Nativitas metro station

"Metro Nativitas" redirects here. For the composition, see Javier Álvarez (composer).

Nativitas is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.^[2][3] It is located in the Colonia Nativitas and Colonia Lago neighborhoods of Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City, directly south of the city centre on Calzada de Tlalpan.^[2] It is a surface station.

Nativitas
STC rapid transit
Platform of the station, 2025
General information
Location	Calzada de Tlalpan Benito Juárez Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°22′46″N 99°08′25″W
Line(s)	(Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1 August 1970
Passengers
2023	6,018,409[1]  27.1%
Rank	75/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Villa de Cortés toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 Portales 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 Nativitas Location within Mexico City Area map

General information

The station logo depicts a trajinera – a type of small punt-style boat, still used today in the canals of Xochimilco.^[2][3] The name Nativitas refers to a lake that formerly existed here, on which the inhabitants farmed on a network of artificial islands known as chinampas.^[2] The name later referred to a small villa built in the outskirts of Mexico City during the first half of the 20th century.^[2] The station opened on 1 August 1970.^[4]

Exits

• East: Calzada de Tlalpan between Justina street and Don Luis street, Nativitas
• West: Calzada de Tlalpan and Lago Poniente street, Colonia Lago

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	6,018,409	16,488	75/195	+27.10%	[1]
2022	4,735,197	12,973	91/195	+48.41%	[1]
2021	3,190,651	8,741	104/195	−29.62%	[5]
2020	4,533,317	12,386	74/195	−36.71%	[6]
2019	7,163,027	19,624	91/195	−19.37%	[7]
2018	8,883,727	24,338	58/195	+22.77%	[8]
2017	7,236,315	19,825	88/195	−6.99%	[9]
2016	7,780,389	21,257	85/195	+3.33%	[10]
2015	7,529,556	20,572	84/195	−6.78%	[11]
2014	8,077,264	22,129	75/195	−4.25%	[12]

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations