Line 1 (Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano)

Line 1
Interior of the Periférico Sur station after its 2018 reconstruction
Overview
Native nameLínea 1 del Tren Eléctrico Urbano de Guadalajara
Area servedGuadalajara, Tlaquepaque and Zapopan
LocaleJalisco
Transit typeLight rail
Line number1
Number of stations20
Websitehttp://siteur.gob.mx
Operation
Began operation1 September 1989 (1989-09-01)
Operator(s)SITEUR
Rolling stockTEG-90 (Bombardier-Siemens)
TEG-15 (Bombardier)
Train lengthThree carriages during peak hours; two during off-peak hours
Technical
System length16.5 km (10.3 mi)
Track gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in) standard gauge
Average speed30 km/h (19 mph)
Top speed70 km/h (43 mph)
System map
Auditorio
Periférico Norte
Dermatológico
Atemajac
División del Norte
Ávila Camacho
Mezquitán
Refugio
Juárez
Mexicaltzingo
Washington
Santa Filomena
Unidad Deportiva
Urdaneta
18 de Marzo
Isla Raza
Patria
España
Santuario Mártires de Cristo Rey
Yards
Periférico Sur

Line 1 of the Guadalajara Urban Electric Train System opened on 1 September 1989. It is the oldest line of the Sistema de Tren Eléctrico Urbano (SITEUR), or Urban Electric Train System in Guadalajara. It was previously coloured blue, but after the stations were remodeled between 2014 and 2018 it is now red.

Line 1
Last extensionNovember 22, 2018
Rolling stockTEG-90, TEG-15
Platforms90 m (295 ft 3 in)
Covered municipalitiesGuadalajara, Zapopan, Tlaquepaque

The construction of this line's road infrastructure began in 1974 and finished in 1976, with the intention of implementing a metropolitan and railway public transportation system in Guadalajara. This did not happen, as federal resources were diverted, which led to the building of electric trolleybus lines instead.

In 1982 an overpass was built at the intersection of Avenida Colón with the Calzada Lázaro Cárdenas and was completed in 1984 (for the extension of the Guadalajara trolleybus) towards Avenida Miguel López de Legaspi, and its pre-construction began in 1988, extending it from peripheral to peripheral, and it was completed in February 1989, to later be inaugurated in September of that same year. The inauguration was headed by the then-governor of Jalisco, Guillermo Cosío Vidaurri, and by the former president of Mexico, Carlos Salinas de Gortari.

In August 2014 the extension of line 1 to the north began, where the current terminal is located: the Auditorio station, located 1 km (0.62 mi) from the Periférico Norte station; the new station was opened on November 23, 2018. Line 1 links the municipalities of Zapopan, Guadalajara and Tlaquepaque from north to south through the Calzada Federalismo/Avenida Cristóbal Colón.