It costs a lot more than 25 cents. The thing is those who don't take it pay for a part of the ticket of those who do take it. They call it solidarity and social justice. Others call it simply robbery.
Man mexico city subways looks nicer and cleaner than new york city subways. I just realized mexico city's subways uses rubber tires that's pretty cool. VIVA MEXICO❤️🇲🇽
Downside of tires, is that the train is really fast and if you’re standing, get ready to blast off and hold yourself when it stops since it’s like someone hit a emergency break
Mexico City's subway is awesome! It is clean, fast, inexpensive, and no it is not confusing. Maybe if you ride it 2 or 3 times and don't know where you are going it seems confusing like with anything. The system is very easy to follow and learn. What this video showed was definitely NOT crowded. Living there 4-1/2 years, it can be warmer sometimes than others especially mid-day or rush hours, but never uncomfortable and usually quite comfortable, safe, and best way to get around. Mexico City and it's subway/metro are amazing. I love you Mexico!
I have to disagree on you with safe amd comforable it is but you have to keep your eyes open and look around you and be careful for tourist like you no offence that makes you a big target to get robbed
They were actually known as the Mexicans(Mesh-E-Ka). It wasn't until the early 1900s that US scholars started to us the word Aztec. The Mexica Capital then called TENOCHTILAN is what is now the downtown district(EL CENTRO) , it only encompased 10% of the city today. The rest of the boroughs have their own unique history and historical events. Chapultepec was originally Moctezumas Zoo , Austrian Hapsburg Maximillian ( Uncle of Franz Ferdinad , cousin of PEDRO 2 of Brazil) built a castle on top . Tepito even in the times of the Mexica was a black market Azcapuzalco is not on top of a lake, but it was home to the AZCAPUZALCO empire . When the Mexica arrived and founded Tenochtilan, Azcaputzalco was the empire of its day and it commanded tribute from the Mexica.
Some Metro stations in Mexico City actually do function as museums! For example the station "La Raza" serves as a Science Museum; it even has a long dark corridor with glow-in-the-dark astronomical stuff!
I was born and raised in Mexico City and used to live there for 40 years and witnessed the actual construction of the subway. The stations have always been relatively clean and free from graffiti. I'm glad you were surprised at the archaeological find in Pino Suárez. That's the pyramid of Ehecatl, a minor Aztec god. There's also a tusk from a mammoth in the station Talismán (Line 4, baby blue). I'm afraid that what you point out about pickpocketing is real, mostly at peak hours. The city government once tried A/C in the trains, but it was too loud and it was not actually A/C, but fans on the ceiling, so this "experiment" was phased out. The original design of the subway was inspired by the Montreal metro, and in fact, the first trains were French (Alsthom). The rubber tires make the ride smoother and the trains are quieter. Last but not least, thanks for sharing your experience.
@@ActionKid Any time! Sorry for the typos. I'll correct them. I used to be a fan of the Metro in its glory days. It was considered the third of the world after the metros of Moscow and London in amount of people carried every day. But alas, today, the overpopulation in the city is reflected in the subway and the stations are full at all times. Here is a link (in Spanish) regarding the stations: www.eluniversal.com.mx/galeria/cultura/tesoros-culturales-del-metro-de-la-ciudad-de-mexico#imagen-1 And it may be hard to believe, but a subway station is the safest place during an earthquake (I definitely can tell you that. The second 1985 earthquake hit when I was traveling between Tacuba and Panteones), and as a final "fun fact", most lines run under, over or on the streets and have a depth of about only 30 feet. This is due to the city's subsoil, which is kind of a jelly. However, on Line 7 (orange), the stations are really deep, because that part of the city has rocky subsoil.
Daniel Smith Yes but that's because NYC has humid warm summers and very cold winters so they need that, in Mexico City they don't need that due to the fact that it's in high altitude and there temperatures are cool spring like year round.
@@Alex-eh8hv Actually not, the subway in NY is NOT expensive relative to wages and how large the system is! A monthly unlimited pass is $122. - using it twice a day comes to $2 a ride.
@@Dennis4abril El servicio termina a las 0:30 o 12:30, como se entienda mejor! Pero desde las 5:00 am hasta las 12:30 am, los trenes pasan uno tras otro, más o menos cada 4 minutos.
When I was in Mexico City, I noticed that they are kept very clean. Much cleaner than NY subways. Yes it is a newer system, but I have never actually seen people cleaning the stations like I saw in Mexico City.
Having used both systems I can tell you NYC's is dirty, the tunnels smells like urine, and have so many blind spots with no surveillance it feels dangerous. Mexico City's subway is ultra cheap, cleaner, and with cameras and cops everywhere.
Well Mexico City’s subway was built recently and is constantly being renovated. NYC on the other hand is over a hundred years old with constant debt and technical shortages. It also runs 24/7, making it difficult to shut down a line just to perform simple repairs.
Nah dude, as someone who has visited México city many times, i can tell you our subway isnt clean at all. Also, the infrastructure is so bad, that a few months ago one line fell and many people died.
@@mikelleonardoplancarteesco3560 I said "cleaner", the line that fell was because of faulty construction, and we don't get random shooters killing people 👍
@@mikelleonardoplancarteesco3560 have u gone to both the nyc and Mexico City one? have u gone to other places' metro? I have* London look so old the walls look less take care of that Mexicos and Los Angeles have no police on site, there is homeless sleeping there and smells like urine... and you pay like 2 dollars per ride... can't compare a 25 cent one bruh
It's embarrassing to see how far America is falling behind the rest of the world in terms of infrastructure. We just keep pounding our chests and bragging to the rest of the world about how we are the greatest nation on Earth, while the rest of the world is laughing.
Also, keeping in mind the older stations are in the center of the city and they are still super clean in comparison. Mexico City is over 22 million people. This is not Mayberry.
I been in many subway systems around the globe and Mexico is one the best, by far is cleaner than NYC, and as a matter of fact I was extremely surprised or disappointed when I saw NYC subway the first time.
Your Spanish pronunciation isn't bad, actionkid. Mexico City uses rubber tires on their Metro like Montreal, Paris and Santiago. It presumably allows smoother, quieter rides; faster acceleration; shorter breaking distances; ability to go up sharper climbs, and reduced train track wear. When I was in CdMx i wasn't brave enough to tackle the Metro. Thank you for the ride!
That’s wrong That’s just a tourist station. The other eleven lines are a mess in full. Mexican TV broadcasts every time security videos about assaults, beatings, people jumping at the incoming train. Rush hour may be the worst in the world You can’t even get into the wagon, it’s crowded
@@robert111k That's bullsh*t, Mexico city metro is bigger and that's why it is better. There are countries like Sweden that has a very beautiful metro but it is small.
Oh how I hated the amount of people in this subway system mainly on the 2 line to zocalo when I was there a few years lol but It is much more clean the the NYC subway
I love your videos, and let me congratulate you for the incredible Videos that you made of Mexico City. The subway of Mexico City has a total length of 226km, has 12 lines, has 195 stations, and carries around 5 million people every day. It is the only Subway in the world in which each station can be identified in addition to color and number, with an image.
Maybe there's no A/C and uncomfortable when it's crowded but holy shit, the sound when the train leaves the station is sooooo gooooood. Mexico is way too far and I probably never able to visit it, but the subway looks pretty alright for me.
Francisco Gonzalez it is NOT! No es potable, aunque la gente tome no significa que lo sea. Habla por ti mismo, inténtalo y haber si no te da una salmonelosis!
@Albert Mora Yes. .. indeed, we both agree but the problem is that, such statement coming from a peasant like yourself, is worthless. PIzza Hut, Wal-Mart, KFC, etc.,will still preside in Mexico, even if the wall is built. Old age-group cohorts will tear down the fence just to come over to Mexico and enjoy their meager 800 dollar SSI check here in Mexico. YOUR imbecilic zerote opinion don't speak for the rest of the AMericans.
Mexico City Metro Opened in 1969 50 years Old The Subway uses Rubber Tires because it is Smoother and Faster Many Cities around the World use Rubber Tires Transit. The Original Invention was in Paris France then other cities adopted this Transit like Montreal Canada and Santiago Chile and Mexico City.
Mexico City dweller here, the video does capture the essence of most subway stations, and it is indeed that clean 99% of the time. Stations vary in other aspects though, so do trains. You got into some of the oldest trains, the new ones do have A/C and look a lot more modern on the inside. The subway is very safe to move around the city, unfortunately there are pickpockets but it is just a matter of holding tight to your wallet and phone. Anyway, good video.
If Mexico City's trains are crowded Imagine Tokyo I dont understand how they manage to get so many people on their train, one thing is for sure New York has the worst subways system.
there are like 20 million people living on the metropolitan area only and the metro system keeps expanding it almost borders with other states, its unbelievable
Well in Tokyo are larger with more lines and high tech...but in some of thoose lines in rush hour are employes that push people to get in the train...just try picture that.
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xzkU6tmdImY.html Watch to about 3:20. New Yorkers would _never_ put up with crowd-control measures like this regardless of its effectiveness.
Mexico City amen people here are beautifull keep your court clean mexicana amen don't throw rubbish on floor ppl plz keep a carer bg keep our country clean
Saludos a Chimbote, Perú! El Metro de México es grande y atiende a más de 5 millones de personas al día. Nosotros también tenemos transporte de todo tipo y a todo lugar igual que ustedes.
They Metro in Mexico City looks a lot cleaner than the subway stations in NYC. Also, it looks like the cars run a lot smoother and quieter than those in NY. The problem with the NY subway is that is not well managed. The MTA never appears to have enough money to keep a good, clean and efficient system. It grew up into a monster that nobody seems to be able to fix, unfortunately.
Those are the older lines in the cdmx metro (1-2) also more congested and "dirtier", the newer ones are much better, but by comparison it's way way way better than the NYC subway in every single aspect, cleanliness, affordability, trains, people, etc... but not just NYC, also better than BART in San Francisco, just to many zombie/hobo/ junkies and crazy people in general...
Brings back memories I live in new York city myself and the last time I've tooken the Mexican subway was 2011 I see that till this day the subway over there is still clean
I'm not from Mexico city, but usually water fountains are safe to drink. Most homes don't have potable tap water, but that doesn't mean that filter systems aren't set up in some places.
I lived in Mexico City most of my life and I used to talk crap about the metro system. And while it does have it's drawbacks as anything, living in Toronto made me realize how lucky I was. The subway here is $3.20CAD and breaks down EVERY SINGLE DAY. I miss my old metro.
No ac inside the trains ,but the stations climate its okay ,and actualy some new trains has A.C, its mot so bad cause the mexico city whether its dry ,not humid like houston .
The subway trains looks faster than NYC’s subway trains. Wow, the stations looks like a shopping center but minus the stores ( better lighting, space, and cleanse than NYC’s subway stations). Or is this only this Subway station?
In 2017 some stations were renewed. Most stations nowadays have the original-old style. the renewed stations are in Line 1 stations (Boulevard pto aereo. Balbuena. Moctezuma. Merced. Pino Suarez. Salto del Agua. Cuauhtemoc. Insurgentes and Sevilla) In 2010 the station Isabel la catolica in linea 1 was renewed but is totally diferent and dark. In 2014 the station Revolucion in line 2 was renewed. This two stations was based to choose wich style to choose to be renewed more statios. Won Revolucion and the the stations of line 1 in 2017 were renewed
@@mathewvanostin7118 the trains are orange because that was the color of the city logo when teh city was first build. Now that is different but the tradition of orange trains just stayed with us.
It must be shocking for a New Yorker to realize that the subway looks way better in a "third world country" than in their "first world" I was born and raised in Mexico city and lived 20 years in NYC and as great NYC is, the subway and the mta suck!
I'm from Mexico i have been leaving half of my life in New York and i did knew the Mexican subway, thanks for bring those memories back, excellent videos
well it was really clean, plus the NYC subway is always crowded, dirty, hot and damp in the summer and freezing in the winter (the stops, while the train is literally the opposite) so wouldn't complain too much.
It was built by the same French engineers who made Paris rubber-tyred trains. You can find other subway systems like that in Montreal, Canada or Santiago de Chile, Chile
Lo unico que cuntruyo en su momento francia fueron los trenes toda la ingenieria de las estaciones fue ingenieria mexicana despues los trenes fuero echos en mexico por la compañia canadiense bombardier en ciudad shagun hidalgo mexico y el trn de montral es muy ruidoso tiene ruedad de metal
Talves esta limpio .pero nosotros en nueva york ya pusimos pantallas para monitoriar el tren y tenemos internet gratis apenas ase ,6meses mejoraron 167street Dtrain poco a poco estan reparando las estaciones .
@@Dennis4abril y eso que ¿? unas pantallitas las consigue cualquiera. soy de NYC y los trenes siempre se retrasan y estan sucios. ni se diga de la gente con problemas mentales que abundan en los metros.
Taking the subway for the first time in a different country is a struggle for me, too! But hey, when you made it, it feels great!!:-) Thx for this one, actionkid105!
Great Video. My cousin took me on the Metro and it was very crowded as well. I also had my book bag in front of me. When it gets too crowded you just have to push others to get in
The CDMX metro is great! Used it only once when visited the city in 2015. Also rode the NYC subway - was shocking... dirty, some stations looked like from apocalypse movies... If you think that was crowded, try our London tube in rush hour!
@@MrBroncolinShows You can't compare a Metro sistem that moves 7 million people a day to a metro that only moves like 100,000 people or less with a very few stations vs 195 Stations, not to mention that some lines already have AC installed and State of the Art last generation cars.
New Yorker here aswell. I visited the city back in november 2018. Heres my breakdown: Pros: Definitely much faster and smooth than our century old system. Rubber tires definitely help in that regard. Fairly easy to navigate. Nyc subway is a mess of confusion and can be challenging to understand with the various overlaping of subway lines. Much cleaner metro in mexico. You can actually sit on the floor in some stations. Our subway is filthy and crumbling. Youll never see anyone sit on the floor in new york unless theyre begging. Cons: The subway cars are way too small and narrow. Very odd choice of cars for a busy city. The transfers between other subway lines are way too far apart. Its ridiculously unreasonable the distances you must walk to change lines in Mexico city. In new york, all the transfers are fairly simple, either across the platform or an easy walk down/up some stairs or a short hallway. The payment system in Mexico is so out of date. No credit options for payment. I was unable to ride the metrobus because the plastic cards were unavailable at every station I went. They only had paper tickets which you cant use on the metrobus. We do it way better in NYC, metrocards are available everywhere and anywhere. Yes, even in convenience shops. No airconditioning or digital monitors or announcements to guide you on the metro. In NYC, the trains can be very cold but we have airconditioning atleast and there are digital monitors which display the stations and the transfers aswell as announcements. Overall, its an interesting system and enjoyed riding it very much. Good on you for taking us for the ride!
Oh, but that is whay each station has its own symbol, a quick look at the guide over the windows and the symbol outside and you know exactly where you are. That is something that always seemed odd to me from other countries systems. Why they don't assign symbols to each station to make things easier?
It is much cleaner than the NYC MTA Subway. I saw at least One Homeless Person when the Narrator was walking through the Subway. A lot of HOmeless People in New York City and the subways. Many times the homeless Sleep on the NYC Subway cars taking Whole Benches while People are standing without a Seat. Personally, I don't think DeBlasio should be running for President. I don't think Blillio has done a very good job as Mayor of New York. Massive Homeless Problem, VEry High Rents, Massive Problems in the New York City Housing Authority, etc, etc.
I was in CDMX // Mexico City few months ago and I can say that I had good times 😀. CDMX is a huge city, but Uber is cheap. I won't recommend Taxis as they charge 2X-3X 🤑 more than Uber. I love to take pictures and make videos and upload them on my YT channel 🤗 - be safe & happy travels.
Wow it look incredible clean, I'm from Phoenix AZ, and we only have light rail, always late, expensive $4 trip and have to wait 30min to 1 hour for the next one, there are a lot of homeless sleeping on the stops and almost all of them small bad with tons of trash and there is not a/c with a 120 F weather almost all year, I don't know why you complaint about not having ac if Mexico city always have good weather 80F max temperatures in summer, winters 40F and 25cents a trip , thats a pretty good price.
Oooh, going worlwide bro, hah!🤙 Pretty interesting content, tho. Keep on pushing! Yea, rubber wheels is a cool thing and sound much quieter but I guess they have shorter operational peroid than those that made from steel... May be...
Good call on the water. Non-potable for tourists maybe? Interesting perspective. Probably not rush hour but it doesn't look crowded. I didn't even know Mexico City had a metro. Very cool. -Henry
Yes, I should have suspected given it is such a big city. I guess I was thinking that you have a lot of water around (is this correct) and wouldn't lend itself to tunnels. Foolish me. But thanks for the info. -H
@@CityWalks mexico city was build over a lake (Texcoco) The aztecs build Tenochtitlan over the lake when spaniards arrived destroyed the city and build the new city called mexico to honored the mexicas or aztecs. It was like around the city and inside city with channels. In middle 1800 the government started to dry the lake. And the city started to be expanded in the remained base of the lake. Mexico city started to study to have subway in 1930 but was declined the plan cause the land was not good and also is a hot earthquakes spot to have tunnels. In 1965 took the plan again and was approved with help of enginers from France to start build subway....
Very cool and impressive. Thanks for that info. I've only been to the south of Mexico and to Leon, never Mexico City. I've always heard great things about the capitol though. -H
It’s such an amazing experience to ride this metro. It’s a complete separate world there 😄 I go to Mexico City often for work reasons and now I go back for tourism. When I come back to Guadalajara, I feel that I’m coming back to a small town. CDMX is massive!
Fun fact: in Chabacano Station that is a hub for Mexico City Metro System lines 2, 8 and 9, there were filmed some scenes of the 80’s movie “Total Recall”. Back then, some Metro trains were modified for the move, nowadays we started to have screens with announcements in each wagon like in the movie, and yes, sometimes I feel like in a Cyberpunk scenario 😂 😎
Hello! I am from Mexico City and moving to New York City. It is very fun to see you experiencing my city. I enjoy watching and learning from you about NYC.
For your information, the trains on the Blue Line (Line 2) has automated next station announcements, but they don't always work like they do on the Gold Line (Line 12) which opened in October 2012. And I believe Line 12 has A/C on the trains.
I lol at the “No announcement” portion. Being a native NY er, most of our subway announcements are barely audible. CDMX subway is amazing for the price you pay. Also don’t forget that senior citizens (over 60) ride for free in the metro with an Inapam card.
Nobody should complaint about the Mexico City Metro, the ticket just cost 25 cents of a dollar (5 Mexican pesos) while the ticket for one ride in The New York subway cost THREE DOLLARS that is 12 TIMES MORE. Besides the New York Subway is filthy and noisy because it uses steel wheels.
Wow nice and clean 🧼 floors nothing to compare with NYC subway and as you know Mexico City’s is 3/4 times bigger then NYC that’s is why is so crowded so stop complaining dude
I have used both the Mexico City Metro and the Chicago CTA trains. There is a huge difference between the two. Metro is clean and I feel safe. CTA is filthy and unsafe. At the Metro you see very few homeless using the train. The CTA the homeless use it like a shelter. They go to one end of the line and then switch to another one going the other way. CTA authorities say nothing just make them move. I understand climate and culture play a big role in the differences.