{"id":4688,"date":"2014-02-02T05:15:22","date_gmt":"2014-02-02T13:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/?p=4688"},"modified":"2014-02-02T05:17:10","modified_gmt":"2014-02-02T13:17:10","slug":"taking-the-metro-to-mexico-city-airport-terminal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/2014\/02\/taking-the-metro-to-mexico-city-airport-terminal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking the Metro to Mexico City Airport, Terminal 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>if the following apply to you, you may want to consider taking the subway to the airport instead of a taxi. note that it&#8217;s much easier walk from Terminal 1 (i believe the subway pretty much stops there via the Terminal A\u00e9rea station).<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you want to save money (5 pesos for a subway ride, or less than 40 cents, versus the 290 pesos i paid for a cab late at night)<\/li>\n<li>you are arriving or departing during daylight hours (it&#8217;s not the best of neighborhoods, not the worst)<\/li>\n<li>you don&#8217;t have a lot of baggage (stairs on the subway, lots of on and off sidewalks on the walk, crowded subway cars)<\/li>\n<li>you don&#8217;t mind walking about 10 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/files\/2014\/02\/IMG_4381.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4690\" alt=\"IMG_4381\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/files\/2014\/02\/IMG_4381-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"752\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4381-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4381-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4381-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4381-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4381-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4381-386x290.jpg 386w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4381-290x218.jpg 290w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4381-193x145.jpg 193w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4381.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Terminal 2, serving Aeromexico, LAN, Delta, and Copa, among others, is closest to the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Metro_Pantitl%C3%A1n\">Pantitl\u00e1n station<\/a>. I should say &#8220;close&#8221; in quotes, though, as it&#8217;s a bit of a trek. Pantitl\u00e1n is a major transfer station so lots of lines end there &#8212; 1, 5, 9, and A. if you need to transfer to one of those lines, you may not hear station announcements, so pay attention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Pantitl%C3%A1n,+Pantitlan,+Iztacalco,+Mexico+City,+Mexico&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=60.116586,135.263672&amp;oq=pantitlan+station,+&amp;t=h&amp;z=17&amp;iwloc=A\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4689\" alt=\"pantitlan\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/files\/2014\/02\/pantitlan.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"624\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/pantitlan.jpg 590w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/pantitlan-283x300.jpg 283w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/pantitlan-400x423.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/pantitlan-200x211.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/pantitlan-150x158.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>as you exit the station, take any exit that doesn&#8217;t lead you to the bus station (you&#8217;ll see lots of signs for buses). the map above shows the way i went; there may be better routes. keep right when you exit and continue along the main road (you may pass through a sidewalk market at the station) until you hit an intersection where, if you look right, you see T2 in the distance. there is a pedestrian path to the right of the main road. if you don&#8217;t have a data plan, be sure to save an offline Google Map (<a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/gmm\/answer\/2650218?hl=en\">Android<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/how-to-save-offline-maps-in-the-new-google-maps-for-ios-819672562\">iPhone<\/a>) of Mexico City to help you find your way!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/files\/2014\/02\/IMG_4382.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4691\" alt=\"IMG_4382\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/files\/2014\/02\/IMG_4382-1024x768.jpg\" width=\"752\" height=\"564\" srcset=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4382-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4382-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4382-400x300.jpg 400w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4382-200x150.jpg 200w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4382-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4382-386x290.jpg 386w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4382-290x218.jpg 290w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4382-193x145.jpg 193w, http:\/\/first2board.com\/wanderlusty\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/48\/\/sites\/48\/2014\/02\/IMG_4382.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>if the following apply to you, you may want to consider taking the subway to the airport instead of a taxi. note that it&#8217;s much&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":4689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Taking the Metro to Mexico City Airport, Terminal 2 #f2b #travel #travelblog","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[12],"tags":[483,883,696,886],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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