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Metrobús Line 6
Bus at the Villa de Aragón terminal station
Overview
Status	In service
Termini	El Rosario Villa de Aragón
Stations	37
Website	Línea 6
Service
Type	Bus rapid transit
System	Mexico City Metrobus
Services	3
Operator(s)	See Operators
Daily ridership	150,000
History
Opened	January 21, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-01-21)
Technical
Line length	20 km (12.4 mi)
Character	Exclusive right-of-way

The Mexico City Metrobús Line 6 is a bus rapid transit line in the Mexico City Metrobus. It operates between El Rosario in the municipality of Azcapotzalco, in northern Mexico City, and Villa de Aragón in Gustavo A. Madero, in the eastern limits of the city with the municipality of Ecatepec de Morelos in the State of Mexico, Mexico.

Line 6 has a total of 37 stations and a length of 20 kilometers (12.4 mi), which runs from northwestern to eastern Mexico City.

Construction of Line 6 started on August 6, 2014 and it was inaugurated on January 21, 2016 by Miguel Ángel Mancera, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2012 to 2018.

Service description

Services

The line has three itineraries:

Villa de Aragón to El Rosario

To El Rosario

• First Bus: 4:20 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 00:18 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 4:30 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 00:20 (Saturday)
• First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
• Last Bus: 00:18 (Sunday)

To Villa de Aragón

• First Bus: 4:22 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 00:17 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 4:21 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 00:13 (Saturday)
• First Bus: 5:00 (Sunday)
• Last Bus: 00:17 (Sunday)

Villa de Aragón to Instituto Politécnico Nacional

From Villa de Aragón

• First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 22:00 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 4:45 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 22:16 (Saturday)

No service on Sunday

To Villa de Aragón

• First Bus: 4:37 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 22:40 (Monday-Friday)
• First Bus: 4:55 (Saturday)
• Last Bus: 22:26 (Saturday)

No service on Sunday

Deportivo 18 de Marzo to El Rosario

To El Rosario

• First Bus: 4:30 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 22:15 (Monday-Friday)

No service on Saturday and Sunday

From El Rosario

• First Bus: 4:24 (Monday-Friday)
• Last Bus: 23:36 (Monday-Friday)

No service on Saturday and Sunday

Line 6 services the Azcapotzalco and Gustavo A. Madero municipalities.

Station list

Key

	Denotes a Metrobús transfer
	Denotes a connection with the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) 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 Trolleybus system

Stations	Connections	Neighborhood(s)	Borough	Picture	Date opened
El Rosario	El Rosario Line 6: El Rosario station Line 7: El Rosario station Line V: El Rosario station (under planning) Routes: 19, 19-A, 59, 59-A, 107 Lines 4 and 6: El Rosario stop	Unidad Habitacional El Rosario	Azcapotzalco		January 21, 2016
Colegio de Bachilleres 1	Routes: 19, 19-A, 59, 59-A, 107 Line 6: Bachilleres 1 stop
De las Culturas	Routes: 19, 19-A, 107	Unidad Habitacional El Rosario, San Martín Xochinahuac
Ferrocarriles Nacionales	Routes: 19, 19-A	San Martín Xochinahuac
UAM Azcapotzalco	Routes: 19, 19-A, 107, 107-B	San Martín Xochinahuac, Santa Bárbara
Tecnoparque	Routes: 19, 19-A, 107-B	Santa Bárbara
Norte 59		Industrial Vallejo
Norte 45	Line 6: Norte 45 station (at distance) Route: 15-A (at distance)
Montevideo	Line 3: Montevideo	Industrial Vallejo, Nueva Vallejo	Azcapotzalco, Gustavo A. Madero
Lindavista-Vallejo		Nueva Vallejo, Lindavista Vallejo	Gustavo A. Madero
Instituto del Petróleo	Line 5: Instituto del Petróleo station (at distance) Line 6: Instituto del Petróleo station (at distance) Routes: 23, 27-A, 103 Line 1: Instituto del Petróleo stop (north–south route; at distance) Line 8: Montevideo stop (at distance)	Lindavista Vallejo, San Bartolo Atepehuacán
San Bartolo		San Bartolo Atepehuacán, Lindavista Sur
Instituto Politécnico Nacional	Routes: 25, 104	Lindavista Sur
Riobamba
Deportivo 18 de Marzo	Line 1: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station Deportivo 18 de Marzo Line 3: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station Line 6: Deportivo 18 de Marzo station Route: 15-B	Tepeyac Insurgentes
La Villa	Line 6: La Villa-Basílica station (at distance) Line 7: Garrido station (at distance) Routes: 25, 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 107-B Line 5: Garrido stop (at distance) Route: 15-B (at distance)
De los Misterios	Line 7: De los Misterios station Routes: 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 107-B Line 5: Av. Montevideo stop	Tepeyac Insurgentes, Villa Gustavo A. Madero
Hospital Infantil La Villa	Line 7: Hospital Infantil La Villa station Routes: 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 107-B Line 5: Hospital de la Villa stop	Villa Gustavo A. Madero, Estanzuela
Delegación Gustavo A. Madero	Line 7: Delegación Gustavo A. Madero station Route: 107-B Line 5: Cuauhtémoc stop	Villa Gustavo A. Madero, Martín Carrera
Martín Carrera	Martín Carrera Line 4: Martín Carrera station Line 6: Martín Carrera station Routes: 33, 37 Line 5: Martín Carrera stop Route: 5-A	Constitución de la República, Granjas Modernas
Hospital General La Villa
San Juan de Aragón	Line 5: San Juan de Aragón station Line 5: Gran Canal stop	Constitución de la República, Granjas Modernas, DM Nacional
Gran Canal		DM Nacional, Amp. Casas Alemán
Casas Alemán		Ampliación Casas Alemán, Héroes de Chapultepec
Pueblo San Juan de Aragón		Pueblo San Juan de Aragón
Loreto Fabela	Routes: 15-B, 15-C	Pueblo San Juan de Aragón, San Juan de Aragón
482	Route: 15-C	San Juan de Aragón
414
416 Oriente
416 Poniente	Route: 43 Route: 15-B	Ampliación Casas Alemán, San Juan de Aragón
Deportivo Los Galeana	Route: 43 Route: 15-B
Ampliación Providencia		Providencia, San Juan de Aragón
Volcán de Fuego		Ampliación Providencia, San Juan de Aragón
La Pradera		La Pradera, San Juan de Aragón
Colegio de Bachilleres 9
Francisco Morazán		Villa de Aragón, San Juan de Aragón
Villa de Aragón	Line B: Villa de Aragón station Routes: 15-A, 15-C

Operators

Corredor Antenas-Rosario, SA de CV (CARSA) is the sole operator of Line 6.

Notes

1. The following list was adapted from different websites and official maps.
   • Metrobús () obtained from the Mexico City Metrobús system map.
   • Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM; ) obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.
   • Metro () connections obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.
   • Mexibús () obtained from the official Mexico City Metro system map.
   • Public buses network (peseros) () obtained from the official website of the Órgano Regulador de Transporte.
   • Red de Transporte de Pasajeros () obtained from their official website.
   • Trolleybuses () obtained from their official website.
2. All the stations are fully accessible to people with disabilities.
3. ^ Accessible from Villa de Aragón to El Rosario.
4. ^ Accessible from El Rosario to Villa de Aragón.

References

1. ^ (in Spanish) "Ficha técnica Línea 6" (Line 6 technical data), Metrobús website
2. "Inicia obra por Línea 6 del Metrobús". Excélsior (in Spanish). March 26, 2013. Retrieved August 6, 2014.
3. ^ "Mancera inaugura Línea 6 del Metrobús". El Financiero (in Spanish). January 21, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
4. (in Spanish) "Mapa Línea 6" (Line 6 Map), Metrobús website
5. "Mapa del sistema" [System map] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
6. "Centros de Transferencia Modal (CETRAM)" [Modal Transfer Centers] (in Spanish). Órgano Regulador de Transporte. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
7. ^ "Mi Mapa Metro 22032021" [My Metro Map 22032021] (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
8. "Red de corredores" [Route network] (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
9. "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
10. "Servicios" [Services] (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
11. Contreras, Jorge (24 July 2024). "¿Habrá nueva línea de Mexibús hasta el Metro Rosario? Esto respondieron las autoridades del Edomex". Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 25 July 2024.
12. Padron Corredores Metrobus (in Spanish), Gobierno del Distrito Federal, retrieved June 5, 2018

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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 ()

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• Bus rapid transit in Mexico