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The best way to travel into the city, avoiding the traffic is using the subway (METRO).
This transportation system is one of the cheapest in the world $2 Pesos per trip (2 cents of dollar)
The stations of Metro are diverse all over the city - the system count with more than 10 different lines to take you in - definitly you will need a map of the stations.
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Sorry for the blurred picture... But I took it really fast...
Well... About Mexico City subway... I have just take one or two lines in my life... And as you may know (and if you dont know now you do) Mexico City is HUGE, so with or without a map you may get lost...
Getting back to the metro... The metro will not take your EVERYWERE in Mexico City and sorrounding areas, so you will have to take some other transports... GET A SUBWAY MAP and trace your schedule... It's easy to get around by it, and it's REALLY cheap (I think it's like $1.50 or $2.00 pesos... $20 cents (dollar)...
Just take care of your stuff for the pickpocketers...
Enjoy your ride! Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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I took the Metro a lot in Mexico City. It's efficient and reaches most parts of town. Transfers are free and a ticket only costs 2 pesos. There are no discounts for purchases of higher quantities, but it's a good idea to buy 5 or 10 tickets at a time, to avoid long lines at the "taquilla" (ticket window). The Metro is open from 5 am to 12:30 am Monday through Friday (some lines don't open until 6 am), Saturday from 6 am to 1:30 am and on Sunday from 7 am to 12:30 am. You can pick up a Metro map at a tourist information booth around town, but check your guidebook, which also should have one.
During peak hours, it can get extremely crowded and you might have to let one train pass and be a little aggressive in positioning yourself on the platform to be sure you're in front to get on the next train. This is only a problem at some of the busier stations, such as Pino Suarez. As always, beware of pickpockets on the crowded train. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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One ticket is good for one trip (including transfers) from any distance. Tickets are sold exclusively at ticket windows that are located at all stations. The service schedule is from 5:30 to 00.30.
The Subway is very easy to use: each station has a logo and each line a color; the direction of the train is indicated at each platform.
One ticket costs 2 pesos, better buy 10 or even 20 at a time to avoid standing in line especially at the busy downtown stations. Leave a Comment
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Here you can see a map of the metro lines. They're separated in numbers AND colors, and each metro station has a different symbol. Some of the lines that seem to be longer aren't metro lines only, they end at a certain point and from there you ride another train to go farther, but the correspondance is easy.
All (or most) of the metro lines have bus stops at the exit so you can ride a bus if you need to go somewhere else nearby and you don't want to walk. Again, be careful when riding one so you know exactly where it goes and where it passes by, cause you can get lost easily. Unfortunately there's no map and/or timetable or any other way to know where the buses run, where they go, etc. So you'd better stick to the metro!
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The best way to move around Mexico City is the METRO. It's fast, it's cheap (each ticket is only MXN $2 = 20 cents of USD and is good for 1 trip including multiple transfers as long as you don't exit the system), and it takes you almost everywhere.
You may also try to use the buses, but then you'd have to deal with the traffic jams we get in here all the time, and there are so many different routes that it's hard to know which one will take you where you want to go, especially if you're not familiar with the bus system and the town and if you don't speak Spanish (you won't find a bus driver that can speak English to help you and our buses don't have numbers that you can easily identify them with or maps picturing the routes that the buses follow).....
So I strongly recommend that you use the metro. If you want to get somewhere quickly you can always take a taxi, but please read what I recommend about taking taxis on my WARNINGS section. And check the next tip for a map of the metro lines.
Oh, one more warning: try not to use the metro during rush hours (between 7-9 AM and 6-8 PM) because it can get REALLY crowded! During these times there are even special cars reserved for women & children (usually the first 2 cars at the front part of the train) -- and if you're a girl I strongly suggest that you use those. Keep in mind that our metro system transports around 8 million people everyday!!! Leave a Comment
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Some guidebooks say that it is unsafe using the Metro in Mexico City. Anyway it is a cheap way of travelling (2 pesos for a ride), and very efficient if you have to travel from one end of the city to the other end. Maybe it is best, to avoid the rush hours, because then it is too crowded, but anyway even outside rush hours, you'll never been alone, just be careful, carry your day-backpack in front of you, keep your wallet in a safe place, and leave all valuable documents in a safe in your hotel. Leave a Comment Theme: Subway/Metro
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Mexico City's subway is a safe, fast and unexpensive (ticket = 2 pesos = 18 cents of U.S. dollar) way to move around the city, when it is not rush hour (7-10 a.m., 6-9 p.m. monday to friday); during rush hour it is very crowded.
From an architecture point of view there are some oddities:
The transfer tunnel in Pino Suarez station (Line1-pink to Line 2-blue), displays one complete aztec structure, discovered with the subway's construction excavations. If you are traveling between Zona Rosa and Zocalo you will use this transfer.
Zocalo station access-hall has three models representing Zocalo and its surroundings during aztec times, colonial times and the late XIX century.
Bellas Artes station access next to the palace is an exact replica of Guimard's Parc Monceau station in Paris; it was a gift of France.
Many stations have murals: examples include Insurgentes, Tacubaya and Centro Medico. Copilco station is an extreme as its huge murals cover the whole extension of the two 100 meter-long platforms.
The stations generally look modern and a few of them were some time ago considered even futuristic: for example Chabacano station was a location for Hollywood's "Total Recall" movie (starring Arnold Schwarzenegger) where it was suposed to be a subway in Mars... Leave a Comment
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VT has tons of tips on the Mexico City Metro, but it is worth repeating:
Use the Metro to get around Mexico City. It is
* clean and very modern
* cheap (2 pesos or 20 US cents)--buy a booklet--"castaneta"--of tickets if you want a lot of rides
* extensive--you will need a bus only to get to outlying areas such as the pyramid
* easy to use--the lines are both number- and color-coded, there's an identifying icon (useful if you can't read the Roman alphabet easily or can't remember foreign-language names of stations)
Caveats:
1) Everybody uses the Metro, so it's very, very full at rush hour on weekdays. If possible, avoid traveling from 8 to 10 weekday mornings and from 5 to 8 in the evening.
2) If you do have to use the system during rush hour, be aware that authorities often separate the men from the women and children, guiding them to separate cars.
3) If you go out at night on the Metro, you may need to take a cab back. It stop running at 12:30 am. (See the tip about taxis under "Warnings or Dangers")
4) Keep track of your stuff. As on many of the worlds mass transit systems, pickpockets *are* cruising Leave a Comment
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The subway tunnels themselves are fascinating, as several archaeological pieces were unearthed during excavations, and the artfully designed stations are always well maintained.
For instance, the Pino Suárez station houses a little circular pyramid dedicated to 'Ehécatl', God of Wind, that was unearthed during constuction. It was a good idea to leave it in the place it was found!
Another interesting discovery: The remains of a mammoth (dated 10,000 B.C.), while digging the soil for building Talismán station. These remains are shown permanently in site.
On the other hand, Bellas Artes station has a 'Guimard' look station entrance, as a gift given by the Paris Métro (France) in 1998.
Inside Chabacano station there are a couple of murals donated by Mêtro de Lisboa (Portugal): "A Cultura" and "As Civilizações" by artist José de Guimarães.
Many other stations have artistic works on walls.
There are also exhibitions, paintings and book fairs held in some of the larger stations.
(Additional facts about Metro).
It was the first system that uses symbols and colors for identifying stations in the world.
Has the biggest transfer station in the world (Pantitlán, terminal station for lines 1, 5, 9, A, and several urban/sub-urban bus lines).
The deepest line in the city: line 7, which in some stations are 35 meter (115 ft) below street level.
Crowdest stations: Indios Verdes (Line 3),Cuatro Caminos (Line 2) and Pantitlán (Lines 1,5,9,A)
During last earhquakes in 1985, Metro system was not seriously damaged.
Just one out of eight residents in the metropolitan area live close to a subway station.
Air holes (vents) are refuges for hundreds of street children.
It is a favorite place for suicides...
Well, I certainly recommend travel by Metro, one of the finest subway systems in the world. Theme: Subway/Metro
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