Mexico City Metro Line 5


Mexico City Metro Line 5 is one of the twelve metro lines part of the Mexico City Metro network. Its identifying color is yellow and it runs from the north to the east. The line was inaugurated on 19 December 1981 and it was expanded twice, with the last extension being in 1982 for a total of thirteen stations.
Line 5 also connects with Mexico City International Airport at the station Terminal Aérea.
This line usually had the NM73 trains but due to the introduction of the NM02 trains in Line 2 now it is served by NC-82 Canadian trains made by Bombardier.
In 2019, Line 5 had a total ridership of 86,512,999 passengers, averaging 237,022 passengers per day.

Chronology

Line 5 has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.
The first MP-68 were made in France in 1968 and refurbished by Bombardier in 1994. The NM-73AR cabin classic trains were made in Mexico by Concarril and Alstom between 1973 and 1978 and refurbished by STC workers between 2003 and 2009; while the cabin CAF were made in Mexico by Concarril, Alstom and CAF between 2000 and 2004 refurbished by CAF between 2003 and 2009. The MP-82 trains were made in Mexico by Concarril between 1983 and 1990.

Station list

Ridership

The following table shows each of Line 6 stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.
†Transfer station
‡Terminal
†‡Transfer station and terminal

Tourism

Line 5 passes near Mexico City International Airport.