Fun Fact: some stations at the time seemed so futuristic that a large part of the famous 1990 futuristic movie Total Recall was filmed in the Mexico City metro, in Chabacano station, you can look for the pictures online, i was there not too long ago and recreated some pictures of the movie with my son.
The Mexico City Metro has a museum, which is located at the Mixcoac station. Also, some stations have small cinemas and others held concerts. It even had a kind of mascot called Dresina or Metro Bebé (Baby Metro).
Aztecs: So where should we build our city? Huitzilopochtli: You must build where you find an eagle eating a snake while perched on a cactus Aztecs: I don't know, that sounds pretty specific- Huitzilopochtli: *DID I STUTTER?* Some time later... "Good news and bad news. The good news, we found that extremely specific sign." "And the bad news?" "It's in the middle of a lake." "At least it's defendable and we can build canal, like Venice." "what's a Venice?" "Don't worry! We'll find out eventually" "But we will lose our city to a few invaders" "And the invaders will destroy the canals and drain the lake, what could go wrong?" The pictograms on the system were designed by Lance Ryman, who also designed the pictograms for the 1968 Summer Olympics and helped design the logo for those Summer Olympics as well (as part of a collab with Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, architect and President of the Organising Committee for the Games, and Eduardo Terrazas). The Mexico City 1968 emblem recalls the patterns of the Huichol, an Indigenous people, and it's my favorite Olympic emblem. While Tokyo 1964 was the first to use pictograms, Mexico City 1968 marked the beginning of corporate design in the Olympics, in which all elements such as the emblem, fonts, colors, pictograms, publications, merchandising, etc. harmonize and convey a clear message. Mexico City was the first Olympic host city to have an Olympic Identity Programme (later referred to as the Look of the Games). It's so awesome that the metro system also acts like a big museum with all those artifacts. Just like Rome! That pyramid you saw at Pino Suárez station was dedicated to Ehecatl, the Aztec god of wind. The station itself is named after José María Pino Suárez, the 7th and last Vice President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913 under the democratically elected President Francisco I. Madero (VP was first created in 1824, abolished in 1836, briefly restored in 1846 following the 1824's constitution being restored but abolished again in 1847, restored in 1904 before finally being abolished in 1917) until his assassination alongside Madero during the Ten Tragic Days, a US-backed coup that installed General Victoriano Huerta and marked a decisive turning point in Mexico's history and solidified his legacy as a martyr of the Mexican Revolution (a revolution which ousted the dictator before Madero, Porfirio Díaz). Within the Madero government, Pino Suárez led the renewal bloc, a liberal faction that advocated for policies oriented towards social liberalism and the progressive reforms promised in the Plan de San Luis. Despite challenges, politicians from his bloc played a significant role in the drafting of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico, which stands out as the world's first constitution to include extensive social and economic guarantees and protections, such as provisions regarding labor, agrarian reform, and the social dimension of property rights.
That 10-year anniversary intro is so good! The combination of iconic jingles, chimes, and closing doors announcements is chef's kiss. Pantitlán's pictogram features the silhouettes of two flagpoles to reflect the meaning of "Pantitlán," which is "between flags" in Nahuatl. Guerrero station's pictogram is a bust of Vicente Guerrero, a national hero who participated in the Mexican War of Independence. He was Mexico's second president from April 1st to December 17th, 1829. Guerrero lived alongside indigenous in Tlaltelulco and had the ability to speak Spanish and the languages of the Indigenous. During his presidency, Guerrero issued the Guerrero Decree, which prohibited slavery in most of Mexico, but exempted the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Guerrero also exempted the northern region of Mexico on December 2, 1829. Mexico later abolished slavery without any exceptions in 1837. Guerrero called for public schools, land title reforms, industry and trade development, and other programs of a liberal nature. As president, Guerrero championed the causes of the racially and economically oppressed. During Guerrero's presidency, the Spanish also tried to reconquer Mexico but were defeated at the Battle of Tampico. Guerrero was deposed in a rebellion by his Vice-President Anastasio Bustamante. Ferrería/Arena Ciudad de México's pictogram used to depict a cow when it was just known as Ferrería before 2012. This was a reference to a cattle ranch that existed nearby, known as Ferrería. There was also a train station that serviced this ranch. When the arena was inaugurated in 2012, the icon was changed to a facade of the arena. Isabel la Católica's pictogram represents one of Christopher Columbus's three caravels. Its name comes from nearby Avenida Isabel La Católica, named after Queen Isabel of Castile, who helped Columbus finance his journeys to the Americas. Hidalgo station is named after Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, known as the Father of the Nation for being the chief instigator of their war for independence. He served in a church in Colima and then in Dolores. After his arrival, he was shocked by the rich soil he had found. He tried to help the poor by showing them how to grow olives and grapes, but in New Spain, growing these crops was discouraged or prohibited by colonial authorities to prevent competition with imports from Spain. In September 1810 he gave the Cry of Dolores, a speech calling upon the people to protect the interest of their King Ferdinand VII, held captive during the Peninsular War, by revolting against the Europeans who had overthrown the Spanish Viceroy José de Iturrigaray. Hidalgo marched across Mexico and gathered an army of nearly 90,000 poor farmers and Mexican civilians who attacked Spanish Peninsular and Criollo elites. Hidalgo's insurgent army accumulated initial victories on its way to Mexico City, but his troops ultimately lacked training and were poorly armed. These troops ran into an army of well-trained and armed Spanish troops in the Battle of Calderón Bridge and were defeated. After the battle, Hidalgo and his remaining troops fled north, but Hidalgo was betrayed, captured and executed. Allende station is named after Ignacio Allende, a captain of the Spanish Army in New Spain who came to sympathize with the Mexican independence movement. He attended the secret meetings organized by Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, where the possibility of an independent Mexico was discussed. He fought along with Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in the first stage of the struggle, eventually succeeding him in leadership of the rebellion. Allende was captured by Spanish colonial authorities while he was in Coahuila and executed in Chihuahua. The Garibaldi in Garibaldi/Lagunilla refers to the Plaza Garibaldi named in honor of Giuseppe Garibaldi II or Peppino Garibaldi, the grandson of Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (the unifier of Italy). He served as a lieutenant colonel (teniente coronel) in the army of Francisco I. Madero during the initial victories of the 1910 Mexican Revolution. Plaza Garibaldi known as Mexico City's home of mariachi music. All throughout the day and night, mariachi bands can be found playing or soliciting gigs from visitors to the Plaza. The Salón Tenampa, which became the home of mariachi music in Mexico City in the 1920s, is still in business on the north side of the plaza. The first mariachi band to arrive in Mexico City in 1905 settled in the neighborhood that was formerly known as Santa Cecilia (patron saint of musicians). After the Mexican Revolution, clothing underwent a notable transformation, adopting the charro or Mexican cowboy outfit, exclusive to the upper class, consisting of ankle boots, a charro hat, a bow tie, a vest/chaleco, tight pants with no back pockets, a wide belt, and shiny buttons on the side of the pants. In Garibaldi, you can listen to mariachis, trios, norteños, jarochos, among others, or enjoy typical dishes from Mexico City and other regions of the country.
I would add that plaza Garibaldi is named after Giuseppe Garibaldi nephew of the Garibaldi who united Italy, his nephew faught in Mexico's revolution war... And Vicente Guerrero had African blood
@@davidmoreno9302 Peppino Garibaldi was Giuseppe's grandson. Which is what I mentioned - "named in honor of Giuseppe Garibaldi II or Peppino Garibaldi, the grandson of Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (the unifier of Italy)." and I already mentioned that he fought during the Mexican Revolution. And I didn't say that Guerrero was indigenous but that he lived AMONG the indigenous.
@@Thom-TRA It dates back to the 1970s. Televisa aired NFL games which got Mexicans hooked, and when Mexicans learned about NFL teams getting Mexican players, they wanted to root for them, only for them to be on teams against the Steelers, and Mexicans started rooting for the Steelers instead. The Steelers dominated the 1970s. Four Super Bowl wins, two against Dallas, cemented the Steelers as champions in the Mexican imagination. By 1980, Steelers bars began appearing in Mexico City and along the border
I'm so hypeeed for the cable system. It helped me a lot to carry myself to the city ❤ i love it so much. Thank you so much for this wonderful video, dude. Trains are awesome and so are you
The Mexico city metro opened in the mid 6Os . At that time a lot of the population were illiterate . That's why the pictures are used so people knew what station to get off !
Yeah, and to be more specific it was after the 1968 olympics, which used similar pictograms for the venues and was quite praised for it, which led to further collaboration for the metro’s pictogram design
You just realize how far ahead mexico city is compared to some of our cities in Canada and the US which clearly need more public transportation like this.
"Best"?! Now that GREATLY depends on what would be considered "good", "better", and "best".... Like what was mentioned in the video, all transit systems have their faults; the fault here is that Mexico City is using narrow French "freight trains" for very large and wide people; no wonder the trains get so crowded so quickly! ("Freight train" = no forward view.)
If you like crowded trains, you should check out the Roma Metro Linea A. When I was on holiday there, We had to wait for several trains to pass before we could get on one, and it wasn’t even rush hour. This line not only needs to serve its own passengers, but also bring all the people from Linea C into the center.
Nice! The crowding is also very Paris-like. As Paris is the only city outside Japan, that I know of, which has platform attendants ensuring doors can close, and sometimes pushing people in the trains even if they're technically not supposed to. (Mostly in main RER stations during rush hours but also often on line 13 despite it having platform screen doors). With the busiest lines on the metro and RER ranging from 650,000 to 1,5 million passengers a day. The sounds are also very familiar, from door movements to train acceleration. NM02 trains that entered service in 2005 look and feel older, except maybe the front face. Mexico City Metro rolling stock denominations are also similar to Paris : NM02 for "Neumatico Mexicano" 2002, like Paris' MP89 or MP14 for "Matériel Pneu" 1989 or 2014. It's the type of wheels, either steel or tire (pneumatic) followed by the year of the order. Mexico City probably has the metro with the most lines running on tires, more than Paris which has 5 out of 16 and soon 20. There's also Santiago de Chile which uses the same technology derived from Paris. Very cool video, I hope there's more to come about Mexico City's transit.
Trains with gangways/walkthroughs are pretty standard for metros around the world, the US is weird in that regard as most subways trains in the country have either separated or married rail cars (the latter means you can walk through between two rail cars, but not the whole train)
@@MarcoAntonio-hw7si NYC's R-211s (the "robbery) cars are open gangway vehicles.... Also, in history, NYC PIONEERED in the use of open gangway transit railcars with the BMT Triplex.
2:34 gotta love that love that confirmation beep. I used to travel daily from home to my uni campus and gotta say riding then and now is very very different. The same crowd but I guess is safer now
@@Thom-TRA yes, this year mainly beacuse one fo the lines ending on that station was closed for repairs, but as of 2024 constitucion de 1917 was ranked as the most concurred station
Fun fact: the station Copilco in Linea 3 has some really beautiful murals, taking some inspiration in the Cuicuilcas, and the murals that you can see in Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the most important university in the country. Also, the campus is so big that Copilco and Universidad stations (its pictogram is the university's emblem) are used by it's students
As a coincidence, I’m watching this video while in Mexico City… even if it’s only the airport hotel. I’ve ridden the metro a few times to downtown and also took the light rail to the famous canals. One time I boarded the front car to get some footage out the front of the train. A few stops later, I discovered that I was the only man in the car; I was in the women’s only carriage. I wanted to ride the cable cars last year but chickened out because I heard how sketchy the neighborhoods are. I will do it eventually.
The signage in the Metro has 3 defining characteristics: Images, Names, Colors. Thus, whether passengers are Spanish speakers, Indigenous non-Spanish speakers, or tourists, the signage is informative and universally understandable. Both outside the stations and within the stations, it is easy to identify the specific Metro line and station to inform and orient the public. As tourist and later as student and resident, (and as a lover of trains) the Metro is always exciting to ride. Yes, at times very, very crowded, but always an adventure.
Thank you Thom for sharing the video! I enjoyed it very much. Brought back lots of memories for me when I was there earlier this year. I didn't feel unsafe at all whilst using it. I found it easy to get around but agree some of the interchanges were long! Totally different vibe than the London Tube. 🙂
I like how they use those different types of wheels on those trains and that there’s still rails. I bet that’s a train I should check out whenever I have a chance to visit that city.
@@Trainsaregreat365The Metro logo and its initial iconography were created by American designer Lance Wyman. He also designed the icons of 1968 olympics
As some who's never been to Mexico City but has been to New York City and Montreal, the feel of the metro system down there is like a hybrid of New York City's subway and Montreal's metro.
The original cars for the Metro were of French technology and built, I believe, in France. I recall seeing metal plaques attached at the end of each car indicating that it had been constructed in France. Later that technology was acquired in Mexico and rolling stock was no longer imported.
Cities with rubber tire running French design metros: Paris (some lines), Lille, Lyon (3 of 4 lines), Marseilles, Lausanne (one of the world's shortest metro lines and rebuilt from a rack railway), Montreal, Mexico City, Santiago (older lines dating back to the Pinochet dictatorship with the first one under construction at the time of the 1973 coup), Sapporo.
CDMX is legit the only city where I almost missed my stop because no one would get out of the way and it was far too crowded to push through without extreme levels of force.
Well that certainly happens. When so I try to ways to get through. First get closer to the doors a station or two before my stop. Then ask the person in front of they are going to walkout the train on your stop. So if they don't reply or say no you can either say sorry or stick your shoulder or elbow close to your torso respectfully between the crowd. Well of course you need to be average mexican height to stick your shoulder but this usually works for me. 😅
In my opinion, being heavily involved in development of another metro system is an unusual honor for a metro system. I think people of Paris should be proud of this. On the other hand, what did you take to visit Mexico city from DC?
Great video. What an interesting system. I like the pictograms. I always found the choice of these rubber tired trains odd, but sounds like it makes sense here. I never knew about the two steel-wheeled lines using catenary. The steel wheel lines must also save a lot of energy!!
Wonderful video. Quick question; What is the electric bill to run a train equipped with rubber tires vs steel on steel ? With the resistance difference factored in is there a noticeable diff in operational costs over let's say a year ? Thanks again
3 issues with rubber tires. 1) yes the rolling resistance is higher than steel. 2) they have to be replaced much more frequently due to wear and tear. 3) they run hotter than steel wheels, not what you want in a hot climate
@@colinwinogradoff6794 Also not to mention that when a tire blows, the train ends up running on steel rails anyway.... Plus rubber STINKS, even in normal use!
A curious fact is that the Mexico City subway, among other places in the city, appeared in the movie "Total Recall", specifically it was the Chabacano station, in that movie the subway looked gray (I don't know if it was with some vinyl or in post-production). On the other hand, the lack of maintenance of the infrastructure has made the system look old and dirty, also the lack of investment to build new lines or expand them has made the system become increasingly saturated and suffer from greater wear, proof of This is line 3, which is one of the main axes that runs from north to south through the city, connecting the busy Indios Verdes terminal with the UNAM and the residential areas in the south. This keeps it saturated most of the time, which means that trains that circulate on that line suffer constant failures. Line B has 2 colors because at the beginning the plans were 2 separate lines but due to budget issues they were united and that is where its two-color scheme comes from and that is also why it uses rubber wheels and not metal like the line A. And well that would be all I wanted to say, excellent video =)
@@M4teo. You're lost in translation. By accessibility, they're not talking about the cost. When transit advocates talk about accessibility, they're talking about features that help people with disabilities. So they're saying the system is bad for people with disabilities
It is quite inconsistent, sometimes even between stations in the same line. Sometimes there are elevators and shortcuts the personnel will open for the elderly and disabled, sometimes there's not even a way to get into the station other than the stairs. Stations are being retroactively adapted to offer better accessibility but it is still not great.
They are trying to make it better. So manu of them have elevators but yeah, stations that get crowded are not accessible. People are nice enough to carry you with your chair or help you any time
As a Mexican who has been riding the Metro pretty much since I was born, I LOVED this series and it is what made me subscribe to your channel. Hope you enjoyed your time here ☺️
Though line 12 is working again, there was indeed shady stuff going on during construction. It was supposed to be fully underground, but it went overground halfway. The city mayor at that time was Marcelo Ebrard. The rumors go that Ebrard was going to be the next president after AMLO, but the accident happened and as fingers were pointed he got singled out. Though Sheinbaum was the mayor during the collapse. Even as I voted for her there's a lot of BS with that line. Carso, the company that built it, ended up paying all the repairs, and hopefully they won't be given a new line again.
I grew up in Mexico City and I always loved riding the Metro. It's so quiet and so smooth. The train itself still looks good but some stations appear old and dated. Metal seats look weird and cheap.
There's a Mexico City subway line that goes to Chapultepec Park. A famous zoo is there, as well as Chapultepec Castle where some U.S. Marines fought during the Mexican - American War of 1847. If you get the chance, maybe try and catch a ride on the "Senate Subway" in Washington, D.C., which goes between the Capitol Building and 3 different nearby office buildings. It's open to the public, but requires a staff member escort.
@@Thom-TRA Both metros are 2 of the most modern systems all of Americas. The Sao Paulo metro is currently installing platform screens doors and implementing CBTC on their older lines. Some stations are so big that some people have described them as shopping malls. The 6 lines of the Sao Paulo metro recorded an annual ridership of 1,196.5 million in 2023, which is higher than the metro systems of cdmx, London and Singapore. You should definitely check both in person.
@@Thom-TRA Sao Paulo has a great bus network! Over 16,000 buses form the bulk of the public transport in São Paulo including about 290 trolleybuses! They added a bus rapid transit system called the Expresso Tiradentes in 2007. There is also a 632 km (393 miles) long system of reserved bus lanes. And the city's Tietê Bus Terminal is the second-busiest bus terminal in the world after NYC's PABT. The terminal operates 24 hours a day and serves 21 Brazilian states. There are 65 bus companies, 135 ticket counters, and 304 bus lines, serving 1,010 cities in five countries (Brazil of course, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay). To accommodate, there are 70 boarding platforms and 19 platforms for arrivals. Coaches also have a "waiting parking lot", which has a capacity of 70 vehicles. The terminal has a daily circulation of 90,000 people and 3,000 buses
@@5511rafa As of Dec 2024, São Paulo has six lines in the metro system operate on 104.4 kilometers (64.9 mi) of route, serving 89 stations. It was the first in Latin America to have platform screen doors and CBTC, with lines 4 and 15 being fully automated. Line 15 is actually a monorail line, the first high-capacity monorail in Latin America. There's also a network of commuter metropolitan trains operated by CPTM and ViaMobilidade, which serve the city of São Paulo and the São Paulo Metropolitan Region. The commuter system is run by CPTM, it has 57 stations in five lines, with a total length of 199 kilometers (124 miles)!
Thom, if I'm rightly correct, I think all the Metro lines use 750V third rail and overhead catenary, and in the direction of travel for the rubber tire trains, the 750V third rail is on the left and the ground third rail is on the right similar to the Montreal Metro and Paris Metro which both also use 750V third rail!!
Another great video Thom! I thought those wheels looked oddly fat and rubbery looking😀The Metrorrey in Monterrey might be another interesting one to look at some time if you ever get a chance. Always appreciate your balanced and thoughtful videos. Keep it up!
You really really missed the action my friend, in Line A on Mexico city metro. You did your videos, as i estimated, around noon hours. That "japanese action" you wanted to see and think its original from there, is quite opposite. From 5:30am, to 9:00am, is the real push and wrestling activity. Something you don´t want to experience, because that's when the pickpokets use to work, due to the extreme packing of the people is almost impossible to feel anything when these bastards are taking out whatever is expose to be robbed from the passengers. Thank you for this video and for visiting us here in our country.
Nope, I did experience the Metro quite a few times during the worst crowds. Including Line A. But that's when I didn't film, because I'm not stupid. I'm not going to get my camera stolen. (And the Japanese metro is much older and still more crowded than the CDMX one).
10:06 Another thing relevant to the accident, that often is left behing in all the political in-fighting is that there was a "last-second" change for the Line 12, as it originally was going to use ruber tire trains as the rest of the numbered lines, but because of the proyected flow of people, the desition to change it to an iron wheels was made, altering everything as the new trains selected were bigger and thus heavier And when talking about Mexico you will ALWAYS find a controversial issue were no matter what you say (or even if you say it) someone is going to get mad about it, so keep doing this kind of videos and whenever something politically controversial appears try to mention it the most objectively posible and don't take personal whatever stuff your told abt it
As an Australian I love that the pictogram for the Oceania stop is a kangaroo 🦘
I remember noticing that and smiling
@MaxS-hn8we There is another station in Line B called Deportivo Oceanía, its icon is a koala hugging a soccer ball
I live nearby and it was always my favorite line for that reason, I love kangaroos!
Fun Fact: some stations at the time seemed so futuristic that a large part of the famous 1990 futuristic movie Total Recall was filmed in the Mexico City metro, in Chabacano station, you can look for the pictures online, i was there not too long ago and recreated some pictures of the movie with my son.
The Mexico City Metro has a museum, which is located at the Mixcoac station. Also, some stations have small cinemas and others held concerts.
It even had a kind of mascot called Dresina or Metro Bebé (Baby Metro).
I wish I’d known!
@Thom-TRA Admission is free. Inside, they exhibit archaeological remains, sketches of stations and logos, tickets, and train furniture.
Aztecs: So where should we build our city?
Huitzilopochtli: You must build where you find an eagle eating a snake while perched on a cactus
Aztecs: I don't know, that sounds pretty specific-
Huitzilopochtli: *DID I STUTTER?*
Some time later...
"Good news and bad news. The good news, we found that extremely specific sign."
"And the bad news?"
"It's in the middle of a lake."
"At least it's defendable and we can build canal, like Venice."
"what's a Venice?"
"Don't worry! We'll find out eventually"
"But we will lose our city to a few invaders"
"And the invaders will destroy the canals and drain the lake, what could go wrong?"
The pictograms on the system were designed by Lance Ryman, who also designed the pictograms for the 1968 Summer Olympics and helped design the logo for those Summer Olympics as well (as part of a collab with Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, architect and President of the Organising Committee for the Games, and Eduardo Terrazas). The Mexico City 1968 emblem recalls the patterns of the Huichol, an Indigenous people, and it's my favorite Olympic emblem. While Tokyo 1964 was the first to use pictograms, Mexico City 1968 marked the beginning of corporate design in the Olympics, in which all elements such as the emblem, fonts, colors, pictograms, publications, merchandising, etc. harmonize and convey a clear message. Mexico City was the first Olympic host city to have an Olympic Identity Programme (later referred to as the Look of the Games). It's so awesome that the metro system also acts like a big museum with all those artifacts. Just like Rome! That pyramid you saw at Pino Suárez station was dedicated to Ehecatl, the Aztec god of wind. The station itself is named after José María Pino Suárez, the 7th and last Vice President of Mexico from 1911 to 1913 under the democratically elected President Francisco I. Madero (VP was first created in 1824, abolished in 1836, briefly restored in 1846 following the 1824's constitution being restored but abolished again in 1847, restored in 1904 before finally being abolished in 1917) until his assassination alongside Madero during the Ten Tragic Days, a US-backed coup that installed General Victoriano Huerta and marked a decisive turning point in Mexico's history and solidified his legacy as a martyr of the Mexican Revolution (a revolution which ousted the dictator before Madero, Porfirio Díaz). Within the Madero government, Pino Suárez led the renewal bloc, a liberal faction that advocated for policies oriented towards social liberalism and the progressive reforms promised in the Plan de San Luis. Despite challenges, politicians from his bloc played a significant role in the drafting of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico, which stands out as the world's first constitution to include extensive social and economic guarantees and protections, such as provisions regarding labor, agrarian reform, and the social dimension of property rights.
That 10-year anniversary intro is so good! The combination of iconic jingles, chimes, and closing doors announcements is chef's kiss. Pantitlán's pictogram features the silhouettes of two flagpoles to reflect the meaning of "Pantitlán," which is "between flags" in Nahuatl. Guerrero station's pictogram is a bust of Vicente Guerrero, a national hero who participated in the Mexican War of Independence. He was Mexico's second president from April 1st to December 17th, 1829. Guerrero lived alongside indigenous in Tlaltelulco and had the ability to speak Spanish and the languages of the Indigenous. During his presidency, Guerrero issued the Guerrero Decree, which prohibited slavery in most of Mexico, but exempted the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Guerrero also exempted the northern region of Mexico on December 2, 1829. Mexico later abolished slavery without any exceptions in 1837. Guerrero called for public schools, land title reforms, industry and trade development, and other programs of a liberal nature. As president, Guerrero championed the causes of the racially and economically oppressed. During Guerrero's presidency, the Spanish also tried to reconquer Mexico but were defeated at the Battle of Tampico. Guerrero was deposed in a rebellion by his Vice-President Anastasio Bustamante. Ferrería/Arena Ciudad de México's pictogram used to depict a cow when it was just known as Ferrería before 2012. This was a reference to a cattle ranch that existed nearby, known as Ferrería. There was also a train station that serviced this ranch. When the arena was inaugurated in 2012, the icon was changed to a facade of the arena. Isabel la Católica's pictogram represents one of Christopher Columbus's three caravels. Its name comes from nearby Avenida Isabel La Católica, named after Queen Isabel of Castile, who helped Columbus finance his journeys to the Americas.
Hidalgo station is named after Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, known as the Father of the Nation for being the chief instigator of their war for independence. He served in a church in Colima and then in Dolores. After his arrival, he was shocked by the rich soil he had found. He tried to help the poor by showing them how to grow olives and grapes, but in New Spain, growing these crops was discouraged or prohibited by colonial authorities to prevent competition with imports from Spain. In September 1810 he gave the Cry of Dolores, a speech calling upon the people to protect the interest of their King Ferdinand VII, held captive during the Peninsular War, by revolting against the Europeans who had overthrown the Spanish Viceroy José de Iturrigaray. Hidalgo marched across Mexico and gathered an army of nearly 90,000 poor farmers and Mexican civilians who attacked Spanish Peninsular and Criollo elites. Hidalgo's insurgent army accumulated initial victories on its way to Mexico City, but his troops ultimately lacked training and were poorly armed. These troops ran into an army of well-trained and armed Spanish troops in the Battle of Calderón Bridge and were defeated. After the battle, Hidalgo and his remaining troops fled north, but Hidalgo was betrayed, captured and executed. Allende station is named after Ignacio Allende, a captain of the Spanish Army in New Spain who came to sympathize with the Mexican independence movement. He attended the secret meetings organized by Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez, where the possibility of an independent Mexico was discussed. He fought along with Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in the first stage of the struggle, eventually succeeding him in leadership of the rebellion. Allende was captured by Spanish colonial authorities while he was in Coahuila and executed in Chihuahua. The Garibaldi in Garibaldi/Lagunilla refers to the Plaza Garibaldi named in honor of Giuseppe Garibaldi II or Peppino Garibaldi, the grandson of Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (the unifier of Italy). He served as a lieutenant colonel (teniente coronel) in the army of Francisco I. Madero during the initial victories of the 1910 Mexican Revolution. Plaza Garibaldi known as Mexico City's home of mariachi music. All throughout the day and night, mariachi bands can be found playing or soliciting gigs from visitors to the Plaza. The Salón Tenampa, which became the home of mariachi music in Mexico City in the 1920s, is still in business on the north side of the plaza. The first mariachi band to arrive in Mexico City in 1905 settled in the neighborhood that was formerly known as Santa Cecilia (patron saint of musicians). After the Mexican Revolution, clothing underwent a notable transformation, adopting the charro or Mexican cowboy outfit, exclusive to the upper class, consisting of ankle boots, a charro hat, a bow tie, a vest/chaleco, tight pants with no back pockets, a wide belt, and shiny buttons on the side of the pants. In Garibaldi, you can listen to mariachis, trios, norteños, jarochos, among others, or enjoy typical dishes from Mexico City and other regions of the country.
Thank you! I really like how it turned out
I would add that plaza Garibaldi is named after Giuseppe Garibaldi nephew of the Garibaldi who united Italy, his nephew faught in Mexico's revolution war... And Vicente Guerrero had African blood
@@davidmoreno9302 Peppino Garibaldi was Giuseppe's grandson. Which is what I mentioned - "named in honor of Giuseppe Garibaldi II or Peppino Garibaldi, the grandson of Italian hero Giuseppe Garibaldi (the unifier of Italy)." and I already mentioned that he fought during the Mexican Revolution.
And I didn't say that Guerrero was indigenous but that he lived AMONG the indigenous.
Answering to Line 12's accident, it was also found out that the trains that currently run along the tracks are way heavier than originally planned.
Mexico also has a ton of Steelers fans.
I wondered what that was about
@@Thom-TRA It dates back to the 1970s. Televisa aired NFL games which got Mexicans hooked, and when Mexicans learned about NFL teams getting Mexican players, they wanted to root for them, only for them to be on teams against the Steelers, and Mexicans started rooting for the Steelers instead. The Steelers dominated the 1970s. Four Super Bowl wins, two against Dallas, cemented the Steelers as champions in the Mexican imagination. By 1980, Steelers bars began appearing in Mexico City and along the border
@@Thom-TRA Mexico shares a strong blue-collar culture with Pittsburgh, so it makes sense for them to back the Steelers
I love your videos! Don’t let people stop making content you enjoy ❤
Thanks! I appreciate that!
I'm so hypeeed for the cable system. It helped me a lot to carry myself to the city ❤ i love it so much.
Thank you so much for this wonderful video, dude. Trains are awesome and so are you
Thank you so much for the kind words :)
yoooo you actually visited Mexico City!
Yeah this is like my 4th video from CDMX. Uploaded the BRT video a few weeks ago.
@ OMG It did not show up on my home page! Gotta watch it right away. 😅
The Spanish-language channel Urbanópolis has a proposal for a Mexico City RER. Mexico needs it.
That’s interesting
The Mexico city metro opened in the mid 6Os . At that time a lot of the population were illiterate . That's why the pictures are used so people knew what station to get off !
It’s pretty cool how they did that!
Yeah, and to be more specific it was after the 1968 olympics, which used similar pictograms for the venues and was quite praised for it, which led to further collaboration for the metro’s pictogram design
@ I think it was the same guy who designed the logo that designed the pictograma
@@Thom-TRA Yup, it was. Newark, New Jersey-born Lance Wyman
@@Thom-TRA i recently had an experience with this. A lady asked us to tell her when we arrived "horse" meaning potrero but she used the image instead
Congrats on 10 years TRA!! Also CDMX has such a cool metro. It's a dream of mine to visit and ride the metro and the buses.
Thank you!!
Love the video, thanks for sharing Thom
At last you away from the cold weather in dc love the channel some times i watch multiple times
Thankfully not too cold in DC today
Mexico City is approximately 7,350 feet above sea level.
Thanks for the fact
You just realize how far ahead mexico city is compared to some of our cities in Canada and the US which clearly need more public transportation like this.
As always, a great video giving undervalued yet deserving credit to the continent’s best transit system!
"Best"?! Now that GREATLY depends on what would be considered "good", "better", and "best"....
Like what was mentioned in the video, all transit systems have their faults; the fault here is that Mexico City is using narrow French "freight trains" for very large and wide people; no wonder the trains get so crowded so quickly!
("Freight train" = no forward view.)
Great video. Some of the interchange stations you definitely get a workout.
Atlalilco?
If you like crowded trains, you should check out the Roma Metro Linea A. When I was on holiday there, We had to wait for several trains to pass before we could get on one, and it wasn’t even rush hour.
This line not only needs to serve its own passengers, but also bring all the people from Linea C into the center.
I find it surprising that it is kept so clean.
This is neat to see! When it works, trains really are awesome!
Awesome video! Seems like a really cool system; would love to get a chance to ride it someday!
Interesting video. I love the older looking trains. They have a unique, metro feel.
Definitely a design you don’t see anywhere else
Thanks for the reply! It was a great video. Is it dangerous in Mexico City. I suppose you’re always going to be safe with so many people around.
@trainsareawesome Fun fact - the earlier MX Subway trains and stations were used in the 1990 film Total Recall
Yes that is correct
Nice!
The crowding is also very Paris-like.
As Paris is the only city outside Japan, that I know of, which has platform attendants ensuring doors can close, and sometimes pushing people in the trains even if they're technically not supposed to. (Mostly in main RER stations during rush hours but also often on line 13 despite it having platform screen doors).
With the busiest lines on the metro and RER ranging from 650,000 to 1,5 million passengers a day.
The sounds are also very familiar, from door movements to train acceleration. NM02 trains that entered service in 2005 look and feel older, except maybe the front face.
Mexico City Metro rolling stock denominations are also similar to Paris : NM02 for "Neumatico Mexicano" 2002, like Paris' MP89 or MP14 for "Matériel Pneu" 1989 or 2014.
It's the type of wheels, either steel or tire (pneumatic) followed by the year of the order.
Mexico City probably has the metro with the most lines running on tires, more than Paris which has 5 out of 16 and soon 20.
There's also Santiago de Chile which uses the same technology derived from Paris.
Very cool video, I hope there's more to come about Mexico City's transit.
Yeah I think the boxy shape makes them look older
I like that you can walk between cars, something the DC Metro didn't design on their current railcars
Trains with gangways/walkthroughs are pretty standard for metros around the world, the US is weird in that regard as most subways trains in the country have either separated or married rail cars (the latter means you can walk through between two rail cars, but not the whole train)
8000s will have them!
Tho you can change cars in all metro lines
@@MarcoAntonio-hw7si NYC's R-211s (the "robbery) cars are open gangway vehicles....
Also, in history, NYC PIONEERED in the use of open gangway transit railcars with the BMT Triplex.
2:34 gotta love that love that confirmation beep. I used to travel daily from home to my uni campus and gotta say riding then and now is very very different. The same crowd but I guess is safer now
i would recommend watching any videos of pantitlan to experience the meximum overcrowding of the mexico city metro
And the crazy thing is I believe pantitlan only ranks like 9th or something
@@Thom-TRA yes, this year mainly beacuse one fo the lines ending on that station was closed for repairs, but as of 2024 constitucion de 1917 was ranked as the most concurred station
Fun fact: the station Copilco in Linea 3 has some really beautiful murals, taking some inspiration in the Cuicuilcas, and the murals that you can see in Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the most important university in the country. Also, the campus is so big that Copilco and Universidad stations (its pictogram is the university's emblem) are used by it's students
love the 10 yr intro
Thanks! It was fun to make
As a coincidence, I’m watching this video while in Mexico City… even if it’s only the airport hotel. I’ve ridden the metro a few times to downtown and also took the light rail to the famous canals. One time I boarded the front car to get some footage out the front of the train. A few stops later, I discovered that I was the only man in the car; I was in the women’s only carriage. I wanted to ride the cable cars last year but chickened out because I heard how sketchy the neighborhoods are. I will do it eventually.
Oops 😅 and if you ride the cable cars during the day, in a group, in my experience you should be fine!
The signage in the Metro has 3 defining characteristics: Images, Names, Colors. Thus, whether passengers are Spanish speakers, Indigenous non-Spanish speakers, or tourists, the signage is informative and universally understandable. Both outside the stations and within the stations, it is easy to identify the specific Metro line and station to inform and orient the public. As tourist and later as student and resident, (and as a lover of trains) the Metro is always exciting to ride. Yes, at times very, very crowded, but always an adventure.
Great ride on this Metro system!
Fun fact: in the Bellas Artes station, there's a parisian entrance sign, donated by France as a gift
Very nice video.Looks easy to navigate as well ty
Yooooooooo! I love your vids soooo much, Thom you deserve 1 million subs! Keep up the good work!
Maybe one day!
@@Thom-TRA I bet you will!
CDMX which is the new name, has one of the 3 cities in the world with subways with tires, and one of the cheapest in the world.
CDMX is not the new name, it is just an abbreviation (like NYC). And there are way more than 3 cities with rubber tired subways.
It's the new name in a way because it started to be branded as such after the removal of the DF (Distrito Federal) designation in 2016 @@Thom-TRA
Muy buen video bien explicado, tengo años viajando en Cdmx metro system y no sabia toda esa información, gracias y saludos.👍
Gracias!
@2:35 Sounds like the same chime when I use the SEPTA Key Card!!
Thank you Thom for sharing the video! I enjoyed it very much. Brought back lots of memories for me when I was there earlier this year. I didn't feel unsafe at all whilst using it. I found it easy to get around but agree some of the interchanges were long! Totally different vibe than the London Tube. 🙂
I like how they use those different types of wheels on those trains and that there’s still rails. I bet that’s a train I should check out whenever I have a chance to visit that city.
Is it just me or their logo looks like xaomi
Xaomi copio el logo al metro de la ciudad de México, el logo del metro es del año 1969.
@pinedasimbron6171 no way a tech giant copying a transit giant
@@Trainsaregreat365that logo exists since the 70’s
@jisoo9727 wow
@@Trainsaregreat365The Metro logo and its initial iconography were created by American designer Lance Wyman.
He also designed the icons of 1968 olympics
Yep the old trains are iconic
Can definitely see the Paris Metro in the CDMX Metro.
Crowds? 1/2/3 and 4/5/6 trains in NYC have some extreme crowding during the rush.
Fantastic video sir.
Many thanks!
As some who's never been to Mexico City but has been to New York City and Montreal, the feel of the metro system down there is like a hybrid of New York City's subway and Montreal's metro.
Yeah I would definitely agree with that. Maybe leaning a little more towards Montreal.
Superbly well explained thank you.
I appreciate it!
Great video on Mexican City metro
Thank you!
@@Thom-TRA your welcome
2:34 oh my goodness, the ticket tap sound sounds like SEPTA!
Like what??
Amazing video. Come to Dallas, Tx once the Sliver Line opens in 2025.
I hope to!
The original cars for the Metro were of French technology and built, I believe, in France. I recall seeing metal plaques attached at the end of each car indicating that it had been constructed in France. Later that technology was acquired in Mexico and rolling stock was no longer imported.
Cities with rubber tire running French design metros: Paris (some lines), Lille, Lyon (3 of 4 lines), Marseilles, Lausanne (one of the world's shortest metro lines and rebuilt from a rack railway), Montreal, Mexico City, Santiago (older lines dating back to the Pinochet dictatorship with the first one under construction at the time of the 1973 coup), Sapporo.
CDMX is legit the only city where I almost missed my stop because no one would get out of the way and it was far too crowded to push through without extreme levels of force.
Yeah sometimes that happens in Washington too but it’s usually because of tourists
Well that certainly happens. When so I try to ways to get through. First get closer to the doors a station or two before my stop. Then ask the person in front of they are going to walkout the train on your stop. So if they don't reply or say no you can either say sorry or stick your shoulder or elbow close to your torso respectfully between the crowd. Well of course you need to be average mexican height to stick your shoulder but this usually works for me. 😅
I think it's enough if you ask them to let you pass
exactly @@LadySkywalkerW
Suele pasar incluso a los que vivimos aquí
Loved it, keep it up…hope this isn’t your only visit CDMX-METRO ❤️🇲🇽👈🏻
Great Video ❤! Have you ever ridden on the Honolulu Trains yet?
No but I really want to!
I'm currently living in Madrid, and I was so impressed by its metro system. Buuut I do miss the pictographic design that the CDMX metro has
In my opinion, being heavily involved in development of another metro system is an unusual honor for a metro system. I think people of Paris should be proud of this.
On the other hand, what did you take to visit Mexico city from DC?
I flew on Aeromexico
As always, infomrative and well edited
Thanks for watching!
That was awesome!
Awesome video keep up the good work
Thanks!
Great video. What an interesting system. I like the pictograms. I always found the choice of these rubber tired trains odd, but sounds like it makes sense here. I never knew about the two steel-wheeled lines using catenary. The steel wheel lines must also save a lot of energy!!
They sound like giant RC cars revving up in the tunnels
Outstanding Video As Usual 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇺🇸 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 🇲🇽 Thanks For Explaining Development Of System😊Thanks Thom😊
Wonderful video. Quick question; What is the electric bill to run a train equipped with rubber tires vs steel on steel ? With the resistance difference factored in is there a noticeable diff in operational costs over let's say a year ? Thanks again
I don’t know, that’s a good question!
3 issues with rubber tires.
1) yes the rolling resistance is higher than steel.
2) they have to be replaced much more frequently due to wear and tear.
3) they run hotter than steel wheels, not what you want in a hot climate
@@colinwinogradoff6794 Also not to mention that when a tire blows, the train ends up running on steel rails anyway....
Plus rubber STINKS, even in normal use!
A curious fact is that the Mexico City subway, among other places in the city, appeared in the movie "Total Recall", specifically it was the Chabacano station, in that movie the subway looked gray (I don't know if it was with some vinyl or in post-production).
On the other hand, the lack of maintenance of the infrastructure has made the system look old and dirty, also the lack of investment to build new lines or expand them has made the system become increasingly saturated and suffer from greater wear, proof of This is line 3, which is one of the main axes that runs from north to south through the city, connecting the busy Indios Verdes terminal with the UNAM and the residential areas in the south. This keeps it saturated most of the time, which means that trains that circulate on that line suffer constant failures.
Line B has 2 colors because at the beginning the plans were 2 separate lines but due to budget issues they were united and that is where its two-color scheme comes from and that is also why it uses rubber wheels and not metal like the line A.
And well that would be all I wanted to say, excellent video =)
Ooooh, cool new intro!
2:26, so you're telling me it has poor accessibility without telling me it has poor accessibility
Wdym? 5 pesos is 0.25 dlls. Pretty cheap if you ask me.
@@M4teo. You're lost in translation. By accessibility, they're not talking about the cost. When transit advocates talk about accessibility, they're talking about features that help people with disabilities. So they're saying the system is bad for people with disabilities
It is quite inconsistent, sometimes even between stations in the same line. Sometimes there are elevators and shortcuts the personnel will open for the elderly and disabled, sometimes there's not even a way to get into the station other than the stairs. Stations are being retroactively adapted to offer better accessibility but it is still not great.
They are trying to make it better. So manu of them have elevators but yeah, stations that get crowded are not accessible. People are nice enough to carry you with your chair or help you any time
A few meters walk won't hurt you. Chill out, kid.
TRAINS ARE AWESOME
I plan to buy something from the trains are awesome store someday
Awesome!
Indeed@@Thom-TRA
As a Mexican who has been riding the Metro pretty much since I was born, I LOVED this series and it is what made me subscribe to your channel. Hope you enjoyed your time here ☺️
I had such a great time!
Props for using the Metro's bespoke font in your titles.
I like the font
Though line 12 is working again, there was indeed shady stuff going on during construction. It was supposed to be fully underground, but it went overground halfway. The city mayor at that time was Marcelo Ebrard.
The rumors go that Ebrard was going to be the next president after AMLO, but the accident happened and as fingers were pointed he got singled out. Though Sheinbaum was the mayor during the collapse. Even as I voted for her there's a lot of BS with that line. Carso, the company that built it, ended up paying all the repairs, and hopefully they won't be given a new line again.
You forgot to mention the many restaurants, shops, pharmacys and convinience stores at most stations, but great video 👌
I didn't "forget" to mention, just don't want to film people just doing their jobs
Some of the trains in CDMX are very old, emerging from the 70s!
Dinosaurs
I grew up in Mexico City and I always loved riding the Metro. It's so quiet and so smooth. The train itself still looks good but some stations appear old and dated. Metal seats look weird and cheap.
Yeah the metal were an interesting choice
Lina A reminds me of light rail high floor here in USA!
Very nice Thom 👌 👍 👏.
Thank you!
THAT CABLE CAR AND SUBWAY STATION ARE INSIDE MEXICO CITY
Modeled after the Paris metro.
Any recommended readings about Mexico City's metro system?
There's a Mexico City subway line that goes to Chapultepec Park. A famous zoo is there, as well as Chapultepec Castle where some U.S. Marines fought during the Mexican - American War of 1847. If you get the chance, maybe try and catch a ride on the "Senate Subway" in Washington, D.C., which goes between the Capitol Building and 3 different nearby office buildings. It's open to the public, but requires a staff member escort.
You’ll never guess what my most popular video is about
Among all the metro systems in Latin America, Mexico City's is my third favorite. It's only behind Santiago's and Sao Paulo's metros for me
Ooh, tell me more about what makes those two so great!
@@Thom-TRAplataform screen doors and automated lines make these two systems very different from others in LatAm, well atleast for me.
@@Thom-TRA Both metros are 2 of the most modern systems all of Americas. The Sao Paulo metro is currently installing platform screens doors and implementing CBTC on their older lines. Some stations are so big that some people have described them as shopping malls. The 6 lines of the Sao Paulo metro recorded an annual ridership of 1,196.5 million in 2023, which is higher than the metro systems of cdmx, London and Singapore. You should definitely check both in person.
@@Thom-TRA Sao Paulo has a great bus network! Over 16,000 buses form the bulk of the public transport in São Paulo including about 290 trolleybuses! They added a bus rapid transit system called the Expresso Tiradentes in 2007. There is also a 632 km (393 miles) long system of reserved bus lanes. And the city's Tietê Bus Terminal is the second-busiest bus terminal in the world after NYC's PABT. The terminal operates 24 hours a day and serves 21 Brazilian states. There are 65 bus companies, 135 ticket counters, and 304 bus lines, serving 1,010 cities in five countries (Brazil of course, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay). To accommodate, there are 70 boarding platforms and 19 platforms for arrivals. Coaches also have a "waiting parking lot", which has a capacity of 70 vehicles. The terminal has a daily circulation of 90,000 people and 3,000 buses
@@5511rafa As of Dec 2024, São Paulo has six lines in the metro system operate on 104.4 kilometers (64.9 mi) of route, serving 89 stations. It was the first in Latin America to have platform screen doors and CBTC, with lines 4 and 15 being fully automated. Line 15 is actually a monorail line, the first high-capacity monorail in Latin America. There's also a network of commuter metropolitan trains operated by CPTM and ViaMobilidade, which serve the city of São Paulo and the São Paulo Metropolitan Region. The commuter system is run by CPTM, it has 57 stations in five lines, with a total length of 199 kilometers (124 miles)!
Thom, if I'm rightly correct, I think all the Metro lines use 750V third rail and overhead catenary, and in the direction of travel for the rubber tire trains, the 750V third rail is on the left and the ground third rail is on the right similar to the Montreal Metro and Paris Metro which both also use 750V third rail!!
You probably know this better than I do!
TWO third rails?! You mean a third and FOURTH rail, the fourth being for current return.
is it just me or do the CDMX metro trains all look very narrow? Are they running on a narrow gauge track?
Standard gauge, but yes, only 280cm wide
The walks at interchanges seem so long, you think maybe it would be quicker to walk to your destination than take the Metro!
Another great video Thom! I thought those wheels looked oddly fat and rubbery looking😀The Metrorrey in Monterrey might be another interesting one to look at some time if you ever get a chance. Always appreciate your balanced and thoughtful videos. Keep it up!
I work backwards 😂 live in México city and used to work in Edomex
Hey I used to be a reverse commuter for many years
@Thom-TRA 🙏
A new opening
For the anniversary
Same card reader and heck even same card sounds as SEPTA.
The Metro in Santiago, Chile also has lines with rubber tires.
Likewise for Cairo, Egypt....
The FRENCH are taking over!
Have you ridden any île de France mobilities lignes de tramway?
No unfortunately I haven’t
The noise the train makes when it enters and leaves the station sounds similar to montreal metro.
That’s the tires for you!
You really really missed the action my friend, in Line A on Mexico city metro. You did your videos, as i estimated, around noon hours. That "japanese action" you wanted to see and think its original from there, is quite opposite. From 5:30am, to 9:00am, is the real push and wrestling activity. Something you don´t want to experience, because that's when the pickpokets use to work, due to the extreme packing of the people is almost impossible to feel anything when these bastards are taking out whatever is expose to be robbed from the passengers.
Thank you for this video and for visiting us here in our country.
Nope, I did experience the Metro quite a few times during the worst crowds. Including Line A. But that's when I didn't film, because I'm not stupid. I'm not going to get my camera stolen.
(And the Japanese metro is much older and still more crowded than the CDMX one).
@@Thom-TRA Hope to see and experience that one day by my own in Japan.
2:33 key card
Yes!
Yay
10:06 Another thing relevant to the accident, that often is left behing in all the political in-fighting is that there was a "last-second" change for the Line 12, as it originally was going to use ruber tire trains as the rest of the numbered lines, but because of the proyected flow of people, the desition to change it to an iron wheels was made, altering everything as the new trains selected were bigger and thus heavier
And when talking about Mexico you will ALWAYS find a controversial issue were no matter what you say (or even if you say it) someone is going to get mad about it, so keep doing this kind of videos and whenever something politically controversial appears try to mention it the most objectively posible and don't take personal whatever stuff your told abt it
I appreciate it!
👍👍👍
Thom get out ASAP
No I don’t think I will
Cool facts and video.
I would like to know your opinion about the electric train (Tasqueña-Xochimilco)
Line 12 also has metal bogies and wheels.
Don’t worry, that video will come soon
Lots of open windows. It doesn't look like the system is air conditioned!! Or is it just some non-functional coaches?
I don't really know if it is air conditioned. It was quite chilly when I was there in August.
pocas veces funciona el aire acondicionado