mexico City Metrobús Line 5
  • Bus interchange East Bus Terminal (TAPO)
 7 de Julio
Hospital Balbuena ● Del Parque
Mercado de Sonora Sur ● Centro November 28, 2022[21]
San Pablo ● Cuauhtémoc
Pino Suárez Sur ●
  • Transfer hub Nezahualcóyotl (at distance)
  • Mexico City Metro Line 1 Line 2
  • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros 2A, 31B, 111A, 145A
  • Mexico City minubus 17C, 17H, 17I, 19E, 19F, 19G, 19H
  • Ecobici
20 de Noviembre ●
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Replacement of stations

On November 28, 2022, five eastward bus stops were removed. Mercado de Sonora, La Merced, Mercado Ampudia,[j] Las Cruces Norte and Museo de la Ciudad stations were relocated southbound due to traffic jams caused by their location in the market area of the historic center of the city.[22][23]

Operator

Conexión Centro-Aeropuerto, SA de CV (CCA) is the sole operator of Line 4.[24]

Notes

  1. [a]
    The following list was adapted from different websites and official maps.
    • Metrobús (Mexico City Metrobús) obtained from the Mexico City Metrobús system map.[7]
    • Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM; Transfer hub) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[8]
    • Ecobici (Ecobici) obtained from their official website.[9]
    • Metro (Mexico City Metro) connections obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[10]
    • Mexibús (Mexibús) obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[10]
    • Public buses network (peseros) (Mexico City minubus) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[11]
    • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (Red de Transporte de Pasajeros) obtained from their official website.[12]
    • Tren Suburbano (Tren Suburbano) obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[10]
    • Trolleybuses (Trolleybus) obtained from their official website.[13]
  2. [b]
    All the stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities.
  3. [c]
    Formerly named "Puente de Alvarado".[15]
  4. [d]
    Formerly named "Teatro del Pueblo".[16]
  5. [e]
    Accessible from Amajac–Terminal 2 route (with additional cost).
  6. [f]
    Formerly named "Glorieta de Colón".[19]
  7. [g]
    Formerly named "Expo Reforma".[20]
  8. [h]
    Formerly named "Plaza San Juan".
  9. [i]
    Formerly named "Las Cruces Sur".
  10. [j]
    Previously "Circunvalación".

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