Lines
The Monterrey Metro, officially known as Metrorrey has two lines with 31 stations.
Line 1, which opened on April 21, 1991 has 19 stations, runs through the center of the city from the north-west to the eastern part of the Monterrey Metropolitan Area. The line is 18.5 km long, runs parallel to the former 1887 Topo Chico tramline and is grade-separated as it runs on an elevated structure. A complete ride along this line takes about 27 minutes. Line 1 is linked to line 2 at Cuauhtémoc station, located downtown.
Line 2 has 13 stations and is also fully grade-separated, partially on an aerial structure and partially subterranean. The first six-station segment opened in 1994, was 4.5 km long and runs underground. Construction on a USD 200 million expansion of Line 2 began in August 2005. The first segment of the expansion opened in October 2007 and added an additional three stations to the line. The second segment of the expansion was inaugurated on October 9, 2008 by Nuevo León Governor Natividad González Parás and Mexican president Felipe Calderón and added an additional four stations to the line. This last segment runs on an aerial structure in the center of Avenida Universidad. The completed 12.5 km route runs from Sendero to the Macroplaza with a station at the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León.
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