Transit type Cable car Number of stations 7 | Number of lines 1 Website mexicable.com | |
Locale State of Mexico, Mexico Daily ridership 29,000 per day (estimated, 2016) | ||
Mexicable is a project by the government of the State of Mexico to build a cable car service as part of a wider public transport system.
The first part of this project was inaugurated on October 4, 2016, in the city of Ecatepec de Morelos. The system, with a length of 4.8 kilometres (3.0 mi), runs between San Andrés de la Cañada (in the Sierra of Guadalupe) and Vía Morelos (in Ecatepec), through five intermediate stations. It reduces traveling times between those points to 17 minutes, down from the hourlong commutes between the same points using ground transportation.
The Mexicable Ecatepec consists of 190 cars, and each one of them can carry 10 passengers. The predicted capacity is 6,000 passengers per hour and 29,000 passengers per day, with a fare of six pesos.
The New York Times reported that the Mexicable Ecatepec has brought some urban renewal to the areas served by Mexicable stations. Streetlights were installed, roads were paved, and about 50 murals were commissioned along the route.