Mexico City Metrobús Line 4

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 4 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobus. It operates between Colonia Buenavista, in central Mexico City and the Mexico City International Airport in the Venustiano Carranza borough, in the east of the capital.

Metrobús Line 4
Bus at the Museo de la Ciudad station
Overview
StatusIn service
TerminiBuenavista / Pantitlán / Alameda Oriente
San Lázaro / AICM Terminal 2 / Hidalgo
Stations40
WebsiteLínea 4
Service
TypeBus rapid transit
SystemMexico City Metrobus
Services5
Operator(s)See Operators
Daily ridership65,000[1]
History
OpenedApril 1, 2012 (2012-04-01)
Technical
Line length40.5 km (25.2 mi)[2]
CharacterExclusive right-of-way

Line 4 has a total of 40 stations and a length of 40.5 kilometers divided into two routes, called the North and South routes, and goes mainly through Mexico City's downtown towards and from Mexico City International Airport.[1]

Construction of Line 4 started on July 4, 2011 and it was inaugurated on April 1, 2012 by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.[3][4]

Service description

Services

The line has three itineraries and two routes: North and South.[5]

Buenavista to Terminal 2 (North route)

To Terminal 2
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:15 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:15 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:15 (Sunday)
To Buenavista
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:00 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:00 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:00 (Sunday)

Buenavista to San Lázaro (South route)

To San Lázaro
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:30 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:36 (Sunday)
To Buenavista
  • First Bus: 4:28 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:15 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:28 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:15 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:30 (Sunday)

Buenavista to San Lázaro (North route)

To San Lázaro
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:35 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:35 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:36 (Sunday)
To Buenavista
  • First Bus: 4:27 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 00:12 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:27 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 00:12 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 00:30 (Sunday)

Pantitlán to Hidalgo[6]

To Hidalgo
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:59 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 22:59 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:04 (Sunday)
To Pantitlán
  • First Bus: 5:04 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:33 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:04 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:33 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:30 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:35 (Sunday)

Alameda Oriente to Hidalgo

To Hidalgo
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 22:59 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 22:59 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:58 (Sunday)
To Alameda Oriente
  • First Bus: 5:20 (Monday-Friday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Monday-Friday)
  • First Bus: 5:20 (Saturday)
  • Last Bus: 23:40 (Saturday)
  • First Bus: 5:51 (Sunday)
  • Last Bus: 23:49 (Sunday)

Line 4 services the Cuauhtémoc and Venustiano Carranza boroughs.

Station list
Key[lower-alpha 1]
Denotes a Metrobús transfer
Denotes a connection with the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) system
Denotes a connection with the Ecobici system
Denotes a connection with the Metro system
Denotes a connection with the Mexibús system
Denotes a connection with the public bus system
Denotes a connection with the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP) system
Denotes a connection with the Tren Suburbano system
Denotes a connection with the Trolleybus system

North route
Stations[lower-alpha 2] North Alameda Oriente–Hidalgo[14] Connections Neighborhood(s) Borough(s) Picture Date opened
Buenavista ●
  • Line 1: Buenavista station
  • Line 3: Buenavista station
  • Buenavista
  • (at distance)
  • Line B: Buenavista station
  • Line 1: Buenavista station
  • Routes: 10-E, 11-C, 12-B
    		•  Buenavista Cuauhtémoc April 1, 2012[4]
    Delegación Cuauhtémoc ●
    • México-Tenochtitlan[lower-alpha 3] ●
  • (at distance)
  • Line 2: Revolución station
  • Routes: 12-B (at distance), 16-A, 16-B
    		•  Buenavista, Tabacalera
    Museo San Carlos ●
    • Hidalgo ● ●
  • Line 3: Hidalgo station
  • Line 7: Hidalgo station
  • (at distance)
  • Line 2: Hidalgo station
  • Line 3: Hidalgo station
  • Route: 27-A
  • Line 5: Metro Hidalgo stop
  • Route: 16-A
    		•  Guerrero, Centro
    Bellas Artes ● ●
  • Line 2: Bellas Artes station
  • Line 8: Bellas Artes station
  • Line 1: Bellas Artes stop
  • Route: 16-A
    		•
    Teatro Blanquita ● ●
  • Line 1: República de Perú stop
    		•  Centro
    República de Chile ● ●
    República de Argentina ● ●
    Mercado Abelardo L. Rodríguez[lower-alpha 4] ● ●
    Mixcalco ● ● Cuauhtémoc / Venustiano Carranza
    Ferrocarril de Cintura ● ● Centro, Ampliación Penitenciaria Venustiano Carranza
    Morelos ● ●
  • Line 4: Morelos station (at distance)
  • Line B: Morelos station (at distance)
  • Routes: 18 (at distance), 37
  • Routes: 5-A, 10-E (at distance)
    		•  Ampliación Penitenciaria, Morelos
    Archivo General de la Nación ● ●
  • Line 5: Archivo General de la Nación station
    		•  Ampliación Penitenciaria, Penitenciaria
    San Lázaro ●
  • Line 5: San Lázaro station
  • San Lázaro
  • Line 1: San Lázaro station
  • Line B: San Lázaro station
  • East Bus Terminal (TAPO)
    		•  7 de Julio
    Terminal 1[lower-alpha 5] ●
  • Mexico City Airport
  • Aerotren (at distance)
  • Line 5: Terminal Aérea station (at distance)
  • Routes: 43, 200
  • Line 4: Terminal Aérea stop (east–west route)
  • Route: 20-B
    		•  Mexico City International Airport
    Terminal 2[lower-alpha 5] ●
  • Mexico City Airport
  • Aerotren
    		•
    Pantitlán ●
  • Pantitlán
  • Line 1: Pantitlán station
  • Line 5: Pantitlán station
  • Line 9: Pantitlán station
  • Line A: Pantitlán station
  • Line III: Pantitlán station
  • Route: 168
  • Line 2: Pantitlán stop
  • Routes: 11-B, 11-C, 19-F, 19-G
    		•  Adolfo López Mateos, Aviación Civil, Pantitlán 3 June 2021[17]
    Calle 6[lower-alpha 6] ●
  • Line III: Calle 6 station
    		•  Cuchilla Pantitlán 27 March 2022[18]
    Alameda Oriente ●
  • Route: 47-A
    		•  Arsenal 4ta Sección

    South route
    Stations[lower-alpha 2] Connections Neighborhood(s) Borough Picture Date opened
    Buenavista
  • Line 1: Buenavista station
  • Line 3: Buenavista station
  • Buenavista
  • (at distance)
  • Line B: Buenavista station
  • Line 1: Buenavista station
  • Routes: 10-E, 11-C, 12-B
    		•  Buenavista Cuauhtémoc April 1, 2012[4]
    Delegación Cuauhtémoc
    • México-Tenochtitlan[lower-alpha 3]
  • (at distance)
  • Line 2: Revolución station
  • Routes: 12-B (at distance), 16-A, 16-B
    		•  Buenavista, Tabacalera
    Plaza de la República
  • Line 1: Plaza de la República station
  • (at distance)
  • Route: 12-B
    		•
    Glorieta de Colón
  • Line 7: Glorieta de Colón station
    		•  Tabacalera
    Defensoría Pública[lower-alpha 7] Juárez, Centro
    Vocacional 5 Centro
    Juárez
  • Line 3: Juárez station
  • Line 3: Juárez station
    		•
    Plaza San Juan
    • Eje Central
  • Line 8: San Juan de Letrán station
  • Line 1: República de Uruguay stop
    		•
    El Salvador
    Isabel la Católica
    Museo de la Ciudad
  • Route: 145-A
    		•
    Pino Suárez[lower-alpha 8]
  • Nezahualcóyotl (at distance)
  • Line 1: Pino Suárez station
  • Line 2: Pino Suárez station
  • Passage Zócalo-Pino Suárez
  • Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 111-A, 145-A
  • Routes: 17-C, 17-H, 17-I, 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H
    		•
    Las Cruces Norte[lower-alpha 9]
    Las Cruces Sur[lower-alpha 8]
    Mercado Ampudia[lower-alpha 9]
    La Merced
  • Line 1: Merced station
  • Route: 5-A
    		•  Venustiano Carranza
    Mercado de Sonora
    Cecilio Robelo
  • Line 1: Candelaria station (at distance)
  • Line 4: Candelaria station (at distance)
  • Route: 37
  • Route: 5-A
    		•  Del Parque
    Hospital Balbuena[lower-alpha 8]
    Eduardo Molina
    Moctezuma[lower-alpha 8]
  • Line 5: Moctezuma station (at distance)
  • Line 1: Moctezuma station (at distance)
  • Routes: 19-E, 19-F, 19-G, 19-H (all at distance)
    		•  Del Parque, Jardín Balbuena
    San Lázaro
  • Line 5: San Lázaro station
  • San Lázaro
  • Line 1: San Lázaro station
  • Line B: San Lázaro station
  • East Bus Terminal (TAPO)
    		•  7 de Julio

    Operator

    Conexión Centro-Aeropuerto, SA de CV (CCA) is the sole operator of Line 4.[20]

    Notes
    1. The following list was adapted from different websites and official maps.
      • Metrobús () obtained from the Mexico City Metrobús system map.[7]
      • Centro de transferecia modal (CETRAM; ) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[8]
      • Ecobici () obtained from their official website.[9]
      • Metro () connections obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[10]
      • Mexibús () obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[10]
      • Public buses network (peseros) () obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.[11]
      • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros () obtained from their official website.[12]
      • Tren Suburbano () obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.[10]
      • Trolleybuses () obtained from their official website.[13]
    2. All the stations are fully accessible.
    3. Formerly named "Puente de Alvarado".[15]
    4. Formerly named "Teatro del Pueblo".[16]
    5. Accessible from the Buenavista–Terminal 2 route (with additional cost).
    6. Accessible from Alameda Oriente to Hidalgo.
    7. Formerly named "Expo Reforma".[19]
    8. Accessible from Buenavista to San Lázaro.
    9. Accessible from San Lázaro to Buenavista.

    References
    1. (in Spanish) "Ficha técnica Línea 4" (Line 4 technical data), Metrobús website
    2. "Hoy inicia operaciones la ampliación de la Línea 4 del Metrobús en la Ciudad de México". Reporte Índigo (in Spanish). 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2022.
    3. "Comerciantes se manifiestan contra L4 de Metrobús". El Universal (in Spanish). July 4, 2011. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
    4. "Arranca Línea 4 de Metrobús; gratis hoy y mañana". El Universal (in Spanish). April 2, 2012. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
    5. (in Spanish) "Mapa Línea 4" (Line 4 Map), Metrobús website
    6. "De Hidalgo a Pantitlán: inicia operación ampliación de L4 del Metrobús". Milenio (in Spanish). Mexico City. 3 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
    7. "Mapa del sistema" [System map] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    8. "Centros de Transferencia Modal (CETRAM)" [Modal Transfer Centers] (in Spanish). Órgano Regulador de Transporte. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    9. "Mapa de disponibilidad" [Disponibility map] (in Spanish). Ecobici. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    10. "Mi Mapa Metro 22032021" [My Metro Map 22032021] (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    11. "Red de corredores" [Route network] (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    12. "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    13. "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
    14. "Amplicación L4". Mexico City Metrobús (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
    15. Arteaga, Jacqueline (9 August 2021). "¿Cuándo la Estación del Metro Zócalo añadirá 'Tenochtitlán' a su nombre?". BolaVIP (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 August 2021.
    16. "Inician recuperación de murales dañados en el Mercado Abelardo L. Rodríguez" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Government of Mexico City. November 25, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
    17. López, Jonás (2 June 2021). "Arranca ampliación de Lína 4 del Metrobús". Excélsior (in Spanish). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
    18. Agular, Tania (26 March 2022). "CDMX inaugura ampliación de la Línea 4 del Metrobús en tramo Alameda Oriente". El Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 March 2021.
    19. "Estación 'Expo Reforma' del Metrobús cambia de nombre". El Capitalino (in Spanish). 20 September 2021. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
    20. Padron Corredores Metrobus (in Spanish), Gobierno del Distrito Federal, retrieved June 5, 2018
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