Line 1 of the Cablebus begins operations this Sunday, July 11, from Cuautepec to Indios Verdes, in the Gustavo A. Madero mayor’s office.
We tell you everything you need to know: route, schedules, costs, stops and with which Metro, Metrobus and Mexibus lines it will connect.
Read: CDMX will have two cablebus lines in 2020: they will travel through GAM and Iztapalapa points
Line 1 of the first cable car-type public transport system in the CDMX covers 9.2 kilometers and has six stations.
According to the capital government, this transport will serve areas of high population density, reducing travel times, in addition to providing a safe and innovative service.
Manuel Galindo, director of Cablebús, said all tests and trials were done to ensure the service is safe at all times, including emergencies such as sismos, fires and thunderstorms.
It consists of the following stations:
Cuautepec
Tlalpexco
Revolution Fields
Ticomán
The Shepherdess
Green Indians
The trip will cost seven pesos and can be accessed with the integral mobility card (the one used for the Metro and Metrobús). All stations have recharging machines.
Older adults, people with disabilities and children under 5 years of age will be able to travel for free.
Line 1 will have 377 cabins with capacity for 10 people each, but in these first days of opening and due to the sanitary contingency each cabin of the Cablebus will operate with a 60% capacity, that is, 6 people.
Inside the cabin there is natural ventilation, permanent video surveillance, direct communication with the operators of the control center and free internet connection.
It has two towers distributed along the 9.2 kilometers of length that the route has. The tallest tower measures 47 meters.
The travel time of the entire line will be 33 minutes.
According to capital authorities, the same journey through land transport lasted 1 hour with 30 minutes or more, depending on traffic.
It will connect with lines 3 of the Metro, line 1 and 7 of the Metrobús and line 4 of the Mexibús (you will have to pay to board since the trip in Cablebús does not count as a transfer).
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The hours of operation will be from 5:30 to 00:30 hours from Monday to Friday. Saturdays from 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m., and Sundays from 7 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
During the first year of service, line 1 will be operated by the Austrian company Doppelmayr, which together with the Mexican Indi Group built this cable car route. The investment was 2,925 million pesos.
The capital authorities expect that on July 24, line 2 will be inaugurated, which goes from the whereabouts of Santa Martha Acatitla to Constitución de 1917, in Iztapalapa.
The stations will start in Constitución, continue through Quetzalcoatl, Buenavista, Minas, Lomas de la Estancia, San Miguel Teotongo and finally, Santa Marta.
Line 3 has also been announced for 2022: it will benefit a part of the inhabitants of the Magdalena Contreras and Tlalpan mayor’s offices.
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