Popotla metro station

Mexico City metro station
19°27′08″N 99°10′29″W / 19.452147°N 99.1747°W / 19.452147; -99.1747Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 2 (Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)Platforms2 side platformTracks2ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundOther informationStatusIn serviceHistoryOpened14 September 1970Passengers20232,804,236[1]Increase 12.85%Rank136/195[1] Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Cuitláhuac
toward Cuatro Caminos
Line 2 Colegio Militar
toward Tasqueña
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Cuatro Caminos
State of Mexico
Mexico City
Panteones
Tacuba
Mexico City Metro Line 7
Cuitláhuac
Popotla
Colegio Militar
Normal
San Cosme
Revolución
Hidalgo
Mexico City Metro Line 3
Bellas Artes
Mexico City Metro Line 8
Allende
Zócalo/Tenochtitlan
Pino Suárez
Mexico City Metro Line 1
San Antonio Abad
Chabacano
Mexico City Metro Line 8 Mexico City Metro Line 9
Viaducto
Xola
Villa de Cortés
Nativitas
Portales
Ermita
Mexico City Metro Line 12
General Anaya
Tasqueña
Xochimilco Light Rail
Tasqueña yard
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Popotla is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Popotla neighborhood of the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, northwest of the city center, on the Calzada México-Tacuba.[2][3] In 2019 the station had an average ridership of 10,000 passengers per day, making it the least used station on Line 2.[4]

Name and pictogram

The name of the station comes from the neighborhood it serves: Popotla. The logo depicts an ahuehuete tree, referring to the Árbol de la Noche Triste – the "tree of the sad night" – where Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés stopped his retreat from Tenochtitlán and cried after being defeated by Cuitláhuac in the Battle of Noche Triste.[2][3] The actual tree survived until the 20th century, when it was destroyed by a fire. There is a commemorative plaque on the site where the tree used to be.

General information

The station was opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.[5] Metro Popotla serves the neighborhood of the same name.

From 23 April to 24 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[6][7]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
2023 2,804,236 7,682 136/195 +12.85% [1]
2022 2,484,958 6,808 140/195 +78.75% [1]
2021 1,390,202 3,808 159/195 −3.38% [8]
2020 1,438,795 3,931 172/195 −60.58% [9]
2019 3,650,212 10,000 154/195 −0.80% [4]
2018 3,679,693 10,081 153/195 +0.20% [10]
2017 3,672,167 10,060 150/195 −2.49% [11]
2016 3,766,005 10,289 147/195 −2.36% [12]
2015 3,857,093 10,567 135/195 +3.41% [13]
2014 3,729,954 10,219 136/195 −5.92% [14]

Nearby

Entrances

  • North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Callejón de la Zanja, Popotla
  • North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Colegio Militar street, Popotla

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Popotla" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b Archambault, Richard. "Popotla » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b "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.
  5. ^ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.

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