In December of this year, Line 12 of the Metro: Batres will reopen in its entirety

This morning at the National Palace, the head of the Government of Mexico City, Martí Batres, announced that by next December it will fully reopen Line 12 of the Metro.

The above was announced by the official in the framework of the conference morning of this Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in which It was also reported on the reinforcement works in their entirety with the idea of offering a safe service.

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There are six stations left to reinforce and reopen this will happen in December of this year. In that month, the entire Line 12 of the Metro will be fully open and fully reinforced. From Mixcoac to Tláhuac,” Batres explained.

In this context, the capital’s president said that not only has the elevated section of Line 12 been reinforcedbut a safe path was established, murals were painted and streetlights were installed.

Likewise, Martí Batres recalled that last weekend the reopening of five stations on the elevated section of Line 12 was carried out. The foregoing, he pointed out, is added to the nine that were already in operation of the underground section that began operating at the beginning of this year.

There are 14 stations out of a total of 20, that is, 70 percent of all Line 12 is already working. There are 200,000 users in the reopened section,” confirmed the capital official.

What happened on Line 12?

On May 3, 2021, part of the elevated section of Line 12 collapsed when a convoy arrived at the Olivos station.a tragedy that left 27 people dead and more than 80 injured.