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Morelia Sets Sept. 30 Teleférico Launch, Starts Morebús Work May 12

The firm timeline signals a push to integrate cable car and bus service for faster travel without new public debt.

Overview

  • State officials said the first cable car segment will open with stations at Estadio Morelos, Eduardo Ruiz, Primo Tapia Poniente, and Monumento a Lázaro Cárdenas.
  • The initial loop spans a little over 3 kilometers and takes about 15 minutes, with demand forecast at 22,000 riders a day and capacity for up to 46,000.
  • The Morelia cable car carries an investment near 3 billion pesos that the governor says is fully state funded, and both the Uruapan and Morelia lines use a multiyear model that avoids public debt for more than 6 billion pesos in total spending.
  • For the Morebús rapid bus line, the first phase is a 2.9 billion peso federal–state build with 55 stations and 74 hybrid buses over more than 30 kilometers, a flat 11 peso fare, and operations planned after construction.
  • Officials plan a single mobility network that reorganizes local concessions into a new public operator with transport partners, which they say will cut cross‑city trips, protect the historic center by keeping cables out of it, and draw tourists to new viewpoints.