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Mexico City Metrobús Line 1

bus rapid transit line

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ55074770 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobús. It operates between Indios Verdes, in the Gustavo A. Madero municipality in the northern part of the city, and El Caminero, in Tlalpan in southern Mexico City.

The line was the first one to be built and opened. The first section of the line, known as Corredor Insurgentes, was inaugurated by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, on 19 June 2005. The second stretch of the line, known as Corredor Insurgentes Sur, was inaugurated on 13 March 2008, by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.

The line has 46 stations and a total length of 28.1 kilometers.

Service description

Services

The line has five itineraries.

Indios Verdes to Insurgentes

From Indios Verdes

First Bus: 5:30 (Monday-Friday)

Last Bus: 21:55 (Monday-Friday)

First Bus: 8:00 (Saturday)

Last Bus: 16:04 (Saturday)

No service on Sunday

To Indios Verdes

First Bus: 5:58 (Monday-Friday)

Last Bus: 22:23 (Monday-Friday)

First Bus: 8:24 (Saturday)

Last Bus: 16:27 (Saturday)

No service on Sunday

Indios Verdes to El Caminero

To El Caminero

First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Wednesday)

Last Bus: 23:54 (Monday-Wednesday)

First Bus: 4:30 (Thursday-Friday)

Last Bus: 00:40 (Thursday-Friday)

First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)

Last Bus: 00:40 (Saturday)

First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)

Last Bus: 23:40 (Sunday)

To Indios Verdes

First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Wednesday)

Last Bus: 23:35 (Monday-Wednesday)

First Bus: 4:30 (Thursday-Friday)

Last Bus: 00:40 (Thursday-Friday)

First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)

Last Bus: 00:40 (Saturday)

First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)

Last Bus: 23:50 (Sunday)

Indios Verdes to Dr. Gálvez

From Indios Verdes

First Bus: 5:00 (Monday-Friday)

Last Bus: 21:24 (Monday-Friday)

First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday)

Last Bus: 22:37 (Saturday)

First Bus: 5:08 (Sunday)

Last Bus: 23:02 (Sunday)

To Indios Verdes

First Bus: 4:37 (Monday-Friday)

Last Bus: 22:40 (Monday-Friday)

First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)

Last Bus: 22:38 (Saturday)

First Bus: 5:03 (Sunday)

Last Bus: 22:40 (Sunday)

Buenavista to El Caminero

To El Caminero

First Bus: 5:30 (Monday-Friday)

Last Bus: 22:28 (Monday-Friday)

First Bus: 6:00 (Saturday)

Last Bus: 21:54 (Saturday)

First Bus: 6:20 (Sunday)

Last Bus: 21:54 (Sunday)

From El Caminero

First Bus: 5:01 (Monday-Friday)

Last Bus: 21:11 (Monday-Friday)

First Bus: 4:50 (Saturday)

Last Bus: 20:43 (Saturday)

First Bus: 5:34 (Sunday)

Last Bus: 20:38 (Sunday)

Colonia del Valle to Tepalcates (Line 2)

To Tepalcates

First Bus: 4:45 (Monday-Friday)

Last Bus: 22:55 (Monday-Friday)

First Bus: 4:50 (Saturday)

Last Bus: 23:43 (Saturday)

First Bus: 5:29 (Sunday)

Last Bus: 23:50 (Sunday)

To Colonia del Valle

First Bus: 4:35 (Monday-Friday)

Last Bus: 21:28 (Monday-Friday)

First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)

Last Bus: 23:28 (Saturday)

First Bus: 5:05 (Sunday)

Last Bus: 23:39 (Sunday)

Line 1 services the Gustavo A. Madero, Cuauhtémoc, Benito Juárez, Álvaro Obregón, Coyoacán and Tlalpan municipalities.

Station list

Notes

Operators

Line 1 has four operators.

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