San Lázaro metro station

San Lázaro is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City. It lies along Lines 1 and B. The station was opened on 5 September 1969.^[2] The station was designed by Félix Candela^[3] and consists of interlocked hyperbolic paraboloidal or saddle roof sections. From July 2022 to October 2023, the Line 1 station was closed due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.^[4][5]

San Lázaro
STC rapid transit
View of Pantitlán or eastbound platform at San Lázaro
General information
Location	Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza 7 de Julio, Venustiano Carranza Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19.430213°N 99.114833°W / 19.430213; -99.114833
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Observatorio - Pantitlán) (Ciudad Azteca - Buenavista)
Platforms	4 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	San Lázaro San Lázaro
Construction
Structure type	Underground Elevated
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	4 September 1969 15 December 1999
Key dates
11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)	Temporarily closed
29 October 2023 (2023-10-29)	Reopened
Passengers
2023	Total: 8,524,268 695,333[1] 7,828,935[1]  9.42%
Rank	184/195[1] 45/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Candelaria toward Observatorio Line 1 Moctezuma toward Pantitlán Ricardo Flores Magón toward Ciudad Azteca Line B Morelos toward Buenavista
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 Legend Ciudad Azteca workshops Ciudad Azteca Plaza Aragón Olímpica Ecatepec Múzquiz Río de los Remedios Impulsora Nezahualcóyotl State of Mexico Mexico City Villa de Aragón Bosque de Aragón Deportivo Oceanía Oceanía Romero Rubio Ricardo Flores Magón San Lázaro Morelos Tepito Lagunilla Garibaldi / Lagunilla Guerrero Buenavista This diagram: view talk edit
Location San Lázaro Location within Mexico City Area map

General information

The station logo depicts an old steam locomotive. Near the site of the metro station stood the San Lázaro mainline train station. San Lázaro was the main terminus for the Interoceanic Railway, which linked the port of Veracruz, on the Gulf of Mexico, with the Pacific Ocean. Today, some railway tracks can still be seen near the metro station, but nothing more.

Nearby is the building that houses the Chamber of Deputies ("Palacio Legislativo" in Spanish), the lower house of the Mexican Congress (Congreso de la Unión).

San Lázaro metro station is connected with TAPO, Mexico City's Eastern intercity bus station.^[6] This bus station serves states including Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Yucatán. It is used by some of the most prestigious and safest bus lines in Mexico, such as ADO, UNO, and Maya de Oro.

Nearby

• Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente, bus terminal.
• Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro, main seat of the legislative power of the Mexican government.
• Archivo General de la Nación, General Archive of the Nation.
• Palacio de Lecumberri, former prison, now housing the Archivo General de la Nación.

Exits

Line 1

• Southwest: Avenida Zaragoza and Eje 3 Oriente Ing. Eduardo Molina, Colonia 10 de mayo
• Southeast: Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente, Colonia 10 de mayo

Line B

• Avenida Ing. Eduardo Molina, Colonia 7 de julio

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 1) Year Ridership Average daily Rank  % change Ref. 2023 695,333 1,905 184/195 −81.05% [1] 2022 3,669,786 10,054 117/195 −26.27% [1] 2021 4,977,454 13,636 50/195 −17.73% [7] 2020 6,050,167 16,530 43/195 −49.22% [8] 2019 11,915,094 32,544 36/195 +1.44% [9] 2018 11,745,396 32,179 36/195 +0.58% [10] 2017 11,677,986 31,994 37/195 −1.86% [11] 2016 11,898,758 32,510 36/195 +1.89% [12] 2015 11,678,375 31,995 39/195 +3.48% [13] 2014 11,285,786 30,919 39/195 +5.11% [14]

Annual passenger ridership (Line B) Year Ridership Average daily Rank  % change Ref. 2023 7,828,935 21,449 45/195 +36.37% [1] 2022 5,740,753 15,728 68/195 +78.45% [1] 2021 3,217,040 8,813 102/195 +19.13% [7] 2020 2,700,556 7,378 132/195 −40.43% [8] 2019 4,533,326 12,420 136/195 −0.18% [9] 2018 4,541,276 12,441 134/195 −3.35% [10] 2017 4,698,793 12,873 129/195 −18.18% [11] 2016 5,742,892 15,690 115/195 +1.26% [12] 2015 5,671,492 15,538 110/195 +6.85% [13] 2014 5,308,122 14,542 114/195 −2.14% [14]

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. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 11 August 2011.
3. "Felix Candela (1910-1997)". Structurae. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
4. "La L1 del Metro de CDMX cerrará de Pantitlán a Salto del Agua, desde el 11 de julio" [Metro Line 1 Will close station 11 July from Pantitlán to Salto del Agua]. La Lista (in Spanish). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
5. De la Rosa, Yared (29 October 2023). "Con 7 meses de retraso, reabren Línea 1 del Metro; sólo se podrá ingresar con tarjeta" [After a 7-month delay, Metro Line 1 reopens; access will be available with card only]. Forbes (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 October 2023.
6. "Eastern intercity bus station". Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "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.
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.

External links

• Media related to San Lázaro (station) at Wikimedia Commons