The emerging Metrobús service on line 12 will have a new station from August 9

The Ministry of Mobility (Semos) of Mexico City and the government of the capital reported that the metro station Peripheral East will have a stop provisioninginside of Metrobús express pop-up service which replaces the Line 12.

The new station will begin operations on August 9, since work is currently underway to install the temporary platforms, which allow the public to board the articulated units.

Peripheral East joins the route made by public transport from Tláhuac to AtlalilcoIt will operate alongside Tláhuac, Nopalera, Tezonco and Atlalico stations.

“We also announced that, gradually, the number of Metrobús service stations would be extended, The works have already started to integrate, as a point of ascent, Periférico OrienteIt is an important station precisely because it is an interconnection junction with other transport routes, in particular those which pass through Periférico. This station will be operational from August 9, with the same characteristics and conditions as the rest of the Metrobús service stations on Avenida Tláhuac ”, said the secretary for capital mobility, Andrés Lajous.

Last Wednesday, May 26, the emerging service Metrobús started on Avenida Tláhuac, two months later, it was reported that the support of the golden line of the metro was provided with the Metrobús service of the confined track (free service Tláhuac, Nopalera, Tezonco, Atlalilco; with regular tariff with connection to line 5 from MB to Coyuya metro); ordinary RTP service (with coverage in all L12 stations); and Trolleybus L7 CU-Lomas de la Estrella.

It has also been reported that work continues to expand the roof throughout the region boarding at Atlalilco and Tláhuac, in order to protect citizens from the different climatic conditions that arise.

Andrés Lojous underlined that The work was done in coordination with the Citizen Security Secretariat (SSC) to increase the number of officers and agents in the area, also to speed up the flow of vehicles and avoid “parking in the right lane on Avenida Tláhuac”.

“Semovi and SSC staff have strengthened the operations of monitoring public transport to avoid damage by taxi bases, stops for the ascent and descent of routes and irregular motorcycle taxi bases, ”said the official of the capital.

The official indicated that the Emerging Mobility Network already serves 280 buses and over 150 support people. Likewise, he announced that RTP support exhibited an occupancy rate close to 50% during peak hours in the morning, while 60% is enjoyed in the evening.

Likewise, it has been pointed out that trolleybus line 7 provides service with 30 units (20 single and 10 articulated), with which 25 thousand passengers are transported daily and it has been recorded that the journey time from Tláhuac to Taxqueña has decreased to 70 minutes.

It should be noted that the departure was also shown in joint work with the CDMX Water System (SacMex)These works aim to prevent flooding in the region during the remainder of the rainy season.

“With @SacmexCDMX, we will start to work to prevent flooding in the area, so we will advise users to affect travel as little as possibleSemovi wrote on his official Twitter account.

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