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Mexico City Metro Line 3 renovation amid protests, traffic

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Mexico City Metro Line 3 renovation amid protests, rains traffic

The Mexico City Metro completed a 2.2 billion‑peso upgrade of Line 2 and is preparing a roughly 40 billion‑peso overhaul of Line 3, adding 45 new trains, replacing tracks and refurbishing all 21 stations. Work is staged at night and on weekends, with weekends; major track work is slated for 2027; 2027, no stations will close and the fare stays at five pesos. On 15 July 2026 eight simultaneous protests blocked major thoroughfares, causing city‑wide traffic gridlock and platform saturation on Line 3 (Indios Verdes‑Universidad). Delays of eight to ten minutes were managed with a user‑dosing protocol and commuters were urged to use official mobility apps. The same day the National Civil Protection Coordination warned of very strong rains, prompting Heavy rains prompted the “Hoy No Circula” program on 16 July. A further wave of blockades July, restricting vehicles with green stickers and plates ending in 1 or 2. Metro officials dispatched extra trains on Lines 3 and 8 to cope with high passenger volumes while maintaining good service on the other eight lines. On 18 July July, renewed blockades at the Insurgentes and Reforma intersections and near the Zócalo reduced vehicle flow by about 35 %, creating created queues up to four kilometres and adding added more than an hour to travel times. Authorities redirected traffic and warned that the main north‑south artery and Avenida Chapultepec remained saturated. A technical traffic, while a signaling fault in on Line 9’s signaling 9 caused delays of up to 18‑minute delays between Pantitlán and Tacubaya, while 18 minutes; Lines 1, 2 and 3 continued normal service. Commuters were again urged to use alternative routes such as Metrobús and to monitor official mobility apps. Metro officials dispatched extra trains on Lines By 29 July, construction of the Mexicable Line 3 and 8 to cope cable‑car in Naucalpan reached 75 % completion, with high passenger volumes civil works expected to finish later in the year and maintained good service on slated for early 2027. The same day the other eight lines. city announced a public‑private tender for the Metro Line 3 modernization, with contract award expected on 14 September. Audits of Line 2 spending continue, and a maintenance contract requires replacement of any failing green‑wall plants after seven months. The environmental contingency remains inactive, and forecasts Forecasts call for temperatures of 14 °C to 27 °C with a high chance of afternoon showers.

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