Centro Médico metro station

For the San Juan Tren Urbano station, see Centro Médico station (Puerto Rico).

Centro Médico (Spanish: Estación Centro Médico) is an underground metro station on the Mexico City Metro.^[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.^[2] It is a transfer station for both Lines 3 and 9.^[2][3]

Centro Médico
STC rapid transit
Line 3 platforms as of November 2018
General information
Coordinates	19.406637°N 99.155753°W / 19.406637; -99.155753
Operated by	STC
Line(s)	(Indios Verdes - Universidad) (Tacubaya - Pantitlán)
Platforms	4 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Centro Médico
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	7 June 1980 26 August 1987
Passengers
2023	Total: 9,935,498 5,238,788[1] 4,696,710[1]  7.46%
Rank	89/195[1] 100/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Hospital General toward Indios Verdes Line 3 Etiopía toward Universidad Chilpancingo toward Tacubaya Line 9 Lázaro Cárdenas toward Pantitlán
Route map Legend Ticomán workshops Indios Verdes Deportivo 18 de Marzo Potrero La Raza Tlatelolco Guerrero Hidalgo Juárez Balderas Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX Hospital General Centro Médico Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia Eugenia División del Norte Zapata Coyoacán Viveros / Derechos Humanos Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Copilco Universidad This diagram: view talk edit Legend proposed extension Observatorio proposed extension Tacubaya Patriotismo Chilpancingo Centro Médico Lázaro Cárdenas Chabacano Jamaica Mixiuhca Velódromo Ciudad Deportiva Puebla Pantitlán This diagram: view talk edit
Location Centro Médico Location within Mexico City Area map

General information

The station logo represents the caduceus, a variant of the Rod of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine.^[2] Its name refers to the Centro Médico Siglo XXI general hospital, located above the metro station.^[4][5][6] The station opened along Line 3 on 7 June 1980 when Centro Médico served briefly as the southern terminus of that line.^[7] Line 3 service then extended further southward toward Zapata a year later by 25 August 1980.^[7] The Centro Médico Siglo XXI was almost destroyed by the 1985 earthquake.^[8] The station served as the western terminus of Line 9 (which went east towards Pantitlán) starting on 26 August 1987.^[7] Westward service on Line 9 toward Tacubaya started a year later on 29 August 1988.^[7]

The station is directly connected to the main entrance of Centro Médico by a set of escalators. This metro station has facilities for the handicapped, a cultural display, and an information desk.^[2]

Centro Médico serves the Roma Sur, Doctores and Buenos Aires neighbourhoods.^[2] It is located at the intersection of Avenida Cuauhtemoc and Eje 3 Sur Baja California, just a block north of Viaducto Miguel Alemán, an important east-west highway.^[9][10] The southern exits at the Line 3 end of the station are close to the historic Panteón Francés (French Cemetery) in which important civil and military Mexican figures are buried.^[9][10][11]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 3)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	5,238,788	14,352	89/195	+6.65%	[1]
2022	4,912,204	13,458	89/195	+32.94%	[1]
2021	3,695,180	10,123	81/195	−13.25%	[12]
2020	4,259,395	11,637	83/195	−42.41%	[13]
2019	7,395,505	20,261	88/195	−6.66%	[14]
2018	7,923,555	21,708	78/195	+1.40%	[15]
2017	7,814,324	21,409	75/195	−1.28%	[16]
2016	7,915,565	21,627	82/195	+1.51%	[17]
2015	7,797,999	21,364	81/195	−0.71%	[18]
2014	7,853,706	21,517	80/195	−5.43%	[19]

Annual passenger ridership (Line 9)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	4,696,710	12,867	100/195	+8.38%	[1]
2022	4,333,424	11,872	99/195	+29.43%	[1]
2021	3,348,060	9,172	95/195	+15.39%	[12]
2020	2,901,629	7,927	121/195	−43.59%	[13]
2019	5,143,782	14,092	126/195	−2.76%	[14]
2018	5,289,525	14,491	123/195	+4.97%	[15]
2017	5,039,274	13,806	123/195	−3.19%	[16]
2016	5,205,246	14,221	122/195	+2.73%	[17]
2015	5,066,899	13,881	121/195	+1.51%	[18]
2014	4,991,549	13,675	116/195	−0.82%	[19]

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  Station sign
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  Centro Médico Siglo XXI (Medical Center of the 21st Century) with metro entrance
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  Parque Delta Mall near Metro Centro Médico

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. "Centro Médico" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
3. Archambault, Richard. "Centro Médico - Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 29 July 2011.
4. "CDS Centro Médico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2011.
5. "Localización" (in Spanish). La Unidad Medica de Alta Expecialidad Hospital de Pediatria del Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
6. "::: Hospital de Cardiología CMN S.XXI :::" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
7. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
8. Soberon, Guillermo Julio; Jaime Sepulveda (June 1986). "The Health Care Reform in Mexico: Before and After the 1985 Earthquakes". American Journal of Public Health. 76 (6): 673–680. doi:10.2105/AJPH.76.6.673. PMC 1646758. PMID 3706595.
9. "Cumulo 11: Centro Médico Siglo XXI" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
10. "Metro Centro Médico". Wikimapia. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
11. "Panteon Francés". Retrieved 29 July 2011.
12. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
13. "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.
14. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
15. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
16. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
17. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
18. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
19. "Afluencia de estación por línea 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 Centro Médico (station) at Wikimedia Commons