Getting around Mexico City: Metro, Metrobús and the cable cars

About Getting around Mexico City: Metro, Metrobús and the cable cars

By the ULTIMATE Mexico City Editorial Team

Editor-in-Chief: Jai Michael

Mexico City’s Metro has twelve lines, each station marked by its own pictogram as well as its name. The Metrobús runs in its own lanes along Insurgentes and Reforma; the Cablebús carries cable cars over Chapultepec and the hills of the north and east; and the Tren Ligero runs south to Xochimilco. One rechargeable card, the Tarjeta de Movilidad Integrada, works across them (CDMX official tourism site).

The Metro

Twelve lines run from early morning until around midnight. At rush hour the trains are very crowded; the front carriages are reserved for women and children.

Metrobús and Cablebús

The Metrobús runs in its own lanes along Insurgentes, Reforma and other avenues. The Cablebús’s Line 3 crosses Bosque de Chapultepec.

Avoid the Metro at rush hour, and use the women-and-children carriages if you are travelling as a woman.

Bikes

Ecobici, the public bike scheme, has docks across the central neighbourhoods (ecobici.cdmx.gob.mx).

The train to Toluca

Tren El Insurgente runs from Observatorio, where Metro Line 1 ends, through Santa Fe to Toluca.

Our advice: load a Tarjeta de Movilidad Integrada on your first day; it works on the Metro, Metrobús, Cablebús and Ecobici.

Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Getting around Mexico City: Metro, Metrobús and the cable cars before you go.