Buenavista is a station on the Mexico City Metro, in the Colonia Buenavista neighborhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough.[2][3] It is the southwestern terminal station of Line B (the green-on-silver line, Buenavista-Ciudad Azteca).[2] It also offers connections to the Insurgentes Metrobús bus rapid transit line.[2] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 66,804 passengers per day, making it the tenth busiest station in the network.[4]
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°26′48″N 99°09′12″W | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 15 December 1999 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2023 | 17,643,068[1] ![]() | ||||||||||
Rank | 7/195[1] | ||||||||||
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Name and pictogram
The station logo represents the front of an ALCO type diesel locomotive.[2][3] Its name comes from the nearby Estación Buenavista (Buenavista railway station) main line railway station, which closed its doors to passenger traffic in 1999,[5] but then reopened for the new Tren Suburbano in 2008.[6] The metro station was opened on 15 December 1999.[7]
General information
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In December 1999, the Buenavista metro station was opened as part of the first stretch of Line B, going from Buenavista to Villa de Aragón.[2]
Near Buenavista is the central administrative building of the Cuauhtémoc borough local government,[8] the library Biblioteca Vasconcelos,[9] and on Saturday mornings only the Tianguis Cultural del Chopo, a flea market dedicated to youth culture (mostly music),[10][11] and Forum Buenavista shopping mall.[12]
As of 2020, Buenavista offers connections with the Ferrocarril Suburbano, a commuter rail that has Cuautitlán in the State of Mexico as final destination. Also, users can connect with Lines 1, 3 and 4 of the Metrobús, a bus rapid transit network.[13]
Ridership
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Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
2023 | 17,643,068 | 48,337 | 7/195 | +8.85% | [1] |
2022 | 16,208,913 | 44,407 | 9/195 | +33.80% | [1] |
2021 | 12,114,410 | 33,190 | 9/195 | +4.16% | [14] |
2020 | 11,631,128 | 31,779 | 13/195 | −46.91% | [15] |
2019 | 21,907,761 | 60,021 | 11/195 | −0.52% | [16] |
2018 | 22,023,270 | 60,337 | 11/195 | +1.75% | [17] |
2017 | 21,644,709 | 59,300 | 11/195 | +1.03% | [18] |
2016 | 21,423,610 | 58,534 | 13/195 | −0.39% | [19] |
2015 | 21,507,558 | 58,924 | 14/195 | +3.79% | [20] |
2014 | 20,722,413 | 56,773 | 13/195 | −2.16% | [21] |