Agrícola Oriental metro station

Agrícola Oriental is a metro station on Line A of the Mexico City Metro system.^[2][3] It is located in the Iztacalco municipality. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 11,317 passengers per day, making it the least used station in Line A.^[4]

Agrícola Oriental
STC rapid transit
General information
Location	Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza Agrícola Oriental, Iztacalco Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°24′17″N 99°04′12″W
Line(s)	(Pantitlán - La Paz)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
History
Opened	12 August 1991
Passengers
2023	4,074,344[1]  21.59%
Rank	111/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Pantitlán Terminus Line A Canal de San Juan toward La Paz
Route map Legend Pantitlán Agrícola Oriental Canal de San Juan Tepalcates Guelatao Peñón Viejo Acatitla Santa Marta Mexico City State of Mexico Los Reyes La Paz This diagram: view talk edit
Location Agrícola Oriental Location within Mexico City Area map

Name and pictogram

The station is named for the neighborhood it lies in: the colonia Agrícola Oriental, a mixed-use neighborhood in eastern Mexico City. The name "agrícola" translates to agricultural; therefore, the station's pictogram depicts two spikes of wheat.^[2]

General information

The station opened on 12 August 1991 along with the other stations on Line A.^[5]

Like every Line A station, except for Pantitlán, it is an at-grade station in the median of Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza with the entrances on both sides of the road connecting to the station through two pedestrian bridges. The station is near the intersection of Calle 1 in Colonia Agrícola Oriental of Iztacalco borough.^[2] It lies to the east of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.^[6]

From 23 April to 25 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.^[7][8]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	4,074,344	11,162	111/195	+21.59%	[1]
2022	3,350,796	9,180	124/195	+21.05%	[1]
2021	2,768,101	7,583	118/195	+19.14%	[9]
2020	2,323,371	6,348	142/195	−43.76%	[10]
2019	4,130,829	11,317	146/195	+5.01%	[4]
2018	3,933,652	10,777	149/195	+7.73%	[11]
2017	3,651,505	10,004	151/195	+0.69%	[12]
2016	3,626,499	9,908	149/195	−4.45%	[13]
2015	3,795,431	10,398	137/195	−2.05%	[14]
2014	3,874,686	10,615	134/195	+11.65%	[15]

Exits

• North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Calle 1, Colonia Agrícola Oriental
• South: Eje 5 Oriente Avenida Central and Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, Colonia Agrícola Oriental

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exits/Entrances
G Platforms	Westbound	← toward Pantitlán (Pantitlán)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ toward La Paz (Canal de San Juan)→

Gallery

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  Entry sign