{"id":3599,"date":"2019-08-29T09:03:43","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T07:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revistaitransporte.com\/?p=3599"},"modified":"2019-09-02T08:18:50","modified_gmt":"2019-09-02T06:18:50","slug":"more-stations-for-the-golden-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revistaitransporte.com\/more-stations-for-the-golden-line\/","title":{"rendered":"More stations for the Golden Line"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Mexican capital, which changed its name in January 2016 from the Federal District to Mexico City, is an enormous metropolitan area with a population of almost 21\u00a0million inhabitants, making it the largest city in Latin America and one of the largest in the world. The backbone of the city\u2019s public transport system \u2013which includes buses, trolleybuses, trams and commuter rail\u2013 is its almost 200-kilometre-long metro network, which transports approximately 8\u00a0million passengers a day spread among its 12\u00a0lines and 195\u00a0stations.<\/p>\n

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The Line 12 extension route.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ineco, through its subsidiary Inecomex, together with its partner in the country, Cal y Mayor y Asociados, is carrying out the comprehensive management of the project (project management) for the management, coordination and monitoring of the Mixcoac-Observatorio extension of Line 12, also known as the Golden Line, the newest line in the CDMX Metro network. This line opened on 30 October 2012, has 20 stations and has a total length of 24.5 kilometres. It is located in the southern part of Mexico City and runs east to west. It connects to other lines in the system: Line 7 in Mixcoac; Line 3 in Zapata; Line 2 in Ermita and Line 8 in Atlalilco.<\/p>\n

Management of Line 12<\/h4>\n

A team of more than 80 professionals is responsible for managing the works, which include the construction of 4.6 kilometres of tunnel \u2013with the main tunnel covering 3.6 kilometres\u2013 and three new stations: Valent\u00edn Campa, \u00c1lvaro Obregon and Observatorio, where it will connect to Lines 1 and 9. The section also has 13 skylights, some of which will also serve as emergency exits, rectification substations and larger ventilation units.<\/p>\n