MEXICO: The 7·5 km light metro Line 3 in Monterrey has opened, connecting the end of Line 2 at General I Zaragoza with Hospital Metropolitano.
The line has an 800 m underground section between General I Zaragoza and Santa Lucía, with the rest being elevated.
Constuction cost 9·44bn pesos, with the national infrastructure fund contributing 2·7bn pesos and the Secretariat of Communications & Transportation 4·2bn pesos.
In December 2019 CRRC Zhuzhou was awarded a contract to supply a total of 26 articulated trainsets for lines 1, 2 and 3.
The new line was inaugurated by the Governor of the Nuevo León state Jaime Rodríguez Calderón, on February 27.
