A new section of line 1 of the Mexico City Metro was reopened on Wednesday, after almost three years that the modernization work of the first underground route in the capital began.
In a ceremony headed by President Claudia Sheinbaum and the head of government, Clara Brugada, at the Chapultepec station, the reopening of four more stations was given.
“It is as if a new subway line had been made, the tunnel was emptied, it was reviewed that it was structurally well. Originally, we had stated that in a year it was going to be, when we saw the size of the challenge we faced, we realized that inaugurating to this point, in less than three years, it is a world record,” said Claudia Sheinbaum.
Until before this ceremony, Metro line 1 has only been in operation of the terminal of Pantitlán to the Balderas stationand on Tuesday, April 22, the service ended hours earlier than normal to perform the corresponding tests.
The stations that re -service users from this Wednesday, April 23 are: Cuauhtémoc, Insurgentes, Sevilla and Chapultepecso the enabled tour remains from Pantitlán to Chapultepec and vice versa.
-Metro line 1 will already serve Chapultepec. (Photo: Galo Cañas/Cuartoscuro.com) (Galo Cañas Rodríguez)
The president and the head of government were in charge of being the first people to cross the tourniquetes, using their multimodal mobility cards.
Claudia Sheinbaum said that at the end of August or early September the tests for the reopening of the Juanacatlán, Tacubaya and Observatory stations will begin.
How was the renewal of line 1 of the subway?
Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro closed for renewal work since July 2022. After just over a year of remodeling, The Pantlán section to Pino Suárez was delivered and then the Isabel la Católica and Salto del Agua stations.
In a second stage the part that goes from Balderas to the Observatory Terminaland after more than a year of remodeling work is that the service will finally work until Chapultepec, an important station Due to truck routes that operate on the outskirts and the influx of people who come to the forest.
