Cuauhtémoc metro station (Mexico City)

Cuauhtémoc is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro Line 1.^[2] It is located at the northern extreme of Avenida Cuauhtémoc, in the Cuauhtémoc borough, in the center of Mexico City.^[2] Since 9 November 2023, the station has remained closed for modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.^[3]

Cuauhtémoc
STC rapid transit
Cuauhtémoc station, August 2018
General information
Location	Avenida Chapultepec Cuauhtémoc Mexico
Coordinates	19.425862°N 99.154701°W / 19.425862; -99.154701
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Observatorio - Pantitlán)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Connections	Cuauhtémoc Cuauhtémoc stop (temporary)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Out of service
History
Opened	4 September 1969
Passengers
2023	4,194,986[1]  38.88%
Rank	141/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Insurgentes toward Observatorio Line 1 Balderas toward Pantitlán
Route map Legend Observatorio yard Observatorio Tacubaya Juanacatlán Chapultepec Sevilla Insurgentes Cuauhtémoc Balderas Salto del Agua Isabel la Católica Pino Suárez Merced Candelaria San Lázaro Moctezuma Balbuena Boulevard Puerto Aéreo Gómez Farías Zaragoza Zaragoza workshops Pantitlán This diagram: view talk edit
Location Cuauhtémoc Location within Mexico City Area map

Name and pictogram

The station logo depicts the head of an eagle.^[2] The station, avenue, and borough were all named after the Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc, whose name means "descending eagle" in Nahuatl.^[2] The station receives its name due to being located at the intersection of Avenida Chapultepec and Avenida Cuauhtémoc, in the limits of the Juárez, Roma Norte, Centro and Doctores neighborhoods.

General information

This metro station is located near a number of landmarks, such as the up-market Roma and Juárez neighborhoods and the elegant tree-lined boulevard that is Paseo de la Reforma.^[2] Also nearby are two museums, the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum^[4] and the Mexico City Wax Museum.^[5]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	2,563,966	7,024	141/195	−38.88%	[1]
2022	4,194,986	11,493	102/195	+3.46%	[1]
2021	4,054,718	11,108	74/195	−7.73%	[6]
2020	4,394,193	12,005	80/195	−47.13%	[7]
2019	8,311,511	22,771	67/195	+0.92%	[8]
2018	8,235,598	22,563	73/195	+5.42%	[9]
2017	7,812,188	21,403	76/195	−8.23%	[10]
2016	8,512,525	23,258	71/195	+1.94%	[11]
2015	8,350,845	22,879	71/195	+6.48%	[12]
2014	7,842,706	21,486	82/195	+3.35%	[13]

Gallery

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  Entry sign to the station

References

1. "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. "Cuauhtémoc" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 23 July 2011.
3. "Cierre de la Línea 1: El ABC de las estaciones cerradas y el RTP". 9 November 2023.
4. "Mexico City, MEXICO - Ripley Attractions Worldwide". Retrieved 23 July 2011.
5. "Museo de cera". Retrieved 23 July 2011.
6. "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.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "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.
13. "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

• Media related to Cuauhtémoc (station) at Wikimedia Commons