The Mexico City trolleybus system () is a trolleybus network serving Mexico City. It is operated by Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (STE), which also operates the Xochimilco Light Rail and Cablebús systems. Along with other public transportation services, including the Mexico City Metro, Metrobús, and Mexibús, it forms part of the Mexico City Integrated Mobility System.

The system opened on 9 March 1951.Trolleybus Magazine No. 235 (January–February 2001), p. 14. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK). .Morrison, Allen (2010; updated 2014). The Trolleybuses of Latin America in 2014. Retrieved 24 December 2014. , it comprises 14 routes, some of which operate on dedicated corridors with characteristics similar to bus rapid transit (BRT) systems. Until 2019, the routes were identified by letters, after which numbered route designations were adopted.Trolleybus Magazine No. 318 (November–December 2014), p. 159. National Trolleybus Assn. (UK). .

Beginning in 2019, the system underwent a major modernization and expansion program under the administration of Claudia Sheinbaum. The program included the purchase of new battery-equipped trolleybuses manufactured by Yutong in China to replace vehicles dating from the 1980s and 1990s. The new vehicles can operate both from the system's parallel overhead lines and independently using onboard batteries, allowing them to travel up to away from wired infrastructure.

Lines Line Formerly Route Lengthkm (mi) 1 A Metro Autobuses del Norte – Autobuses del Sur 2 S Metro Pantitlán – Metro Chapultepec 3 D San Andrés Tetepilco – Metro Mixcoac 4 G Metro Boulevard Puerto Aéreo – Metro El Rosario 5 LL San Felipe de Jesús – Metro Hidalgo 6 I Metro El Rosario – Metro Chapultepec 7 K1 Ciudad Universitaria – CETRAM Periférico Oriente 8 CP Circuito Politécnico (Metro Politécnico – Instituto Politécnico Nacional) 9 M Metro Villa de Cortés – Río Churubusco / Metro Apatlaco 10 – Metro Constitución de 1917 – Metro Santa Marta 11 – Metro Santa Marta – Chalco 12 – Perisur – Tasqueña 13 – Metro Constitución de 1917 – Metro Mixcoac 14 – CETRAM Universidad – CETRAM Huipulco

Lines 1 to 7 are cross-city routes, of which 3, 4, and 7 are tangential routes, not reaching the city centre and generally oriented perpendicular to radial routes ("crosstown" route in American English). Line 9 is a short tangential route that is not "cross-city". Line 8 is a "feeder" route, feeding the city's metro system at Politécnico station and also line 1.

On October 29, 2022, line 10 was inaugurated from Metro Constitución de 1917 to Acahualtepec. The section from Acahualtepec to Metro Santa Marta was inaugurated in May 2025.

See also

List of trolleybus systems

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