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Mexico City trolleybus system
Yutong ZK5120C model of trolleybus
Operation
Locale	Mexico City, Mexico
Open	9 March 1951 (1951-03-09)
Status	Open
Routes	11 (as of 2024)
Operator(s)	Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (STE)
Infrastructure
Electrification	600 V DC parallel overhead lines
Depot(s)	2 (as of 2020)
Stock	Approx. 425 trolleybuses (2024)
Overview
Website	www.ste.cdmx.gob.mx

The Mexico City trolleybus system (Spanish: Red de Trolebuses de la Ciudad de México) serves Mexico City, the capital city of Mexico, and is operated by Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos.

The system opened on 9 March 1951. As of mid-2014, the system had 8 lines and the operable fleet included around 360 trolleybuses. The total number of trolleybuses scheduled in service in peak periods was 290 in late 2012, but was 264 in mid-2014. Until 2019, the lines were identified with the following letters: A, CP, D, G, I, K, LL and S.

As of 2018, the fare is MXN $4.00 (€ 0.18, or US$ 0.21). The nine lines currently in operation are designated by numbers.

Lines

Lines 1 to 7 are cross-city routes, of which 3, 4, and 7 are tangential routes, not reaching the city centre and generally oriented perpendicular to radial routes ("crosstown" route in American English). Line 9 is a short tangential route that is not "cross-city". Line 8 is a "feeder" route, feeding the city's metro system at Politécnico station and also line 1.

On October 29, 2022, line 10 was inaugurated from Metro Constitución de 1917 to Acahualtepec. From Acahualtepec to Metro Santa Marta is under construction.

See also

• Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos, the public transport agency responsible for the operation of all trolleybus and light rail services in Mexico City – article currently has much more information on the history of the trolleybus system
• List of trolleybus systems
• Transport in Mexico City

References

1. Trolleybus Magazine No. 349 (January–February 2020), pp. 28–30. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
2. Trolleybus Magazine No. 235 (January–February 2001), p. 14. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
3. Morrison, Allen (2010; updated 2014). The Trolleybuses of Latin America in 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014.
4. ^ Trolleybus Magazine No. 318 (November–December 2014), p. 159. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
5. ^ "Líneas de Trolebuses" (in Spanish). STE. Archived from the original on 13 July 2019. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
6. "Líneas de Trolebús". Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (in Spanish). STE. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
7. "Reactivación De Línea 9 Del Trolebús Villa De Cortés - Río Churubusco" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. 31 January 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
8. "Línea 10, Trolebús Elevado" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. October 29, 2022. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
9. Ayala Espinosa, Camila (October 24, 2021). "Autoridades del Estado de México y de la capital del país firmaron un convenio de colaboración para construir el Corredor Trolebús Chalco-Santa Martha, el cual será el primer sistema metropolitano en su tipo". El Economista (in Spanish). Retrieved January 11, 2022.
10. "Proyecto Trolebús Chalco-Santa Martha". Gobierno de Chalco (in Spanish). Retrieved October 14, 2022.
11. "Línea 12 del Trolebús". STE (in Spanish). June 4, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
12. "Formalizan creación de trolebús elevado, será la Línea 10 de la red". Excélsior (in Spanish). 12 August 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
13. "El Trolebús Elevado se avecina: estos son los detalles". Obras por Expansión (in Spanish). November 29, 2021. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

External links

Media related to Mexico City trolleybus system at Wikimedia Commons

• Mexico City database / photo gallery and Mexico City trolleybus list at Urban Electric Transit – in various languages, including English.

v t e Transportation in Mexico City
Metro	Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6 Line 7 Line 8 Line 9 Line A Line B Line 12
Metrobús	Line 1 Line 2 Line 3 Line 4 Line 5 Line 6 Line 7
Mexibús	Line I Line II Line III Line IV
Others	Ferrocarril Suburbano () Tren Ligero () Cablebús () Trolebús () Centro de transferencia modal () Ecobici () Mexicable () Muévete en Bici Pesero () Rickshaws
Projects	El Insurgente
Former	Streetcars
Administration	Red de Transporte de Pasajeros () Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos () Tarjeta de Movilidad Integrada ()

v t e Urban public transport networks and systems in Mexico
Commuter rail	Tren Suburbano El Insurgente
Rapid transit	Mexico City Metro (STC) Metrorrey
Light rail	SITEUR light rail/metro of Guadalajara Mexico City light rail
Trolleybus	Trolleybuses in Guadalajara Trolleybuses in Mexico City
Bus rapid transit	Macrobús (Guadalajara) Ie-Tram Yucatán (Mérida) Metrobús (Mexico City) Optibús (León) Mexibús (State of Mexico) Acabús (Acapulco) Ecovía (Monterrey) Ruta (Puebla) ViveBús (Chihuahua) Bravobús (Cd. Juárez) Tuzobús (Pachuca)
Multimodal operating authorities	Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (Mexico City)
Cable car	Cablebús (Mexico City) Mexicable (State of Mexico)
Other transport	"Pesero"

v t e Mexico City Metro
Lines and stations
Incidents	1975 train crash 2015 train crash 2020 train crash 2021 PCCI fire 2021 overpass collapse 2023 train crash
Related networks	Cablebús Mexico City Metrobús Tren Suburbano Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos Trolleybuses Xochimilco Light Rail Pesero

19°26′N 99°08′W / 19.433°N 99.133°W / 19.433; -99.133

• Transportation in Mexico City
• Trolleybus systems by city
• Trolleybus transport in Mexico
• 1951 establishments in Mexico