Mexico City metro

[Anonymous]

Did you use the metro when you were in Mexico City? I was warned it wasn’t safe but am not sure that’s not just about different comfort levels.

[Anonymous]

Yes, have used the metro. What are your safety concerns? Are they about the infrastructure or the passengers?

[Anonymous]

I used the metro and it went perfectly fine.

[Anonymous]

Thanks for feedback.

[Anonymous]

I think I used the buses more (it’s been roughly 4 years, I went right before the pandemic). They were really nice.

[Anonymous]

Yes. It felt safe but confusing. Our train went out of service and it was not clear what to do next in terms of transferring, given that our Spanish was limited. Luckily someone who spoke English helped us.

[Anonymous]

I was just in Mexico City a few weeks ago and felt very safe using the metro there. Of note, we only used it to travel from Condesa and Roma Norte to the area around Centro Historico, so we were in pretty touristy/safe areas, which may have made a difference.

[Anonymous]

Yes, it was fine, but I use public transportation in every city I travel to so I'm used to it.

[Anonymous]

Used it and it’s fine.

There are cars for women and children

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, have used the metro. What are your safety concerns? Are they about the infrastructure or the passengers?

The Mexico City metro is segregated. Literally. Women and children get to use the first two cars. Entrance to these cars is enforced by police. Men in the other cars.

If you happen to avoid being harassed by men on the CDMX metro, which would probably be super rare in the first place, the metro is fine. It's super cheap, like US$0.25, runs frequently and covers most of the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. It felt safe but confusing. Our train went out of service and it was not clear what to do next in terms of transferring, given that our Spanish was limited. Luckily someone who spoke English helped us.

That's rather odd because the CDMX metro was designed to work for the illiterate. All the stops have images to go with their names.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, have used the metro. What are your safety concerns? Are they about the infrastructure or the passengers?

The Mexico City metro is segregated. Literally. Women and children get to use the first two cars. Entrance to these cars is enforced by police. Men in the other cars.

If you happen to avoid being harassed by men on the CDMX metro, which would probably be super rare in the first place, the metro is fine. It's super cheap, like US$0.25, runs frequently and covers most of the city.

Just avoid rush hour, of course. Generally no one will bother or harass you at all. No one will pay attention to you.

There aren't always women's cars, but when there are they're in the front of the train.

[Anonymous]

That there are designated cars for women only tells you all you need to know about the rail system and city culture.

[Anonymous]

Not to hijack the thread but how did people get from the airport to their hotels? I fly to CDMX for the first time next week and will be staying in Roma Norte. I'm confused how to get to the hotel because everything I'm reading online is to take an official taxi. How will I know the difference? Is there a. Taxi stand at the airport?

[Anonymous]

This was 2019, but we used Uber everywhere. Super reliable and fast.