Eje Central is a station on Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.[4] The station is located between Parque de los Venados and Ermita. It was opened on 30 October 2012 as a part of the first stretch of Line 12 between Mixcoac and Tláhuac.[4]
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| Coordinates | 19°21′41″N 99°09′05″W / 19.361351°N 99.151416°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  (Observatorio - Tláhuac) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[1] | ||||||||||
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| Status | In service | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 October 2012 | ||||||||||
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| 3 May 2021 | Temporarily closed | ||||||||||
| 15 January 2023 | Reopened[2] | ||||||||||
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| 2023 | 2,628,353[3] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 137/195[3] | ||||||||||
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Name and pictogram
editThe station receives its name due to being located at the intersection between Eje Central (Lázaro Cardenas) and Avenida Popocatépetl. The station's pictogram shows the outline of a Mexico City trolleybus, since Line 1 of Mexico City trolleybus service (also known as the Zero Emissions Corridor) runs all the way on the Eje Central.[5]
General information
editThe station is located south of the city center in the Portales Sur neighborhood in the Benito Juárez borough and it is built underground.[6]
From 23 April to 22 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[7][8]
Ridership
edit| Annual passenger ridership | |||||
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| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2023 | 2,628,353 | 7,200 | 137/195 | NA | [3] |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 176/195 | −100.00% | [3] |
| 2021 | 664,899 | 1,821 | 187/195 | −67.97% | [9] |
| 2020 | 2,075,787 | 5,671 | 153/195 | −49.09% | [10] |
| 2019 | 4,077,416 | 11,171 | 147/195 | +6.57% | [11] |
| 2018 | 3,826,126 | 10,482 | 151/195 | +9.52% | [12] |
| 2017 | 3,493,383 | 9,570 | 155/195 | +4.87% | [13] |
| 2016 | 3,331,007 | 9,101 | 154/195 | +37.78% | [14] |
| 2015 | 2,417,695 | 6,623 | 168/195 | −0.68% | [15] |
| 2014 | 2,434,342 | 6,669 | 170/195 | −10.74% | [16] |
References
edit- ^ "12 datos de la 'La línea dorada' del Metro inaugurada este martes" (in Spanish). Aristegui Noticias. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
- ^ Navarrete, Shelma (15 January 2023). "A 20 meses del desplome de la Línea 12, reabren tramo Mixcoac-Atlalilco". Expansión (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ a b c d "Afluencia de estación por línea 2023" [Station traffic per line 2023] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
- ^ a b Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Central America > Mexico > Ciudad de Mexico Metro". Retrieved 2 May 2015.
- ^ "Eje Central". Sistema de Transporte Colectivo de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "Eje Central". Metro CDMX (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
- ^ Hernández, Eduardo (13 June 2020). "Coronavirus. Este es el plan para reabrir estaciones del Metro, Metrobús y Tren ligero". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
- ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
External links
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