Mexico City Metrobús Line 4

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 4 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobus. It operates between Colonia Buenavista, in central Mexico City and the Mexico City International Airport in the Venustiano Carranza borough, in the east of the capital.

Metrobús Line 4
Bus at the Museo de la Ciudad station
Overview
StatusIn service
Termini
  • Buenavista / Pantitlán / Alameda Oriente
  • San Lázaro / AICM Terminal 2 / Hidalgo
Stations40
WebsiteLínea 4
Service
TypeBus rapid transit
SystemMexico City Metrobus
Services5
Operator(s)See Operators
Daily ridership65,000[1]
History
OpenedApril 1, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-04-01)
Technical
Line length40.5 km (25.2 mi)[2]
CharacterExclusive right-of-way

Line 4 has a total of 40 stations and a length of 40.5 kilometers divided into two routes, called the North and South routes, and goes mainly through Mexico City's downtown towards and from Mexico City International Airport.[1]

Construction of Line 4 started on July 4, 2011 and it was inaugurated on April 1, 2012 by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.[3][4]

Service description

Services

The line has three itineraries and two routes: North and South.[5]

Buenavista to Terminal 2 (North route)

To Terminal 2
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:15 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:15 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:15 (Sunday)
To Buenavista
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:00 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:00 (Sunday)

Buenavista to San Lázaro (South route)

To San Lázaro
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:30 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:36 (Sunday)
To Buenavista
  • First Bus: 4:28 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:15 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:28 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:15 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:30 (Sunday)

Buenavista to San Lázaro (North route)

To San Lázaro
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:35 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:35 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:36 (Sunday)
To Buenavista
  • First Bus: 4:27 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:12 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:27 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:12 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:30 (Sunday)

Pantitlán to Hidalgo[6]

To Hidalgo
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:59 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 22:59 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:04 (Sunday)
To Pantitlán
  • First Bus: 5:04 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:33 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:04 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:33 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:30 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:35 (Sunday)

Alameda Oriente to Hidalgo

To Hidalgo
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:59 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 22:59 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:58 (Sunday)
To Alameda Oriente
  • First Bus: 5:20 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:20 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:51 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:49 (Sunday)

Line 4 services the Cuauhtémoc and Venustiano Carranza boroughs.

Station list

Key[a]
Denotes a Metrobús transfer
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 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

North route

Stations[b]NorthAlameda Oriente–Hidalgo[14]ConnectionsNeighborhood(s)Borough(s)PictureDate opened
Buenavista
  • Line 1: Buenavista station
  • Line 3: Buenavista station
  • Buenavista
  • (at distance)
  • Line B: Buenavista station
  • Line 1: Buenavista station
  • Routes: 10-E, 11-C, 12-B
  • BuenavistaCuauhtémoc April 1, 2012[4]
    Delegación Cuauhtémoc
  • México Tenochtitlan[c]
  • (at distance)
  • Line 2: Revolución station
  • Routes: 12-B (at distance), 16-A, 16-B
  • Buenavista, Tabacalera
    Museo San Carlos
  • Hidalgo
  • Line 3: Hidalgo station
  • 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
  • Guerrero, Centro
    Bellas Artes
  • Line 2: Bellas Artes station
  • Line 8: Bellas Artes station
  • Line 1: Bellas Artes stop
  • Route: 16-A
  • Teatro Blanquita
  • Line 1: República de Perú stop
  • Centro
    República de Chile
    República de Argentina
    Mercado Abelardo L. Rodríguez[d]
    MixcalcoCuauhtémoc / Venustiano Carranza
    Ferrocarril de CinturaCentro, Ampliación PenitenciariaVenustiano Carranza
    Morelos
  • Line 4: Morelos station (at distance)
  • Line B: Morelos station (at distance)
  • Routes: 18 (at distance), 37
  • Routes: 5-A, 10-E (at distance)
  • Ampliación Penitenciaria, Morelos
    Archivo General de la Nación
  • Line 5: Archivo General de la Nación station
  • Ampliación Penitenciaria, Penitenciaria
    San Lázaro
  • Line 5: San Lázaro station
  • San Lázaro
  • Line 1: San Lázaro station
  • Line B: San Lázaro station
  • East Bus Terminal (TAPO)
  • 7 de Julio
    Terminal 1[e]
  • Mexico City Airport
  • Aerotren (at distance)
  • Line 5: Terminal Aérea station (at distance)
  • Routes: 43, 200
  • Line 4: Terminal Aérea stop (east–west route)
  • Route: 20-B
  • Mexico City International Airport
    Terminal 2[e]
  • Mexico City Airport
  • Aerotren
  • Pantitlán
  • Pantitlán
  • Line 1: Pantitlán station
  • Line 5: Pantitlán station
  • Line 9: Pantitlán station
  • Line A: Pantitlán station
  • Line III: Pantitlán station
  • Route: 168
  • Line 2: Pantitlán stop
  • Routes: 11-B, 11-C, 19-F, 19-G
  • Adolfo López Mateos, Aviación Civil, Pantitlán 3 June 2021[17]
    Calle 6[f]
  • Line III: Calle 6 station
  • Cuchilla Pantitlán 27 March 2022[18]
    Alameda Oriente
  • Route: 47-A
  • Arsenal 4ta Sección

    South route

    Since the route has a complex route with several one-way stations, the following table will start at the Buenavista Terminal Station and follow an eastward flow until reaching the San Lázaro Terminal Station, then follow the route westward culminating with the 20 de Noviembre station.
    Stations[b]EastboundWestboundConnectionsNeighborhood(s)Borough(s)PictureDate opened
    Buenavista
  • Line 1: Buenavista station
  • Line 3: Buenavista station
  • Buenavista
  • (at distance)
  • Line B: Buenavista station
  • Line 1: Buenavista station
  • Routes: 10-E, 11-C, 12-B
  • BuenavistaCuauhtémoc April 1, 2012[4]
    Delegación Cuauhtémoc
  • México-Tenochtitlan[c]
  • (at distance)
  • Line 2: Revolución station
  • Routes: 12-B (at distance), 16-A, 16-B
  • Buenavista, Tabacalera
    Plaza de la República
  • Line 1: Plaza de la República station
  • (at distance)
  • Route: 12-B
  • Amajac[g]
  • Line 7: Amajac station
  • Tabacalera
    Defensoría Pública[h]Juárez, Centro
    Vocacional 5Centro
    Juárez
  • Line 3: Juárez station
  • Line 3: Juárez station
  • Plaza San Juan
  • Eje Central
  • Line 8: San Juan de Letrán station
  • Line 1: República de Uruguay stop
  • El Salvador
    Isabel la Católica
    Museo de la Ciudad
  • Route: 145-A
  • Pino Suárez
  • Nezahualcóyotl (at distance)
  • Line 1: Pino Suárez station
  • Line 2: Pino Suárez station
  • Passage Zócalo-Pino Suárez
  • Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A
  • Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I, 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
  • Las Cruces Sur
    La Merced
  • Line 1: Merced station
  • Route: 5-A
  • Venustiano Carranza
    Mercado de Sonora
    Cecilio Robelo
  • Line 1: Candelaria station (at distance)
  • Line 4: Candelaria station (at distance)
  • Route: 37
  • Route: 5-A
  • Del Parque
    Eduardo Molina
    Moctezuma
  • Line 5: Moctezuma station (at distance)
  • Line 1: Moctezuma station (at distance)
  • Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H (all at distance)
  • Del Parque, Jardín Balbuena
    San Lázaro
  • Line 5: San Lázaro station
  • San Lázaro
  • Line 1: San Lázaro station
  • Line B: San Lázaro station
  • East Bus Terminal (TAPO)
  • 7 de Julio
    Hospital BalbuenaDel Parque
    Mercado de Sonora SurCentroNovember 28, 2022[21]
    San PabloCuauhtémoc
    Pino Suárez Sur
  • Nezahualcóyotl (at distance)
  • Line 1: Pino Suárez station
  • Line 2: Pino Suárez station
  • Passage Zócalo-Pino Suárez
  • Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A
  • Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I, 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
  • 20 de Noviembre
  • Line 2: Zócalo-Tenochtitlan station (at distance)
  • Passage Zócalo-Pino Suárez (at distance)
  • Route: 145-A
  • Replacement of stations

    On November 28, 2022, five eastward bus stops were removed. Mercado de Sonora, La Merced, Mercado Ampudia,[i] Las Cruces Norte and Museo de la Ciudad stations were relocated southbound due to traffic jams caused by their location in the market area of the historic center of the city.[22][23]

    Operator

    Conexión Centro-Aeropuerto, SA de CV (CCA) is the sole operator of Line 4.[24]

    Notes

    References