Mexico City Metro Line 3

Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 12 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico.

Line 3 / Línea 3
Balderas station
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Indios Verdes Universidad
Connecting lines	Deportivo 18 de Marzo La Raza Guerrero Hidalgo Balderas Centro Médico Zapata
Stations	21
Website	metro.cdmx.gob.mx
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	NM-79, NM-83A, NE-92
Ridership	609,228 passengers per day (2019)
History
Opened	20 November 1970; 55 years ago (1970-11-20)
Technical
Line length	21.278 km (13 mi)
Track length	23.609 km (15 mi)
Number of tracks	2
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge with roll ways along track
Electrification	Guide bars
Operating speed	36 km/h (22 mph)
Route map Line 3 route highlighted in gray Show interactive map Legend Ticomán workshops Indios Verdes Deportivo 18 de Marzo Potrero La Raza Tlatelolco Guerrero Hidalgo Juárez Balderas Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX Hospital General Centro Médico Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia Eugenia División del Norte Zapata Coyoacán Viveros / Derechos Humanos Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Copilco Universidad This diagram: view talk edit Show interactive diagram map Show system map

Line 3 is the longest line, its color is olive green and it runs from north to south of the city covering almost all of it.

It is built under Avenida de los Insurgentes, Guerrero, Zarco, Balderas, Cuauhtémoc, Universidad, Copilco and Delfín Madrigal avenues. It interchanges with Line 6 at Deportivo 18 de Marzo, Line 5 at La Raza, Line B at Guerrero, Line 2 at Hidalgo, Line 1 at Balderas, Line 9 at Centro Médico. and Line 12 at Zapata.

Chronology

• 20 November 1970: from Tlatelolco to Hospital General
• 25 August 1978: from Tlatelolco to La Raza
• 1 December 1979: from La Raza to Indios Verdes
• 7 June 1980: from Hospital General to Centro Médico
• 25 August 1980: from Centro Médico to Zapata
• 30 August 1983: from Zapata to Universidad

Rolling stock

Line 3 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.

• Alstom MP-68: 1970–1981
• Concarril NM-73: 1978–1981
• Concarril NM-79 1982–present
• Alstom MP-82 1985–1994
• Concarril NM-83 1990–present
• Bombardier NC-82: 2004–2012
• CAF NE-92, 2023–present

The NM-79 trains were made in Mexico in 1979 by Concarril and the NM-83A trains were made in México by Concarril between 1983 and 1991.

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 50 are in service in Line 3, more than in any other line.

Station list

Key

†	Denotes a partially accessible station
‡	Denotes a fully accessible station
	Denotes a metro transfer
	Denotes a connection with the Cablebús system
	Denotes a connection with the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) system
	Denotes a connection with the Ecobici system
	Denotes a connection with the Metrobús system
	Denotes a connection with the Mexibús system
	Denotes a connection with the Mexicable system
	Denotes a connection with the public bus system
	Denotes a connection with the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP) system
	Denotes a connection with the Trolleybus system

The stations from north to south:

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Connection	Pictogram	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Indios Verdes †	December 1, 1979	Ground-level, underground access	-	0.0	: Line 1: Indios Verdes station Indios Verdes Line 1: Indios Verdes station Line 3: Indios Verdes station Line 7: Indios Verdes station Line IV: Indios Verdes station Line 2: Indios Verdes station (under construction) Routes: 101, 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 102, 107-B (at distance), 108	A silhouette of the statues of Itzcoatl and Ahuitzotl.	Gustavo A. Madero
02	Deportivo 18 de Marzo †			1.3	1.3	Line 6 Deportivo 18 de Marzo Line 1: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station Line 6: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station Route: 15-B	A pre-Columbian game player
03	Potrero †			1.1	2.4	Potrero Line 1: Potrero station Routes: 25, 104 Route: 15-C	A horse's head behind a fence
04	La Raza †	August 25, 1978	Underground, trench	1.2	3.6	Line 5 La Raza Line 1: La Raza station Line 3: La Raza station Line IV: La Raza station (under construction) Routes: 11-A (at distance), 12 (at distance), 23, 27-A, 103 Line 1: La Raza stop (north–south route) Routes: 7-D (at distance), 20-C, 20-D	Monumento a La Raza pyramid
05	Tlatelolco	November 20, 1970		1.6	5.2	Line 3: Tlatelolco station Routes: 10-D, 10-E	Torre Insignia	Cuauhtémoc
06	Guerrero ‡			1.1	6.3	Line B Line 3: Guerrero station Routes: 10-E, 11-C	Bust of Vincente Guerrero
07	Hidalgo †		Underground, trench (Lv. -2)	0.9	7.2	Line 2 (at distance) Line 3: Hidalgo station Line 4: Hidalgo station (north route) Line 7: Hidalgo station Route: 27-A Line 5: Metro Hidalgo stop Route: 16-A	A profile of Hidalgo
08	Juárez ‡		Underground, trench	0.4	7.6	Line 3: Juárez station Line 4: Juárez station (south route)	A bust of Benito Juárez
09	Balderas ‡		Underground, trench (Lv. -2)	0.7	8.4	Line 1 Line 3: Balderas station Route: 34-A (also temporary Line 1 service) Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H	A preserved colonial-era cannon
10	Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX †		Underground trench	0.8	9.2	(at distance)	A kepi
11	Hospital General †			0.8	9.9	Line 3: Hospital General station Line 2: Hospital General stop Line 2: Dr. Lucio stop (at distance) Routes: 9-E (at distance), 19-F	The Red Cross symbol
12	Centro Médico ‡	June 7, 1980		0.8	10.7	Line 9 Line 3: Centro Médico station Routes: 9-C, 9-E	The caduceus
13	Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia †	August 25, 1980		1.5	12.3	Line 2: Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia station Line 3: Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia station	A lion's head	Benito Juárez
14	Eugenia			1.0	13.3	Line 3: Eugenia station	A stork
15	División del Norte			0.8	14.1	Line 3: División del Norte station	Pancho Villa
16	Zapata ‡			1.0	15.1	Line 12 Zapata Line 3: Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac station (at distance) Routes: 1-D, 52-C, 120, 121-A (also temporary Line 12 service) Line 3: Zapata 1 stop, Zapata 2 stop Route: 6-A	Emiliano Zapata
17	Coyoacán	August 30, 1983	Underground deep trench	1.2	16.4	(at distance) Route: 200 Route: 22-A (at distance)	A coyote
18	Viveros / Derechos Humanos ‡		Underground double tunnel	1.0	17.4	Route: 116-A	A silhouette of a plant	Coyoacán
19	Miguel Ángel de Quevedo †			1.0	18.4	Route: 34-B Line 7: Miguel Ángel de Quevedo stop	A tree
20	Copilco ‡		Underground deep trench	1.4	19.8	Routes: 123-A, 125, 128	An Olmec representation of a coiled water snake or dragon
21	Universidad †		Ground-level, overground access	1.5	21.3	Universidad Routes: 17-E, 123-A, 125, 128, 134-C, 134-D, 162-D Route: 2-E Pumabús (services Ciudad Universitaria)	The coat of arms of UNAM

Renamed stations

Date	Old name	New name
1998	Basílica	Deportivo 18 de Marzo
2009	Etiopía	Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
2009	Viveros	Viveros / Derechos Humanos
2019	Niños Héroes	Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line 3 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.

†	Transfer station
‡	Terminal

Rank	Station	Total ridership	Average daily
1	Indios Verdes‡	39,192,273	107,376
2	Universidad‡	26,555,624	72,755
3	Copilco	14,030,121	38,439
4	Deportivo 18 de Marzo†	12,397,054	33,965
5	Miguel Ángel de Quevedo	12,101,570	33,155
6	La Raza†	11,364,171	31,135
7	Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia	10,885,701	29,824
8	Coyoacán	9,780,261	26,795
9	Zapata†	9,027,192	24,732
10	Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX	7,865,930	21,550
11	Viveros / Derechos Humanos	7,727,513	21,171
12	Tlatelolco	7,562,593	20,719
13	Hospital General	7,478,953	20,490
14	Centro Médico†	7,395,505	20,262
15	Eugenia	6,700,579	18,358
16	División del Norte	6,552,063	17,951
17	Hidalgo†	6,378,926	17,477
18	Juárez	6,320,737	17,317
19	Potrero	6,317,545	17,308
20	Guerrero†	3,893,901	10,668
21	Balderas†	2,840,045	7,781
Total		222,368,257	609,228

Tourism

Line 3 passes near several places of interest:

• Plaza de las Tres Culturas, square in the Tlatelolco neighborhood.
• Historic center of Mexico City
• Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the National Autonomous University of Mexico

See also

• List of Mexico City Metro lines
• 2023 Mexico City Metro train crash