Mexico City Metrobús Line 7

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Metrobús Line 7
Double-decker Metrobús unit at Paseo de la Reforma
Overview
StatusIn service
Termini
  • Campo Marte
  • Indios Verdes / Hospital Infantil La Villa / Glorieta Cuitláhuac / Garibaldi Mercado Lagunilla
Stations31
WebsiteLínea 7
Service
TypeBus rapid transit
SystemMexico City Metrobús
Services7
Operator(s)See Operators
Daily ridership130,000[1]
History
OpenedMarch 5, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-03-05)[2]
Technical
Line length15 km (9.3 mi)[3]
CharacterExclusive right-of-way

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 7 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobús. It operates between Campo Marte in the Miguel Hidalgo borough and Indios Verdes, in Gustavo A. Madero in the northern part of the city. This is the newest line, inaugurated in March 2018.[2]

The line, known as Corredor Reforma, runs through Paseo de la Reforma, Calzada de los Misterios and Prolongación de los Misterios.

Line 7 was inaugurated by Miguel Ángel Mancera, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2012 to 2018.[4] The line had a cost of 2.8 billion pesos.[5]

The line has 31 stations and a total length of 15 kilometers.[3] Low floor, double-decker buses for this line were produced by Alexander Dennis and are of type Enviro500 MMC.

Service description

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Services

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The line has seven itineraries.[6]

Indios Verdes to Campo Marte

To Campo Marte
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:00 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 6:00 (Sunday)
To Indios Verdes
  • First Bus: 5:05 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:45 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:55 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:45 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:45 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 6:20 (Sunday)

Hospital Infantil La Villa to Campo Marte

To Campo Marte
  • First Bus: 5:10 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 21:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:05 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 21:30 (Saturday)
No service on Sunday
From Campo Marte
  • First Bus: 5:55 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:15 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:55 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 22:15 (Saturday)
No service on Sunday

Glorieta Cuitláhuac to Campo Marte

To Campo Marte
  • First Bus: 7:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 20:30 (Monday-Friday)
No service on Saturday and Sunday
From Campo Marte
  • First Bus: 7:25 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 21:00 (Monday-Friday)
No service on Saturday and Sunday

Indios Verdes to La Diana

From Indios Verdes
No service from Monday to Saturday
  • First Bus: 6:05 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 13:15 (Sunday)
To Indios Verdes
No service from Monday to Saturday
  • First Bus: 6:45 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 13:55 (Sunday)

Indios Verdes to Campo Marte

To Campo Marte
No service from Monday to Saturday
  • First Bus: 13:25 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:00 (Sunday)
To Indios Verdes
No service from Monday to Saturday
  • First Bus: 14:15 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:45 (Sunday)

Hospital Infantil La Villa to La Diana

To La Diana
No service from Monday to Saturday
  • First Bus: 6:15 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 13:15 (Sunday)
To Hospital Infantil La Villa
No service from Monday to Saturday
  • First Bus: 6:50 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 13:55 (Sunday)

Hospital Infantil La Villa to Campo Marte

To Campo Marte
No service from Monday to Saturday
  • First Bus: 13:25 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 21:30 (Sunday)
From Campo Marte
No service from Monday to Saturday
  • First Bus: 14:10 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 22:15 (Sunday)

Garibaldi Mercado Lagunilla to Campo Marte

To Garibaldi Mercado Lagunilla
To Campo Marte

The line 7 services the Miguel Hidalgo, Cuauhtémoc and Gustavo A. Madero boroughs.

Station list

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Key[a]
Metrobús Denotes a Metrobús transfer
Cablebús Denotes a connection with the Cablebús system
CETRAM Denotes a connection with the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) system
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
Mexicable Denotes a connection with the Mexicable system
Public buses Denotes a connection with the public bus system
RTP 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
Stations[b] Connections Neighborhood(s) Borough Picture Date opened
Campo Marte
  • Ecobici
  • RTP Routes: 76, 76-A
  • Public buses Routes: 8-B, 8-C, 8-D, 18-D
  • Polanco Miguel Hidalgo March 5, 2018[2]
    Auditorio
  • Ecobici
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 7 Line 7: Auditorio station
  • RTP Routes: 76, 76-A, 300-A
  • Public buses Routes: 8-B, 8-C, 8-D, 18-D
  • Antropología
  • Ecobici
  • Public buses Routes: 8-B, 8-C, 8-D, 18-D
  • Gandhi
  • Ecobici
  • Public buses Routes: 8-B, 8-C, 8-D, 18-D
  • Chapultepec
  • CETRAM Chapultepec (at distance)
  • Ecobici
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 1 Line 1: Chapultepec station (both at distance)
  • RTP Routes: 11-A, 13-A, 34-A, 115-A, 200 (all at distance)
  • Trolleybus Lines 2 and 6: Chapultepec stop (at distance)
  • Public buses Routes: 7-D, 8-A, 8-B, 8-C, 8-D, 13-C, 13-E, 18-C, 18-D, 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H, 21-A (all at distance)
  • Colonia Cuauhtémoc, Juárez Cuauhtémoc
    La Diana
  • Ecobici
  • RTP Routes: 19, 19-A
  • El Ángel
  • Ecobici
  • RTP Routes: 19, 19-A
  • El Ahuehuete[c]
  • Ecobici
  • Hamburgo
  • Ecobici
  • Metrobús Line 1 Line 1: Hamburgo station
  • Reforma
  • Ecobici
  • Metrobús Line 1 Line 1: Reforma station
  • Ecobici (at distance)
  • Public buses Route: 19-H (at distance)
  • Tabacalera, Juárez
    París
  • Metrobús Line 1 Line 1: Reforma station
  • Amajac[d]
  • Ecobici
  • Metrobús Line 4 Line 4: Amajac station (south route)
  • Public buses Route: 19-H
  • Tabacalera, Centro
    El Caballito
  • Ecobici
  • Metrobús Line 3 Line 3: Hidalgo station
  • Metrobús Line 4 Line 4: Hidalgo station (north route)
  • Tabacalera, Centro
    Hidalgo
  • Metrobús Line 3 Line 3: Hidalgo station
  • Metrobús Line 4 Line 4: Hidalgo station (north route)
  • Ecobici (at distance)
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 2 Line 2: Hidalgo station
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Hidalgo station
  • RTP Route: 27-A
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Metro Hidalgo stop
  • Public buses Route: 16-A
  • Guerrero, Centro
    Glorieta Violeta
  • RTP Route: 27-A
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Lerdo stop
  • Guerrero
    Garibaldi Mercado Lagunilla[e]
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 8 Line 8: Garibaldi / Lagunilla station
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line B Line B: Garibaldi / Lagunilla station
  • RTP Routes: 18, 27-A
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Garibaldi stop
  • Public buses Routes: 10-E, 11-C
  • Guerrero, Centro
    Glorieta Cuitláhuac
  • RTP Route: 18
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Av. Ricardo Flores Magón stop
  • Guerrero, Morelos
    Tres Culturas
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Constancia / Tlatelolco stops
  • Tlatelolco, Morelos
    Peralvillo
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Canal del Norte / Manuel González stops
  • Public buses Route: 10-B
  • Ex Hipódromo de Peralvillo, Morelos
    Mercado Beethoven
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Juventino Rosas stop
  • Public buses Route: 20-B
  • Peralvillo
    Misterios
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 5 Line 5: Misterios station (at distance)
  • RTP Route: 200
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Río Consulado stop (at distance)
  • Public buses Route: 20-A
  • Peralvillo, Vallejo Gustavo A. Madero / Cuauhtémoc
    Clave
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Donizetti stop
  • Vallejo Gustavo A. Madero,
    Robles Domínguez
  • RTP Routes: 11-A, 12
  • Trolleybus Line 4: Calzada de los Misterios stop
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Robles Domínguez stop
  • Excélsior
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Excélsior stop
  • Colonia Industrial
    Necaxa
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Victoria stop (at distance)
  • Avenida Talismán
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Euzkaro stop
  • Public buses Routes: 10-A, 10-B, 10-C
  • Garrido
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 6 Line 6: La Villa-Basílica station (at distance)
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Garrido stop
  • Tepeyac Insurgentes
    Delegación Gustavo A. Madero[f]
  • Metrobús Line 6 Line 6: Delegación Gustavo A. Madero station
  • RTP Routes: 107-B
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Cuauhtémoc stop
  • Villa Gustavo A. Madero
    Hospital Infantil La Villa[f]
  • Metrobús Line 6 Line 6: Hospital Infantil La Villa station
  • RTP Routes: 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 107-B
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Hospital de la Villa stop
  • Villa Gustavo A. Madero, Estanzuela
    De los Misterios[g]
  • Metrobús Line 6 Line 6: De los Misterios station
  • RTP Routes: 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 107-B
  • Trolleybus Line 5: Av. Montevideo stop
  • Tepeyac Insurgentes, Villa Gustavo A. Madero
    Indios Verdes
  • Metrobús Line 1: Line 1: Indios Verdes station
  • Metrobús Line 3: Line 3: Indios Verdes station
  • Cablebús Line 1: Line 1: Indios Verdes station
  • CETRAM Indios Verdes
  • Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 3 Line 3: Indios Verdes station
  • Mexibús Line 4 Line IV: Indios Verdes station
  • Mexicable Line 2 Line 2: Indios Verdes station
  • RTP Routes: 101, 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 102, 107-B (at distance), 108
  • Residencial Zacatenco

    Operators

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    • Operadora Línea 7, SA de CV (OL7)
    • Sky Bus Reforma, SA de CV (SBR)

    Ridership

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    As of March 2018, it is estimated that 130,000 passengers use Line 7 every day.[1]

    Incidents

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    On March 9, 2018 a Metrobus unit crashed against a car, when the car driver turned left without noticing that the bus was coming towards the car.[16]

    Notes

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    1. ^ The following list was adapted from different websites and official maps.
    2. ^ All the stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities.
    3. ^ Formerly named "La Palma".
    4. ^ Formerly named "Glorieta de Colón".[14]
    5. ^ Formerly named "Garibaldi".[15]
    6. ^ a b Accessible from Campo Marte to Indios Verdes
    7. ^ Accessible from Indios Verdes to Campo Marte

    References

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    1. ^ a b "Entre siete y 10 días se regularizará la línea 7 del Metrobús". La Jornada (in Spanish). March 7, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
    2. ^ a b c "Inicia operaciones la L7 del Metrobús". El Universal (in Spanish). March 5, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
    3. ^ a b "Opera ya Línea 7 del Metrobús, en un tramo de Reforma". Aristegui Noticias (in Spanish). February 28, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
    4. ^ "Inaugura Mancera Línea 7 del Metrobús". Reporte Nivel Uno (in Spanish). February 28, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
    5. ^ "Línea 7 del Metrobús tuvo un costo de de 2 mill 800 millones de pesos". El Universal (in Spanish). February 16, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.
    6. ^ (in Spanish) "Mapa Línea 7" (Line 7 Map), Metrobús website
    7. ^ "Mapa del sistema" [System map] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    8. ^ a b "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    9. ^ "Centros de Transferencia Modal (CETRAM)" [Modal Transfer Centers] (in Spanish). Órgano Regulador de Transporte. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    10. ^ "Mapa de disponibilidad" [Disponibility map] (in Spanish). Ecobici. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    11. ^ a b c d "Mi Mapa Metro 22032021" [My Metro Map 22032021] (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    12. ^ "Red de corredores" [Route network] (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    13. ^ "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    14. ^ Sánchez, Frida (12 October 2023). "Cambian nombre de estación del Metrobús 'Glorieta de Colón' por 'Amajac'". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 October 2023.
    15. ^ "Evaluación enero - diciembre 2019" (PDF). Secretaría de Obras (in Spanish). Government of Mexico City. 31 December 2019. p. 92.
    16. ^ "Se 'estrena' Metrobús Línea 7 con choque en Misterios". Excélsior (in Spanish). March 9, 2018. Retrieved June 5, 2018.