The first section of the line, known as Corredor Insurgentes, was inaugurated by Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2000 to 2005, on 19 June 2005.

[3] The second stretch of the line, known as Corredor Insurgentes Sur, was inaugurated on 13 March 2008, by Marcelo Ebrard, Head of Government of the Federal District from 2006 to 2012.

[5] Indios Verdes to Insurgentes Indios Verdes to El Caminero Indios Verdes to Dr. Gálvez Buenavista to El Caminero Colonia del Valle to Tepalcates (Line 2) Line 1 services the Gustavo A. Madero, Cuauhtémoc, Benito Juárez, Álvaro Obregón, Coyoacán and Tlalpan municipalities.

[15] As of April 2018, the Metrobus Line 1 moves an average of 600,000 commuters daily.

[17] In February 2018, a cyclist was hit by a bus when he invaded the Metrobús' right-of-way near Perisur.