Elevated Trolleybus to Be Expanded
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Elevated Trolleybus to Be Expanded

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Fernando Mares By Fernando Mares | Journalist & Industry Analyst - Tue, 11/08/2022 - 16:44

Just a day after the inauguration of the elevated trolleybus in Iztapalapa, Mexico City’s Mayor, Claudia Sheinbaum announced that the project will be expanded to Mixcoac, in the Benito Juarez municipality.

Sheinbaum said that with the aim to ensure the right to accessible mobility solutions, the government will expand the recently-inaugurated trolleybus line that goes from Mexico City’s UACM to the Constitucion de 1917 metro station. According to Sheinbaum, the expansion will connect Mexico City’s east and west, as well as allow users to travel to Mixcoac, a common destination for users near the collapsed Metro Line 12, which is still being renovated.

According to the local minister of Public Works and Services, Jesús Esteva, the government is already working on the project, building what is needed to facilitate the project’s operation on the road. “We are adapting the intermodal transfer center to avoid affecting operations since we just opened Ermita [Avenue]. Now we must relocate buses to build the required ramps to connect the project, which would be concluded next year,” he added. 

The expansion to Mixcoac is not the only modification to the elevated trolleybus’ original route. Sheinbaum said that Mexico City is working with the State of Mexico to launch a trolleybus line that will connect Chalco in the State of Mexico and Mexico City’s Santa Marta metro station. So far, both entities have invested over MX$7.3 billion (US$379 million), as reported by MBN. The project has been subjected to criticism because the government allocated 95 percent of its authorized debt to develop it. 

The Chalco-Santa Marta trolleybus will have a connection with the elevated trolleybus via Santa Marta. Sheinbaum said that the federal Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT) will oversee the development of the infrastructure to connect Santa Marta station with the elevated trolleybus. Sheinbaum added that in the coming days she will meet with President López Obrador to discuss the matter.

According to Mexico City’s Minister of Mobility, Andrés Lajous, the operation of the elevated trolleybus allows the city to replace 224 buses that were in bad shape and caused pollution. 
The elevated trolleybus is an 8km lane for the exclusive use of units. It has 11 stations, some of them with connections with the Metro’s Line 8 and with the Cablebus system. The project required an investment of over US$154.2 million.
 

Photo by:   Gobierno de la Ciudad de México

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