Allende metro station

Allende is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Centro district of the Cuauhtémoc municipality of Mexico City, on Tacuba street west of the main square in downtown.^[2][3] In 2019 the station had an average ridership of 28,873 passengers per day.^[4]

Allende
STC rapid transit
Entrance to Metro Allende
General information
Location	Tacuba street Centro, Cuauhtémoc Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°26′08″N 99°08′15″W
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	14 September 1970
Passengers
2023	6,166,534[1]  27.11%
Rank	44/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Bellas Artes toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 Zócalo toward Tasqueña
Route map Legend Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo/Tenochtitlan Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard This diagram: view talk edit
Location Allende Location within Mexico City Area map

Name and pictogram

The station is named in honor of general Ignacio Allende, one of the principal instigators of the Mexican War of Independence of 1810. This is because the station is located near the intersection of the Tacuba and Allende streets. The station's pictogram depicts the bust of Allende.^[2]

General information

The station opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.^[5]

The station has the peculiar feature that its platforms are not directly connected underground as it is the case with most stations in the system. In order to change platforms at Allende one has to exit the station and cross the street, thus making it necessary to pay the fare again, a feature only shared with Metro Tezozómoc in Line 6.

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	7,838,402	21,475	44/195	+27.11%	[1]
2022	6,166,534	16,894	59/195	+45.09%	[1]
2021	4,250,192	11,644	72/195	+4.99%	[8]
2020	4,048,169	11,060	90/195	−61.59%	[9]
2019	10,538,474	28,872	46/195	−0.64%	[4]
2018	10,605,916	29,057	47/195	−2.88%	[10]
2017	10,920,111	29,918	42/195	−4.42%	[11]
2016	11,425,327	31,216	40/195	−3.25%	[12]
2015	11,808,693	32,352	37/195	−6.89%	[13]
2014	12,681,968	34,745	31/195	−9.92%	[14]

Nearby

• Teatro de la Ciudad, theater.
• House of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District
• Museo Nacional de Arte, national art museum.
• Palacio de Minería, museum of the Faculty of Engineering of UNAM.

Exits

• Northeast: Tacuba street, Centro
• Northwest: Tacuba street, Centro
• Southeast: Tacuba street and Motolinia street, Centro
• Southwest: Tacuba street, Centro

Gallery

• 
  Entrance to the station on Tacuba street
• 
  A NM-02 at the station

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations