Mexico City Metro Line 8

Mexico City Metro Line 8 is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. Its distinctive color is green.

Line 8 / Línea 8
San Juan de Letrán station
Overview
Locale	Mexico City
Termini	Garibaldi / Lagunilla Constitución de 1917
Connecting lines	Garibaldi / Lagunilla Bellas Artes Salto del Agua Chabacano Santa Anita Atlalilco
Stations	19
Website	metro.cdmx.gob.mx
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metro
Operator(s)	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Rolling stock	Trains NM-79, MP-82
Ridership	366,084 passengers per day (2019)
History
Opened	20 July 1994; 31 years ago (1994-07-20)
Technical
Line length	17.679 km (11 mi)
Track length	20.078 km (12 mi)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge with roll ways along track
Electrification	Guide bars
Route map Line 8 route highlighted in gray Show interactive map Legend Garibaldi / Lagunilla Bellas Artes San Juan de Letrán Salto del Agua Doctores Obrera Chabacano La Viga Santa Anita Coyuya Iztacalco Apatlaco Aculco Escuadrón 201 Atlalilco Iztapalapa Cerro de la Estrella UAM-I Constitución de 1917 This diagram: view talk edit Show interactive diagram map Show system map

Opened in 1994, it was the tenth line to be built (despite its name being Line 8). With a length of 20.078 kilometres (12.476 mi) and 19 stations, Line 8 runs through Mexico City from downtown to the southeastern municipality of Iztapalapa.

History

Line 8 construction started in 1991 and finished in 1994. It was inaugurated on 20 July 1994 by President of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gortari in its entire stretch going from Garibaldi to Constitución de 1917. The next day, Salinas de Gortari drove the first train.

In 2018, the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo presented its plan projected to 2030, where an expansion of Line 8 was announced. This would extend the line northbound to La Raza, where it would connect with Lines 3 and 5; and southbound to Santa Marta, where it would connect with Line A. The project states that seven new stations would be built: three northwards and four southwards, with a total of 10.21 km (6.34 mi) for a total track length of 27.89 km (17.33 mi).

Rolling stock

Line 8 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.

• Alstom MP-82: 1994–present
• Concarril NM-79: 2008–present

Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 30 are in service in Line 8.

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 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 east to west:

No.	Station	Date opened	Level	Distance (km)		Connection	Pictogram	Location
				Between stations	Total
01	Garibaldi / Lagunilla †	July 20, 1994	Underground trench	-	0.0	Line B Line 7: Garibaldi station Line 1: Luna stop (at distance) Line 5: Garibaldi stop Routes: 18, 27-A Routes: 10-E, 11-C	A guitar and a sarape	Cuauhtémoc
02	Bellas Artes †			0.8	0.8	Line 2 Line 4: Bellas Artes station (north route) Line 1: Bellas Artes stop Line 5: Av. Hidalgo stop (at distance) Route: 16-A	A stylized version of the palace's art nouveau façade
03	San Juan de Letrán			0.6	1.4	Line 4: Eje Central station (south route) Line 1: República de Uruguay stop	A silhouette of Torre Latinoamerica
04	Salto del Agua †			0.4	1.8	Line 1 Salto del Agua stop (temporary Line 1 service) Line 1: Salto del Agua stop Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H	Salto del Agua fountain
05	Doctores			0.7	2.5	Line 1: Doctores stop	Two doctors
06	Obrera			0.9	3.4	Line 1: Obrera stop Line 2: Eje Central stop (at distance) Route: 19-F (at distance)	A construction worker's helmet framed with two gears
07	Chabacano ‡			1.3	4.7	Line 2 Line 9 Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 33, 111-A, 145-A Line 2: Jose Antonio Torres stop (at distance) Routes: 9-C, 9-E, 14-A, 17-C, 17-H, 17-I	An apricot
08	La Viga			1.0	5.7	Route: 5-A	A pair of fish	Venustiano Carranza
09	Santa Anita			0.8	6.5	Line 4 Line 2: La Viga station (at distance) Route: 37 Routes: 5-A, 14-A	A man sailing a canoe	Iztacalco
10	Coyuya †		Grade-level, overground access	1.1	7.6	Coyuya Line 2: Metro Coyuya station Line 5: Metro Coyuya station Route: 14-A	An Aztec dancer's ankle festooned with a cuff-rattle
11	Iztacalco †			1.1	8.7	Line 5: Colegio de Bachilleres 3 station Line 9: Iztacalco stop (west-east route)	San Matías monastery
12	Apatlaco			1.1	9.8	Line 5: Apatlaco station Line 9: Metro Apatlaco stop (Sundays-only)	A house with hot water and steam	Iztapalapa
13	Aculco			0.7	10.5	Line 5: Aculco station	A water wave in a canal
14	Escuadrón 201		Underground trench	0.9	11.4	Line 5: Escuadrón 201 station Route: 22-D	Escuadrón 201 insignia
15	Atlalilco ‡			1.9	13.3	Line 12 Routes: 1-D, 52-C Route: 6-A	A water well
16	Iztapalapa			0.9	14.2	Routes: 1-D, 52-C Route: 6-A	A sun
17	Cerro de la Estrella			0.9	15.1	Routes: 1-D, 52-C Route: 6-A (at distance)	A silhouette of a hill with three crosses and a star in the sky
18	UAM-I			1.3	16.4	Routes: 1-D, 52-C	Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana logo
19	Constitución de 1917 †		Grade-level, overground access	1.3	17.7	Constitución de 1917 Line 2: Constitución de 1917 station Routes: 1-D, 47-A, 57-A, 57-C, 159, 161, 161-C, 161-D, 161-E, 161-F, 162, 165-A (also temporary Line 12 service) Line 10: Constitución de 1917 station Route: 4-B	A quill above a document dated 1917

Renamed stations

Date	Old name	New name
1995	La Purísima	UAM-I
2009	Garibaldi	Garibaldi / Lagunilla

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line 8 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.

†	Transfer station
‡	Terminal
†‡	Transfer station and terminal

Rank	Station	Total ridership	Average daily
1	Constitución de 1917‡	32,255,313	88,371
2	San Juan de Letrán	9,962,243	27,294
3	UAM-I	9,203,724	25,216
4	Coyuya	8,501,595	23,292
5	Escuadrón 201	8,047,639	22,048
6	Iztacalco	8,002,058	21,923
7	Bellas Artes†	7,718,079	21,145
8	Garibaldi / Lagunilla†‡	6,304,770	17,273
9	Atlalilco†	5,611,383	15,374
10	Salto del Agua†	5,454,216	14,943
11	Apatlaco	5,100,848	13,975
12	Doctores	4,502,133	12,335
13	Obrera	4,452,999	12,200
14	Iztapalapa	4,140,807	11,345
15	Cerro de la Estrella	4,074,999	11,164
16	Aculco	3,524,731	9,657
17	La Viga	2,805,291	7,686
18	Santa Anita†	2,402,874	6,583
19	Chabacano†	1,554,977	4,260
Total		133,620,679	366,084

Tourism

Line 8 passes near several places of interest:

• Plaza Garibaldi, a square known as Mexico City's home of mariachi music where mariachi bands can be found playing or soliciting gigs from visitors
• Palacio de Bellas Artes, Palace of Fine Arts, cultural center
• Historic center of Mexico City
• Torre Latinoamericana, a skyscraper in downtown Mexico City with an observation deck

See also

• List of Mexico City Metro lines