MEXICO: A 21·7 km nine-station light metro Line 4 opened in Guadalajara on December 15 linking Las Juntas to Tlajomulco Centro south of the city.
Services operate between 6.00 and 21.00 and travel is free until the end of the year.
A double-track, electrified alignment has been built for Line 4 adjacent to the existing single-track freight line that connects Guadalajara with Manzanillo on the coast.
Line 4 does not connect with the rest of the city’s metro network, but it has interchange with the city’s bus rapid transit routes at Jalisco 200 Años and Las Juntas. The metro line is expected to carry 106 000 passengers a day.
CRRC Zhuzhou has supplied 12 twin-section light rail vehicles. The accessible trains are capable of 300 passengers and equipped with air conditioning and CCTV.
