# Mexico City Metro Line A

Mexico City Metro Line A is one of the twelve metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. The line's color is purple. It was the ninth line to be opened.
The line was opened in 1983 and it runs from eastern Mexico City southeast into the State of Mexico. Line A has 10 stations and a length of 17.192 km (10.683 mi), out of which 14.893 km (9.254 mi) are for service. It was the second line to service the State of Mexico, after the Cuatro Caminos station of the Line 2, opened in 1984.

## History

Line A was inaugurated on August 12, 1991 by Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994, Manuel Camacho Solís, Head of the Federal District Department from 1988 to 1993, and Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza, Governor of the State of Mexico from 1989 to 1993.
Line A was conceived as a feeder line, thus, instead of using a number (which, in this case, it would have been 10 – Line 10), it used a letter in its denomination. The line was designed to connect Mexico City to the State of Mexico. For this reason, until December 2013, it was necessary to pay another fare when commuting from Line A to Lines 1, 5 and 9 at Pantitlán station.
Another feeder line, also connecting the State of Mexico to Mexico City, would be inaugurated in 1999: Line B, also using a letter instead of a number to designate it.
A proposed extension of the line was presented in 2018 by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. According to the plan, Line A would be expanded southbound towards Chalco in the State of Mexico. The stretch would have six new stations and a length of 13.19 km (8.20 mi).

## Rolling stock

Line A has had different types of rolling stock throughout the years.
* Concarril FM-86: 1991–present
* Concarril FM-95A: 1998–present
* CAF FE-07: 2010–present
Currently, out of the 390 trains in the Mexico City Metro network, 17 are in service in Line A.

## Station list

Key :
| † | Denotes a partially accessible station |
| ‡ | Denotes a fully accessible station |
| | Denotes a metro transfer |
| | Denotes a connection with the Cablebús system |
| | Denotes a connection with the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) system. In the State of Mexico, they are called Estación de tranferencia modal (ETRAM). |
| | Denotes a connection with the Metrobús 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 |
The stations from west to east:
| No. | Station | Date opened | Level | Distance (km) | Distance (km) | Connection | Pictogram | Location | Location |
| No. | Station | Date opened | Level | Between stations | Total | Connection | Pictogram | Location | Location |
| 01 | Pantitlán ‡ | 12 August 1991 | Underground | - | 0.0 | Line 1 Line 5 Line 9 Pantitlán Line 4 (Alameda Oriente branch): Pantitlán station Line III: Pantitlán station Route: 168 Line 2: Pantitlán stop Routes: 11-B, 11-C, 19-F, 19-G | Two flags | Iztacalco / Venustiano Carranza | Mexico City |
| 02 | Agrícola Oriental | 12 August 1991 | Grade-level, overground access | 1.6 | 1.6 | Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167 Route: 11-G | Two ears of wheat | Iztacalco | Mexico City |
| 03 | Canal de San Juan | 12 August 1991 | Grade-level, overground access | 1.2 | 2.8 | Line 2: Canal de San Juan station (at distance) Routes: 47-A, 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167 Routes: 4-B, 4-C, 9-B (at distance), 9-E (at distance), 14-A (at distance) | A bow of an Aztec canoe | Iztacalco | Mexico City |
| 04 | Tepalcates † | 12 August 1991 | Grade-level, overground access | 1.6 | 4.4 | Tepalcates Line 2: Tepalcates station Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167 Routes: 9-D, 9-E | Side view of a pre-Hispanic pottery bowl | Iztapalapa | Mexico City |
| 05 | Guelatao | 12 August 1991 | Grade-level, overground access | 1.3 | 5.7 | Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167 Route: 9-D | Museo Cabeza de Juárez sculpture | Iztapalapa | Mexico City |
| 06 | Peñón Viejo | 12 August 1991 | Grade-level, overground access | 2.4 | 8.1 | Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167 | Aztec-based Peñon Viejo rock formation glyph | Iztapalapa | Mexico City |
| 07 | Acatitla | 12 August 1991 | Grade-level, overground access | 1.5 | 9.6 | Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167 | Aztec solar day reed | Iztapalapa | Mexico City |
| 08 | Santa Marta † | 12 August 1991 | Grade-level, overground access | 1.3 | 10.9 | Santa Marta Line 2: Santa Marta station Line 10: Santa Marta station (under construction) Line 11: Santa Marta station (under construction) Routes: 1-D, 52-C | Saint Martha with a pitcher | Iztapalapa | Mexico City |
| 09 | Los Reyes | 12 August 1991 | Grade-level, overground access | 1.9 | 12.8 | | Three crowns | La Paz | State of Mexico |
| 10 | La Paz † | 12 August 1991 | Grade-level, overground access | 2.1 | 14.9 | La Paz | A dove | La Paz | State of Mexico |

## Ridership

The following table shows each of Line A stations total and average daily ridership during 2019.
| ‡ | Terminal |
| †‡ | Transfer station and terminal |
| Rank | Station | Total ridership | Average daily |
| 1 | Pantitlán†‡ | 45,550,938 | 124,797 |
| 2 | La Paz‡ | 15,636,790 | 42,841 |
| 3 | Santa Marta | 10,088,191 | 27,639 |
| 4 | Guelatao | 7,898,506 | 21,640 |
| 5 | Tepalcates | 7,054,067 | 19,326 |
| 6 | Los Reyes | 6,242,517 | 17,103 |
| 7 | Acatitla | 5,846,455 | 16,018 |
| 8 | Peñón Viejo | 5,025,958 | 13,770 |
| 9 | Canal de San Juan | 4,813,813 | 13,189 |
| 10 | Agrícola Oriental | 4,130,829 | 11,317 |
| Total | Total | 112,288,064 | 307,639 |