Xochimilco Light Rail / el Tren Ligero
Single light rail line opened 1986, serving 18 stations. See Mexico City network map.
This light rail line serves the southern outskirts of Mexico City. Connecting Taxqueña at the south end of Metro de la Ciudad de Mexico Line 2, it provides a feeder service from Coyoacán, Tlalpan and Xochimilco.
The line was formerly a suburban tram route opened in 1910, but closed in 1984 to enable major upgrading. It reopened as a light rail line in stages between November 1986 and November 1988.
- Address
- Avenida Municipio Libre 402
Col San Andrés Tetepilco
Iztapalapa
09440 Mexico City DF
Mexico - Phone
- +52 55 5539 1584
- sdg@ste.df.gob.mx
- Website
- www.ste.df.gob.mx
Traffic
- Passenger journeys
- 30·34 million
- Information year
- 2017
Network data
- Gauge
- 1435 mm
- Length
- 13 km
- Electrification
- 13 km - 750 V DC
- Rolling stock
- 24 LRV/tram cars
