Overview
- The final Juanacatlán–Observatorio segment reopened on Sunday, restoring full Pantitlán–Observatorio service, with free rides from 1:30 p.m. for the remainder of the day.
- Authorities report an investment of about 37 billion pesos that replaced track, power and tunnel systems and installed CBTC signaling, a private LTE/fiber network and nearly 6,000 cameras.
- The line now operates with 39 trains and targets headways of roughly two minutes with an end‑to‑end travel time of about 40 minutes.
- STC projects daily ridership near 850,000, and the fare remains 5 pesos despite higher estimated per‑trip operating costs.
- The upgraded Observatorio terminal is set up as a regional node for future integration with the El Insurgente interurban rail, with Chinese supplier CRRC among the project partners.