According to Infobae México, Metro CDMX is launching Transbordo Literario, a free reading club open to users of the Mexico City Metro network. The first sessions are scheduled to begin on Thursday, November 5, at the Museo del Metro, located in Mixcoac station.
How the club will work
The club will hold weekly meetings with books available in physical and digital formats. The sessions are open to the public at no cost and have a maximum of 15 participants. Each Thursday, according to the source, there will be two time slots: from 11:00 to 13:00 and from 16:00 to 18:00.
The program includes shared reading, guided conversations about literary works and moments of reading aloud. Participants may also take part in collective commentary exercises. The club will also allow book loans among group members.
Mixcoac as the first venue
The Museo del Metro sits in the passage that connects lines 12 and 7 at Mixcoac station. The source describes this location as a connection point between two lines, which allows the activity to take place within the daily flow of passengers.
The club will be led by Margot Cortázar, a broadcaster and audiovisual director who is currently the institutional voice of the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. In a video shared on the system's social media, Cortázar said: "¿Qué tiene que ver el metro con los libros? Que ambos te transportan a diferentes lugares."
Support and guest authors
The Fondo de Cultura Económica (FCE) will support the program by training and certifying the club's reading mediator. The institution will also provide works by various authors. According to the source, the program will feature visits from invited writers and special sessions tied to national and international commemorative dates.
Plans beyond Mixcoac
According to Metro CDMX, the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo plans to extend the program across the whole network in the medium term, with the goal of creating 12 reading clubs, one on each metro line. The Mixcoac venue will serve as the initial experience for that plan.
The source did not specify how long the club will remain active, when activities might start on other lines, the first book to be read, or how users can register for the 15 places available in each session.