The Mexico City Metrobús Line 1 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobús. It operates between Indios Verdes, in the Gustavo A. Madero municipality in the northern part of the city, and El Caminero, in Tlalpan in southern Mexico City. The line was the first one to be built and opened. The first section of the line, known as Corredor Insurgentes, was inaugurated by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, on 19 June 2005.[3] The second stretch of the line, known as Corredor Insurgentes Sur, was inaugurated on 13 March 2008, by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.[4]
The line has 46 stations and a total length of 28.1 kilometers.[2]
The line has five itineraries.[5]
Indios Verdes to Insurgentes
Indios Verdes to El Caminero
Indios Verdes to Dr. Gálvez
Buenavista to El Caminero
Colonia del Valle to Tepalcates (Line 2)
Line 1 services the Gustavo A. Madero, Cuauhtémoc, Benito Juárez, Álvaro Obregón, Coyoacán and Tlalpan municipalities.
Line 1 has four operators.[15]
As of April 2018, the Metrobus Line 1 moves an average of 600,000 commuters daily. This has led to a saturation of the line, thus articulated buses are being substituted for bi-articulated buses.[1]
According to the director of CISA, there are between one and four minor accidents per week in Line 1.[17]
In February 2018, a cyclist was hit by a bus when he invaded the Metrobús' right-of-way near Perisur. The cyclist died immediately after the incident.[18]