Mexico City Metrobús Line 3

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 3 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobús. It operates between Tenayuca, in the limits with the State of Mexico in Gustavo A. Madero and Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac in the Benito Juárez boroughs, in southern Mexico City.

Metrobús Line 3
A Metrobús in Hidalgo station
Overview
StatusIn service
Termini
  • Tenayuca/Indios Verdes
  • Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac
Stations38
WebsiteLínea 3
Service
TypeBus rapid transit
SystemMexico City Metrobus
Services5
Operator(s)See Operators
History
OpenedFebruary 8, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-02-08)
Technical
Line length20 km (12.4 mi)[1]
CharacterExclusive right-of-way

Line 3 has a total of 38 stations and a length of 20 kilometers and it runs from north to south.[1]

Construction of Line 3 started on March 5, 2010 and it was inaugurated on February 8, 2011 by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.[2][3]

In 2019, the Government of Mexico City announced 7 new stations to the south, ending near Hospital Xoco. Construction was expected to end by June 2020.[4]

On March 10, 2021, had opening 5 new stations.

Service description

Services

The line has five itineraries.[5]

Tenayuca to Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac

To Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:24 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:27 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:20 (Sunday)
To Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 4:28 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:21 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:21 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:05 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:14 (Sunday)

Tenayuca to Balderas

From Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 21:49 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 21:33 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 7:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 21:20 (Sunday)
To Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:36 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 6:37 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 22:17 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 7:37 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 22:05 (Sunday)

Tenayuca to Buenavista

From Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:35 (Sunday)
To Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 4:58 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:19 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:16 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 6:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:11 (Sunday)

Tenayuca to La Raza

From Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 4:45 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:12 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:45 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:17 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:30 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:07 (Sunday)
To Tenayuca
  • First Bus: 4:45 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:44 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:43 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:29 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:34 (Sunday)

Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac to Indios Verdes[6]

From Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac
  • First Bus: 4:34 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:46 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 6:04 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:33 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 6:04 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:33 (Sunday)
To Indios Verdes
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:42 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:29 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:29 (Sunday)

Line 3 services the Gustavo A. Madero, Azcapotzalco, Cuauhtémoc and Benito Juárez boroughs.

Station list

Key[a]
Denotes a Metrobús 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 Metro 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 Tren Suburbano system
Denotes a connection with the Trolleybus system

Tenayuca–Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac route

Stations[b]ConnectionsNeighborhood(s)BoroughPictureDate opened
TenayucaSanta Rosa, San José de la EscaleraGustavo A. Madero February 8, 2011[3]
San José de la Escalera
Tres AnegasAmp. Progreso Nacional
JúpiterNueva Industrial Vallejo
La Patera
  • Route: 107-B
  • Industrial Vallejo, Nueva Industrial VallejoAzcapotzalco, Gustavo A. Madero
    Poniente 146Industrial Vallejo, Nueva Vallejo
    Montevideo
  • : Line 6: Montevideo station
  • Poniente 134
  • Line 6: Vallejo station
  • Lindavista Vallejo III Sección
    Poniente 128
  • Line 6: Vallejo station
  • Santa Cruz de las Salinas, Nueva Vallejo
    Magdalena de las SalinasColtongo, Magdalena de las Salinas
    Coltongo
  • Route: 15-A
  • Cuitláhuac
  • Routes: 11-A, 12
  • Line 4: Calzada Vallejo stop
  • Pro Hogar, Guadalupe Victoria
    Héroe de Nacozari
  • Route: 20-C
  • Porvernir, Héroe de Nacozari
    Hospital La Raza
  • Route: 20-C
  • San Francisco Xocotitla, Vallejo Poniente
    La Raza[c]
  • Line 1: La Raza station
  • La Raza
  • Line 3: La Raza station
  • Line 5: La Raza station
  • Line IV: La Raza station
  • 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
  • Vallejo PonienteGustavo A. Madero
    Circuito
  • Line 1: Circuito station
  • Route: 200
  • Routes: 7-D (at distance), 20-A, 20-D
  • Santa María InsurgentesCuauhtémoc
    TolnáhuacSan Simón Tolnáhuac
    Tlatelolco
  • Line 3: Tlatelolco station (at distance)
  • Route: 10-B
  • Nonoalco Tlatelolco
    Ricardo Flores Magón
  • Route: 18
  • Buenavista, Guerrero
    Guerrero
  • Line 3: Guerrero station
  • Line B: Guerrero station
  • Routes: 10-E, 11-C
  • Buenavista[d]
  • Line 1: Buenavista station
  • Line 4: Buenavista station
  • Buenavista
  • (at distance)
  • Line B: Buenavista station
  • Line 1: Buenavista station
  • Routes: 10-E, 11-C, 12-B
  • Mina
    Hidalgo
  • Line 4: Hidalgo station (north route)
  • Line 7: Hidalgo station
  • (at distance)
  • Line 2: Hidalgo station
  • Line 3: Hidalgo station
  • Route: 27-A
  • Line 5: Metro Hidalgo stop
  • Route: 16-A
  • Centro
    Juárez
  • Line 4: Juárez station (south route)
  • Line 3: Juárez station
  • Balderas
  • Line 1: Balderas station
  • Line 3: Balderas station
  • Route: 34-A
  • Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
  • Cuauhtémoc
  • Line 1: Cuauhtémoc station
  • Route: 34-A
  • Line 2: Cuauhtémoc stop
  • Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
  • Roma Norte, Doctores
    Jardín Pushkin
  • Hospital General
  • Line 3: Hospital General station
  • Line 2: Hospital General stop
  • Line 2: Dr. Lucio stop(at distance)
  • Routes: 9-A, 9-C, 9-E (at distance), 19-F
  • Dr. Márquez
  • Roma Sur, Doctores
    Centro Médico
  • Line 3: Centro Médico station
  • Line 9: Centro Médico station
  • Routes: 9-A, 9-C, 9-E
  • Obrero Mundial
  • Piedad NarvarteBenito Juárez
    Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
  • Line 2: Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia station
  • Line 3: Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia station
  • Narvarte Poniente
    Luz Saviñón
  • (at distance)
  • Narvarte Poniente, Narvarte Oriente March 10, 2021[14]
    Eugenia
  • Line 3: Eugenia station
  • Narvarte Poniente
    División del Norte
  • Line 3: División del Norte station
  • Miguel LaurentLetrán Valle
    Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac
  • Zapata (at distance)
  • (at distance)
  • Line 3: Zapata station (at distance)
  • Line 12: Zapata station (at distance; out of service)
  • Line 12: Parque de los Venados station (at distance; out of service)
  • Routes: 1-D, 52-C, 120, 121-A (also temporary Line 12 service)
  • Line 3: Zapata 1 stop, Zapata 2 stop (both at distance)
  • Route: 6-A
  • Del Valle Sur

    Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac–Indios Verdes route

    The route runs from Pueblo Santa Cruz Atoyac to Tlatelolco normally. As soon as it reaches Avenida Manuel González (Eje 2 Norte), the route detours towards Avenida de los Insurgentes. Starting at San Simón, the route shares the same stations Line 1 uses.

    The branch was originally a temporary auxiliary line created to reduce the impact of the Mexico City Metro PCCI fire had on Mexico City Metro Line 3 in January 2021, then it was left permanently. Until 4 August 2023, it detoured at Avenida Mosqueta (Eje 1 Norte) and it serviced Buenavista and Manuel González stations.[15]

    Stations[b]ConnectionsNeighborhood(s)MunicipalityPictureDate opened
    Indios Verdes
  • : Line 1: Indios Verdes station
  • : Line 7: Indios Verdes station
  • : Line 1: Indios Verdes station
  • Indios Verdes
  • Line 3: Indios Verdes station
  • Line IV: Indios Verdes station
  • Line 2: Indios Verdes station
  • Routes: 101, 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 102, 107-B (at distance), 108
  • Residencial ZacatencoGustavo A. Madero June 19, 2005[16]
    Deportivo 18 de Marzo
  • Line 6: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station
  • Deportivo 18 de Marzo
  • Line 3: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station
  • Line 6: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station
  • Route: 15-B
  • Lindavista, Tepeyac Insurgentes
    Euzkaro
  • Route: 15-A, 15-B
  • Magdalena de las Salinas, Industrial
    Potrero
  • Potrero
  • Line 3: Potrero station
  • Routes: 25, 104
  • Route: 15-C
  • Capultitán, Guadalupe Insurgentes
    La Raza
  • Line 1: La Raza station
  • La Raza
  • Line 3: La Raza station
  • Line 5: 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
  • Vallejo
    Circuito
  • Line 1: Circuito station
  • Route: 200
  • Routes: 7-D (at distance), 20-A, 20-D
  • Santa María InsurgentesCuauhtémoc
    San Simón
  • Route: 20-B (at distance)
  • Santa María Insurgentes, San Simón Tolnáhuac
    Tlatelolco
  • Line 3: Tlatelolco station (at distance)
  • Route: 10-B
  • Nonoalco Tlatelolco February 8, 2011[3]

    Operator

    Movilidad Integral de Vanguardia, SAPI de CV (MIV) is the sole operator of Line 3.[17]

    Notes

    References