Metrorey

Metrorrey, officially known as Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metrorrey and colloquially as Metro, is the metropolitan railway network of the city of Monterrey and the municipalities of its metropolitan area: Escobedo, Guadalupe and San Nicolás de los Garza, in the state of Nuevo León, Mexico. Its operation is in charge of a public company within the Decentralized Public Administration of Nuevo León with the same name constituted on November 9, 1987 by the State Congress to administer the service under the name Metrorrey Collective Transportation System .

It crosses the city of Monterrey from east to west, as well as part of the municipality of Guadalupe. From north to south it currently joins the municipality of Escobedo (where the Sendero terminal station is located) with the Macroplaza (where the Zaragoza station is located) in the municipality of Monterrey. As well as from north to south it joins the municipality of San Nicolás de los Garza (where the Hospital Metropolitano terminal station is located) with the Macroplaza in the municipality of Monterrey.

The growth of the system was halted for just over 11 years. It was not until mid-2005 that the construction of the second stage of line 2 began. As well as the construction of line 3, which was delayed for more than 5 years until its inauguration on February 27, 2021.

History

Lines 1 and 2 carried approximately 88.3 million passengers in 2008 and a daily average of 309,207 in the fourth quarter of 2008, making it the Light Rail system with the highest number of passengers in North America.

Its train models currently operating are the Concarril model MM-90 first in operation, followed by the Spanish brand CAF model MM-93, Bombardier MM-05 and the new fleet of remanufactured Siemens Dueawg U3 wagons of German origin and CRRC ZELC MM-20 new Chinese models under special request from the government of Nuevo León.

Background

It is since 1985 when the concern arises in the Government of Nuevo León, headed by Jorge Treviño Martínez, to find a viable alternative to the issue of urban transportation. Among the possible options was undoubtedly increasing urban transport routes and expanding the extension of coverage, but the idea of building a Metro system also arose. The idea soon began to take hold, until its implementation was approved.

Line 1

In February 1988, a budget of 275 billion pesos was endorsed for the construction of Line 1 and the construction of 25 carriages was immediately ordered for Concarril. Two months later the work began with the drilling for the placement of columns, being the president of Mexico, Miguel de la Madrid, who gave the "flag" to start the works on April 25, 1988. Practically the construction of this first line lasted 3 years. On April 25, 1991, its operation began, an event headed by President Carlos Salinas de Gortari. This first stage of the Metrorrey consisted of 17 stations, ranging from the San Bernabé station to Exposición. In those first years it became a great novelty and this means of transport was well received, which became a great alternative or complement to urban routes.

Enlargement (2002)

At the end of the 90's, it was thought of extending this line to the west, taking into account the population growth that was occurring in that area of the city. Thus, it was proposed to expand the line with one more station, called Estación Talleres, a work inaugurated on June 11, 2002. Likewise, the Lerdo de Tejada station located between Exposición and Eloy Cavazos (formerly called Palacio Federal) was put into operation, which had left unfinished

Line 2

Given the good results of Line 1, during the mandate of the governor of Nuevo León Sócrates Rizzo, a second line was thought to connect the north with the south. The construction of Line 2 began in February 1993, an underground line of six stations was built, ranging from General Anaya to General Zaragoza, in the heart of Monterrey, and was inaugurated on November 30, 1994 by the President of Mexico. Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

Enlargement (2007-2008)

Subsequently, they sought to expand Line 2, to connect San Nicolás de los Garza with Monterrey. For this, the annexation of three more stations was planned: Regina, Niños Héroes and Universidad. This first stage of expansion was consummated on October 31, 2007.

The second phase of expansion of this line ended on October 1, 2008, adding the stations Anáhuac, San Nicolás, Santiago Tapia and Sendero, which connected to General Escobedo within the Metrorrey system. In these extensions several conflicts arose with neighbors and owners of commercial premises, who demanded that the Metro be underground, however, the Government of Nuevo León, headed by José Natividad González Parás, did not give in to the protests.

Closing of the Line (2022)

On December 5, 2022, the Mobility Secretariat of Monterrey, Nuevo León, confirmed the temporary closure of six stations on Line 2 of the subway, after finding cracks in most of the capitals in 160 of 168 columns, suggesting a structural failure. The affected stations are: Niños Héroes, Universidad, Anáhuac, San Nicolás, Santiago Tapia and Sendero, located in the municipality of San Nicolás de los Garza. An exact date for its reopening was not provided.

The director of the Monterrey Metro Collective Transportation System, Abraham Vargas, indicated that these points will remain closed for an approximate period of between two and six months. After the report of the alleged negligence in the construction, made during a press conference issued by the mobility authorities, Vargas raised the possibility of filing a formal complaint against whoever is responsible for the possible failures in the construction. The government of Nuevo León puts into operation an emerging route of the corridor of said stations totally free with the legend MuevoLeón. On January 4, 2023, it was announced that the repair would take longer than estimated a month ago because the girders would have to be lifted to replace the existing capitals in the elevated section due to significant structural failures that were found. during December 2022. On March 13, 2023, service resumed in the first rehabilitated section (General Anaya - Niños Héroes), after reinforcing the capitals and placing the concrete brackets on the columns in the elevated section between the Regina and Niños Héroes stations. Subsequently, operations at the Universidad station resumed on March 29, 2023.

Line 3

It was from 2008, (after completely finishing Line 2 to Sendero) that the then governor of Nuevo León, José Natividad González Parás began to see options for a possible Line 3 of the Metro, among one option he highlighted a route between the municipalities of Apodaca and Santa Catarina. The project continued to be analyzed, later with the new administration led by then-governor Rodrigo Medina de la Cruz, which highlighted an innovative option, which would be known as 'BETRO', in which the wagons would be replaced by trucks, but always contemplating an elevated viaduct, setting Félix U. Gómez Avenue as the route, then Rómulo Garza Avenue to the La Fe area to join Miguel Alemán Avenue, reaching the Apodaca Downtown area.

Finally, in 2013, it was announced that the route would be from the General Zaragoza Station, leaving via an underground viaduct along Padre Mier street towards Félix U. Gómez Avenue, and from the Santa Lucía area it would take an elevated route, with heading north along Avenida Félix U. Gómez to the Hospital Metropolitano, the line would have 8 stations in a 7.5-kilometer route, in addition to having 3 stations that would connect with the two stations and the ecovía, (which was inaugurated in 2014). With this, they announced 3 transmetro routes starting from the Metropolitan Hospital, for which in total they would give 68 kilometers of system, announcing that they would be inaugurated and would start operations in August 2015.

Construction began on October 1, 2013 with an investment of 5.7 billion pesos.

After years of delays, the railways were completed in 2019, and with the completion of the stations and arrival of wagons, the service was finally inaugurated on February 27, 2021, after 5 and a half years of delay, and an investment that ended up being valued at 9 thousand 439 million dollars, hoping to benefit more than 260 thousand people daily.

Lines 4, 5 and 6

In April 2014, the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, announced, in his speech at the 70th assembly of the Nuevo León Transformation Industry Chamber, that resources had been delivered to Nuevo León to the construction of Lines 3 and 4 of the Metrorrey Collective Transportation System. In addition to the possibility of a new line, extensions to lines 1 and 2 were also being analyzed. The first option consisted of expanding the Line 1 viaduct, from Exposición station, in Guadalupe, to Juárez and Cadereyta, via the free highway to Reynosa. The second option was to continue work on Line 3, which at that time was under construction, from the Metropolitan Hospital, in San Nicolás, to the municipality of Apodaca, using the López Mateos avenue corridor. A third option contemplated building towards the Mederos unit of the Autonomous University of Nuevo León, starting from a terminal in front of the High Specialty Medical Unit No. 23 of the Mexican Institute of Social Security in Félix U. Gómez and along Eugenio Garza Sada avenue.. Finally, the construction of the viaduct to the west of the metropolitan area was analyzed, in order to benefit the inhabitants of San Pedro Garza García, Santa Catarina and García, but the outline of said option was not revealed by the state authority.

Current proposal

At the end of 2021, Governor of Nuevo León Samuel García announced the construction of lines 4 and 5 of the Metrorrey, later he reported through a video on his social networks the place where the new subway lines will pass. The first plan presented contemplated that line 4 would go from the center of the municipality of Santa Catarina to the center of Monterrey, having an original extension of 13.6 kilometers. In the publication of the tender, it was cut to 7.5 kilometers, ending in the San Jerónimo neighborhood in the limits of Monterrey and San Pedro Garza García since the master plan was updated and the suburban train of Monterrey will be the one that will pass to the center of the municipality of Santa Catarina.

Monorail

Line 3 of the Daegu Metro, South Korea was used as an example by the Nuevo León government on the concept of monorail.

In August 2022, the Secretary of Mobility and Urbanism of Nuevo León, Hernán Villarreal, announced through a press conference that an elevated monorail system was being considered for lines 4, 5 and 6 of the Metrorrey subway system. He also said that currently the contracting process is open to all types of mass transit options and that there were 34 companies interested in submitting a formal proposal. Construction of the new lines is expected to begin on September 31, 2022.

Protests

In early 2022, after the announcement of the first master plan for the new Metrorrey lines, residents of southern Monterrey demonstrated against the construction of line 5, considering that an elevated viaduct would be detrimental to all that sector, demanding that the line should be underground. They argued that lanes would be reduced on Avenida Garza Sada, businesses would be closed with the works and, in addition, aesthetically it would "negatively impact" properties and capital gains. For this reason, on February 15, 2022, they protested in front of the Government Palace where they delivered a letter addressed to the governor of Nuevo León Samuel García so that he listen to them and in any case, Line 5 be built underground. After this, the government de Nuevo León announced that they would include in the master plan Line 6 that would run from the center of the municipality of Monterrey to the center of the municipality of Apodaca in case the construction of Line 5 was not possible. In March 2022, the governor of Nuevo León León, Samuel García warned opponents of Line 5, that the work will be built so it was announced that the three lines would be built.

On February 3, 2023, a group of residents of the Linda Vista, Libertad, and La Lolita neighborhoods in the municipality of Guadalupe held a protest against the elevated construction of lines 5 and 6 of the Metrorrey. The demonstration took place on Avenida Miguel Alemán at the height of Calle Larga Vista and was attended by approximately 30 people. The protesters said they were not consulted about the construction of the subway and have had difficulties communicating with the authorities. The protest banners reflected their opposition to the elevated construction of the metro, but supported the underground construction because it would not affect circulation on Avenida Miguel Aleman. In addition, they asked Governor Samuel García for a detailed evaluation of the construction of the subway line on Avenida Miguel Alemán, due to concerns about the presence of aquifers on the avenue.

On February 11, 2023, dozens of people showed up outside an area where state authorities were present to protest against the mobility projects promoted by the governor of Nuevo León, Samuel García. The protest took place during an event related to the start of the construction of Line 6 of the Metrorrey. The protesters expressed their dissatisfaction with the construction projects for Metro lines 5 and 6, considering that their elevated format would create obstructions to the road. However, they would agree with the realization of Line 6 in an underground format.

Tender process

On September 9, 2022, the technical openings concluded as part of the international public bidding process, two consortia registered seeking to win the award for the construction of Lines 4, 5 and 6. One of the consortiums is made up of the companies Mota-Engil México and China Communications Construction Company, which also have the construction of a section of the Mayan Train. The other consortium is made up of the companies Ferrovías del Bajío, Hércules Construcciones de Monterrey, Constructora Moyeda, Manufacturas Metálicas Ajax, Tordec, Inversiones Ferroviarias de México, Consega Diseño y Construcciones, and Vivienda y Construcciones.

On September 15, 2022, the economic proposals were presented by both consortiums and, according to the bidding schedule, on September 23, 2022, the final ruling will be granted to the winning consortium. During the stage of presentation of economic proposals for the construction, the Ministry of Mobility and Urban Planning of Nuevo León rejected the proposal of the consortium made up of the Mexican companies Ferrovías del Bajío, Constructora Moyeda, Hércules Construcciones de Monterrey, Manufacturas Metálicas Ajax, Tordec, Inversiones Ferroviarias de México, Romsega Design and Construction, and Housing and Construction. It was explained that in none of the aforementioned contracts did the consortium verify that it has operated a traction-braking system for rolling stock in any light rail, metropolitan railway or monorail, operating in the last 15 years. In the same way, they were made the observation that the braking traction and automatic piloting system has not been built or operated by any of the members of said consortium.

On September 23, 2022, the tender for the construction of Metro lines 4, 5 and 6 was awarded to the consortium made up of the Portuguese firm Mota-Engil de México and the Chinese firm CRRC Hong Kong. In a press conference it was reported that the Chinese companies will be the suppliers of the rolling stock and wagons, while the Mexican company will be in charge of the construction. The Secretary of Mobility and Urban Planning of Nuevo León, Hernán Villarreal, explained that the tender has two cost options and that both are profitable for the administration. In the event that the 3 lines are raised, the amount will rise to 25 thousand 861 million pesos plus VAT. If line 5 is built at level, the cost would drop to 25 thousand 857 million pesos plus VAT. The consortium formed by Mota-Engil and CRRC will sign the contract on September 26 at 10:00 a.m., at the offices of the Legal Department of the Ministry of Mobility and Urban Planning, located in the Administrative Tower. Regarding the possibility of building part of the transportation system at street level, during the reading of the ruling of the tender SMPU-LPI-001-2022 it was specified that this issue will be defined in November 2024.

The construction process began on September 30, 2022 for lines 4 and 6, being monorail. Line 5 will remain pending and a popular consultation will be held in November 2024 to determine if it will be an elevated monorail or a metropolitan railway at ground level.

Construction phases

Chronology of construction

Phase	Start of construction	Opening	Line	Tram.	Length (km)	Stations
First	11 February 2023	28 February 2024		And Greek ► Citadel	9.0	7
Second	2024	2026		Gynaecology Hospital ► And Greek Citadel ↔	8.5	11
	8 April 2023	30 November 2024		Pablo G. Garza ► Gynaecology Hospital	7.5	9
Third	2025	2027		Gynaecology Hospital ↔ La Estanzuela	11.0	13

Construction of line 6

At the beginning of 2023, it was announced that the construction of the Line 6 infrastructure would begin on February 11, 2023. These consisted of carrying out the first verification survey for the deep foundation. The groundbreaking ceremony was held that day. Nuevo León Governor Samuel García led the event. The construction of Line 6 is expected to provide services to more than 120,000 users and form part of the pillars of the Mobility Master Plan, with the aim of improving mobility in the Monterrey metropolitan area. The ceremony was attended by the State Technical Secretary, Mario Ramón Silva Rodríguez, and the Secretary of Mobility and Urban Planning, Hernán Manuel Villarreal Rodríguez, among others. Governor García assured that the construction will be carried out efficiently, effectively and quickly, without causing an impact on citizens.

In the framework of the construction of Line 6 of the metro, tasks have been planned that include the layout, design of stations, rolling stock, patio and workshop, as well as road adjustments on its route. The first phase of Line 6 will be 9 kilometers long, from Y Griega to Citadel, passing through the municipalities of Monterrey, Guadalupe, San Nicolás de los Garza and Apodaca.

The secretary of Mobility and Urban Planning, Hernán Manuel Villarreal Rodríguez, informed that the construction process of Line 6 will begin with a section that will include the Citadel station, where the workshops will be located and the wagons will be stored. The official asked the population for patience during the work, since, although it has been planned to avoid the closure of roads and allow the transit of urban public transport through its usual routes, it will be necessary to reduce from one to two central lanes during the drilling period. for the foundation and two to three lanes during the construction stage.

Construction stages

Metro timeline

Date	Line	Tram.	Governor	Chairman
25 April 1991		San Bernabé ► Exhibition	Jorge Treviño Martínez	Carlos Salinas de Gortari
30 November 1994		General Zaragoza ▪ General Anaya	Socrates Rizzo
11 June 2002		Estación Workshops ↔ San Bernabé	Fernando Canales Clariond	Vicente Fox Quesada
31 October 2007		University ▪ General Zaragoza	José Natividad González Parás	Felipe Calderón Hinojosa
1 October 2008		Pathway − University
27 February 2021		Metropolitan Hospital ↔ General Zaragoza	Jaime Rodríguez Calderón	Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Lines

Metrorrey Map towards 2027, including current lines and the construction of new lines 4, 5 and 6).

The Metrorrey system currently consists of 3 lines with a total of 40 stations in service.

Of the 40 stations in service, 32 are transit, 3 correspondence and 5 terminals. Regarding its structural design, the metro has mostly elevated sections, although it also has underground and surface sections. There are 32 elevated stations, 7 underground and 1 surface.

For reasons of easy identification for any of its users, the system uses a color scheme for each of its lines, so line 1 is yellow line 2 is colored green. And line 3 is colored orange

Metrorrey schematic plan

Line	Opening	Tram. inaugural	Tram. current	Length in km
	25 April 1991 (31 years)	San Bernabe ► Exhibition	Workshops ∙ Exhibition	18.8
	30 November 1994 (28 years)	General Anaya ▪ General Zaragoza	Sendero ↔ General Zaragoza	13.7
	27 February 2021 (2 years)	Metropolitan Hospital ↔ General Zaragoza		7.5

Cuauhtémoc Station.

Line 1

Entrance of the Workshop Station.

The Line 1 in yellow color came into operation for the public on April 25, 1991. Initially its route extended from the Guadalupe city center area, up to the valley surrounded by Loma Linda and Cerro del Topo Chico, in the populous area of the ex-hacienda San Bernabé, which earned the denomination to the until then terminal, however, years later a section was extended to the system, relocating said terminal to one side of the collective workshops; With this, the current layout of the line was completed, giving a total of 18.5 km in length with 19 stations.

With a predominantly west-east orientation, this line travels through the Metropolitan area of Monterrey, from the Talleres station located in one of the most inhabited areas to the Northwest of the royal capital, to the Exposición terminal located practically in the downtown Guadalupe City. It should be noted that in its first stage, the line was inaugurated incompletely because the Lerdo de Tejada station was not put into service due to the lack of resources to complete it, remaining as a ghost station, so the line was left with only 17 stations. in service until the first section of line 2 and the aforementioned extension to the Talleres station were built, it was then that the Lerdo de Tejada station began operations.

The Talleres station was put into service during the six-year term of Governor Fernando Canales Clariond. It should be noted that up to now it is the only surface station in the system. A trip via line 1 takes around 38 minutes.

The trains that serve line 1 were built by the Mexican company Constructora Nacional de Carros de Ferrocarril in 1990 and the Canadian company Bombardier in 1991 and 2005. The line is completely aerial except for the Talleres station, which is superficial. It has correspondence with Line 2 at the Cuauhtémoc station, at the Mitras station with the ecovia and with the Félix Uresti Gómez station with line 3. The trains that serve line 2 were made by Española Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF) in 1993.

Streets where it runs: In Monterrey; Av. Aztlán from West to East, Av. Rodrigo Gómez from North to South, Continue South along Av. Simón Bolívar to Av. Moisés Sáenz, where it goes to the East, Av. Colón from West to East until Y Griega ». Guadeloupe; Av. Benito Juárez from West to East until you reach the Livestock Exhibition.

Line 2

Line 2 (in green) opened its service to the public on November 30, 1994. It is a light metro that initially had only 7 stations; Subsequently, and thanks to a second expansion stage, the line was extended to 13 stations, covering approximately 13,750 km; This line starts from the center of the city of Monterrey underground, beginning its route in the Macroplaza, up to the limits of the municipalities of Escobedo and San Nicolás de los Garza NL. This line has its transfer point with Line 1 at the Cuauhtémoc connection station and with the ecovia at the Regina station.

Streets where it circulates: In San Nicolás de los Garza; Av. Universidad from North to South from the limits of the municipality of Escobedo on AV. Path to Av. Fidel Velázquez, in Monterrey; Av. Alfonso Reyes from North to South from the Autonomous University of Nuevo León to Av. Colón, Av. Cuauhtémoc from North to South from Av. Colón to Av. Padre Mier and Av. Padre Mier from West to East to Av. Ignacio Zaragoza in the limits with the Macroplaza.

Regina Station.

In August 2005, work began on the extension of Line 2 at its northern end, which would expand the service network to the municipalities of San Nicolás and Escobedo, culminating in the new terminal called "Sendero". This expansion considerably increased the capacity of the system, since several Transmetro lines (Linked Bus System) were incorporated into it, improving roads and public transport in that area of the City, currently the Sendero and San Nicolás stations are fed by 5 of those routes.

The increase in the line added a total of 8.5 kilometers, of which 1.5 kilometers are underground and the rest elevated. The expansion included 7 new stations that were open to the public on two different dates. On October 31, 2007, the Regina, Niños Héroes, and Universidad stations began operating, while on October 1, 2008, the Anáhuac, San Nicolás, Santiago Tapia, and Sendero stations also began operating.

It was somewhat difficult to name some of the stations, and in some cases even the iconography that differentiated them from one another underwent various changes. One of the most notable changes was the name of the station initially called "Juárez" due to its location on the street of the same name in the municipality of San Nicolás de los Garza. However, weeks before it was put into operation, it was decided to rename it "San Nicolás" in reference to the name of the suburban municipality through which a large part of the northern extension passes.

It is highly relevant to highlight the contribution that the Universidad station made to the system, since being located exactly next to the Autonomous University of Nuevo León and the University Stadium, the capacity of the network was substantially increased, providing students with university students and football fans fast and efficient transportation.

The consortium in charge of the expansion is made up of the companies Siemens, in charge of the signaling, electrification and telecommunications systems; Bombardier, responsible for rolling stock; and Grupo Garza Ponce, in charge of civil construction.

Line 3

East Entrance to the Santa Lucia Station, on the side of the 33 IMSS Clinic.

The Line 3 in orange color is the third line of the Metrorrey Collective Transportation System, it was inaugurated on February 27, 2021 and communicates the area of the Metropolitan Hospital and Nogalar with the Old Quarter. It connects with line 1 at the Félix U. Gómez station and with line 2 at the Zaragoza station, it also includes a connection with the Ecovía at the Ruiz Cortines station. This line has the characteristic of sharing a viaduct with line 2, for which the trains make the complete route from the Hospital Metropolitano station to the Sendero station, connecting twice with line 1.

On December 6, 2012, the governor of Nuevo León Rodrigo Medina and the president of Mexico Enrique Peña Nieto officially announced the route of line 3 of the subway. The line leaves from the General Zaragoza station, following the same route as line 2 for about 800 meters underground, and then exits to an elevated section at the Santa Lucía station, located near Clinic 33 of the Mexican Institute of Social Security (IMSS).). It continues through the Colonia Obrera, Félix U. Gómez stations, where it connects with line 1, Metalúrgicos, Moderna and Ruiz Cortines, where it connects with the Ecovía system, to finally continue along Av. Félix U. Gómez until Get to the Los Angeles station and its terminal, Hospital Metropolitano, located next to the hospital of the same name. The entire line is located in the municipality of Monterrey, except for the Hospital Metropolitano terminal station, which is located in the municipality of San Nicolás.

After years of delay, the line was inaugurated on February 27, 2021 and is 7.5km long. It also has 5 TransMetro lines at the Hospital Metropolitano station since December 14, 2022.

Network

Passenger flow

In 2016, the Metrorrey Collective Transportation System transported a total of 179,365,000 people, an average of 15 million per month. For this reason, revenue per ticket for that year amounted to 441.4 million pesos. In total, the trains traveled 9.9 million kilometers. In 2014 it had 922 employees.

Since 2006, Metrorrey has had an agreement with the company BENLESA (Bioenergía Nuevo León), which supplies energy produced by biogas (methane gas) to the STC. This represents a decrease of 68 m³/s of methane released into the atmosphere, and in 2013 90% of the electricity consumed by the metro came from this type of clean energy.

Rates and payment systems

Payment for the ticket is made using the rechargeable cards MIA and Me Muevo, which can be recharged at any station in the system. Since the opening of the line 2 extension, the MIA card began to be offered, a rechargeable smart card that can be paid for with multiple trips. It can be initially purchased for $20.00 (does not include travel) and can be reloaded in increments ranging from $1.00 to $300.00, with a maximum balance limit of $500. In March 2023, the Me Muevo card began to be offered, which has the same function and characteristics as the MIA card. Until May 31, 2022, the card offered a bonus balance based on the amount reloaded.

Estación Expo del MetroBús

On May 18, 2022 it was announced that the cost of the ticket would have a monthly increase of 10 cents until reaching $9.00, said increase would begin on June 1, 2022 (with an initial increase to $5.50) and would end on May 1, 2025. As of April 1, 2023, the rates are as follows:

• 1 card ticket MIA and I'm moving.: $6.50
• 1 metro ticket with Metrobus system: $10.50
• 1 metro and TransMetro ticket: $15.00 (applicable only for the TransMetro routes of the stations Exhibition (Valle del Roble), Eloy Cavazos, Félix U. Gómez, Mitras and Metropolitan Hospital).

The purchased ticket is for the use of the entire system, as long as the exit turnstile is not crossed, allowing the user to use the metro system, some TransMetro routes and the Ecovía system at the Mitras station. If you want to use any route of the urban transport system Metrobús, you must bring your MIA or Me Muevo card to the ticket dispensing machine, the which will deduct $4.00 to reach a total value of $10.50, in addition, if you want to use any of the TransMetro system routes at the Exposición (Valle del Roble), Eloy Cavazos, Mitras and Hospital Metropolitano stations, you must bring the card to the validator again. unit, which will discount $6.50 to complete the total cost of the ticket, which is $15.00.

Connection with other public transport systems

Metrobus

In 1998, concessions were granted with various carriers to create the Metrobús network. They are feeder buses and diffusers of the Metrorrey system through an integrated fare that is currently $12.00 in cash if taken from the urban bus, and $10.50 if a Metrobús ticket is purchased at a metro station that has with link to the system. The stations linked to the system, as well as the routes and branches to which it links are the following:

• San Bernabé: Routes 13 (ramal Metrobus), 171 (Fraile), 310 (Rams 109, 110, 112, Lincoln Valley - Direct, Lincoln Portal, Villazul, Heroes and Circuit Parks) and 314 (Paraje San José).
• Mitres: Route 201 (Perimetral Sur y Perimetral Norte).
• Felix U. Gómez: Routes 105 (San Isidro, Nova, Parques y San Martín), 214 (Mirador de San Antonio y Vistas del Río) and 405 (Estanzuela).
• Exhibition: Routes 150 (Valle del Roble), 223 (San Francisco, Huertos, Evolution, Las Torres and Monteverde), 403 (La Joya) and 411 (San Rafael).
• St. Nicholas: Routes 317 (Jaral and San Mario), 318 (Amarantos, Valle del Norte and Pilares) and 613 (Ciénega de Flores).

TransMetro

Later, he foresaw the need to extend the reach of the Metro through its own buses that transport users from the subway stations to the neighborhoods where they reside at no additional cost, for which reason, four years later, in 2002, the TransMetro appeared. In this service, the user only pays the value of the metro ticket, $6.50, and does not pay additionally for the transfer to the buses, in addition to being able to transfer between lines and even use double TransMetro for the same fare. This is applicable for the following routes:

• Workshops: Cabezada - The Alliance, No Reelection and Julio A. Roca.
• Exhibition: Mexico Avenue.
• Zaragoza - Civic Tower - Fundidora Park.
• St. Nicholas: Las Puentes and Santo Domingo.
• Trail: Apodaca, Monterreal and Fomerrey 9.

However, since April 18, 2022, several new routes of the TransMetro system were put into operation, which have an operation more similar to the Metrobús system since it has an integrated fare of $15.00, which can only be paid by the prepaid cards MIA and Me Muevo. This is applicable for the following routes.

• Mitres: San Francisco Valley.
• Felix U. Gómez: Monte Cristal.
• Eloy Cavazos: Two Rios.
• Exhibition: Valle del Roble.
• Metropolitan Hospital: Diego Díaz, Casa Blanca, López Mateos, Anillo Eléctrico and Rómulo Garza.

Metro Link

Due to the needs of various foreign users, the MetroLink service was created, benefiting users of Cadereyta and García, with the following routes in service:

• InterLink: Bus Central - Cadereyta.
• MetroLink: Estación San Bernabé - Las Arboledas.

Ecovia

The system also has an integrated connection with the Ecovía rapid transit bus line on its three lines. Line 1 has a connection within the same building at the Mitras station, so it is possible to transfer between both systems free of charge and line 3 has a connection by proximity with the Ruiz Cortínez station, in this case you must pay for the transfer due to that there is no connection in the same building. Line 2 had a connection at the Regina station, however it was disabled in 2020.

Vehicle fleet

The Metrorrey system has 134 articulated vehicles, serving users with trains made up of 3 vehicles each, with the possibility of forming trains of up to 4 vehicles. Some have an air conditioning system, the first 25 vehicles were manufactured by the Mexican Concarril Company (Constructora Nacional de Carros de Ferrocarril), the next 23 by the Canadian company Bombardier, followed by 22 built in Spain by CAF, 14 more vehicles built by Bombardier, another 24 remanufactured trains by Talbot, being transferred from the Frankfurt Metro, and the remaining 26 cars being by the Chinese company CRRC.

Model	Image	Company	Maximum of passengers	Amount of vehicles	Nutrition	Lines
MM-90A		Lane	300	25	M.0001 - M.0025
MM-90B		Bombardier	300	23	M.0026 - M.0048
MM-93		CAF	300	22	M.0049 - M.0070
MM-05		Bombardier	300	14	M.0071 - M.0084
MM-U3		Duewag-Talbot	253	24	M.0085 - M.0108
MM-20		CRRC	300	26	M.0109 - M.0134

Unlike the Guadalajara Urban Electric Train System and the Mexico City Light Rail System, the Metrorrey system cars only have one cabin per direction, being unidirectional sets. To achieve bidirectionality, 2 sets are joined (whether with a cab at both ends or only at one) in the opposite direction so that there is a driving position per direction of travel

The capacity of each vehicle is calculated at approximately 330 passengers per wagon in all models (except the MM-U3), giving rise to trains of up to 1100 people per convoy of 3 wagons in use at maximum capacity.

In the MM-U3 models, the capacity is estimated at 260 people, giving an approximate capacity of 1030 people in a limit configuration of 4 cars.

If the limit configuration of Metrorrey is used, in convoys of 4 MM90, MM93, MM05 or MM20 cars, the maximum theoretical passengers that can be transported is estimated between 1,400 and 1,600 people, which would rival in capacity with the Mexico City subway.

The maximum speed (absolute, on descending slopes) that the trains can reach is approximately 95 km/h; however, they usually go at an average speed of 35 km/h per trip, with 65 km/h being the maximum average they usually reach on line 1, and 75 km/h on lines 2 and 3. At the beginning of 2017 it was announced that, for safety reasons, due to a measurement error in the change of fasteners on Line 1, the speed limit was adjusted between 55 and 65 km/h depending on the section, and an average of 30 km/h. h, increasing the transfer time on L1 by 20 minutes.

Accessibility

To offer a better service to the community, Metrorrey Collective Transport facilitates the movement of people with disabilities and the elderly in all its Metrorrey stations, thus complying with accessibility laws

Creating a shared effort between the DIF, Metrorrey, with the support of sponsorships from the community and the State Government.

• A total of 229 people from Metrorrey certified for human mobilization and treatment of people with differentiated capacities.

• It has 25 Wild Teams.

• 6 Lifts in six stations:
  • An Elevator at Eloy Cavazos Station (formerly Federal Palace)
  • An Elevator at Cuauhtémoc Station.
  • An Elevator at Regina Station.
  • An Elevator in Hero Children Station.
  • An Elevator at University Station.
  • Two Elevators at San Nicolás Station.

• 70 vehicles conditioned for total accessibility.

The use of bioenergy on the Metrorrey lines

This metro is the first to use a biogas system to feed it. The system it has is called a biodigester and it is the one used by the metro. According to recent data, they have shown that Metrorrey is the only public transport system that has 82% bioenergy.