Salto del Agua metro station

Not to be confused with Salto de Agua railway station.

Salto del Agua is a metro (subway) station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the center of Mexico City. Since 9 July 2022,^[2] the Line 1 station has remained closed modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.^[3] The Line 1 station was reopened in September 13, 2024.^[4]

Salto del Agua
STC rapid transit
Part of the corridor connecting the platforms for lines 1 and 8.
General information
Location	Centro, Cuauhtémoc Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19.426813°N 99.142213°W / 19.426813; -99.142213
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Observatorio - Pantitlán) (Garibaldi / Lagunilla - Constitución de 1917)
Platforms	2 side platforms 2 side platforms; 1 island platform
Tracks	4
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	4 September 1969 20 July 1994
Key dates
9 July 2022 (2022-07-09)	Temporarily closed
13 September 2024 (2024-09-13)	Reopened
Passengers
2023	Total: 8,132,745 0[1] 8,132,745[1]  6.25%
Rank	188/195[1] 41/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Balderas toward Observatorio Line 1 Isabel la Católica toward Pantitlán San Juan de Letrán toward Garibaldi / Lagunilla Line 8 Doctores toward Constitución de 1917
Route map Legend Observatorio yard Observatorio Tacubaya Juanacatlán Chapultepec Sevilla Insurgentes Cuauhtémoc Balderas Salto del Agua Isabel la Católica Pino Suárez Merced Candelaria San Lázaro Moctezuma Balbuena Boulevard Puerto Aéreo Gómez Farías Zaragoza Zaragoza workshops Pantitlán This diagram: view talk edit Legend Garibaldi / Lagunilla Bellas Artes San Juan de Letrán Salto del Agua Doctores Obrera Chabacano La Viga Santa Anita Coyuya Iztacalco Apatlaco Aculco Escuadrón 201 Atlalilco Iztapalapa Cerro de la Estrella UAM-I Constitución de 1917 This diagram: view talk edit
Location Salto del Agua Location within Mexico City Area map

Name and iconography

Its logo represents the Salto del Agua fountain. This fountain is at the end of the old Chapultepec Aqueduct, also known as the Belen aqueduct. This aqueduct ran from what is now Chapultepec Park, following Chapultepec Avenue and Arcos de Belen (Arches of Belen) Streets ending at this fountain. It lies on the border of the historic center, Colonia Doctores and Colonia Obrera. Contrary to popular belief, this fountain is not the original but rather a reproduction. The original fountain had deteriorated significantly, so architect Guillermo Ruiz was tasked with its reproduction, using the original engraved stone epigraphs as a model. What is left of the original fountain is in the National Museum of the Viceregal Period in Tepotzotlán.^[5]

General information

Salto del Agua is a transfer station and contains a cultural display. It also has two kinds of architecture, one from Line 1 of the Metro, and the other, more modern style, of Line 8. Line 8 exits connect with Eje Central, which is filled in this zone with bookstores, boutiques, electronics shops, and street traders, locally known as vendedores ambulantes or "ambulantaje".

Metro Salto del Agua also transfers to trolleybus line "A", which runs the full length of Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas and more, from Metro Autobuses del Norte and Metro Tasqueña – the city's main north and south intercity bus stations.

Inside the station is a mural entitled The Three Workers by artist Jason Schell.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 1)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2022	0	0	188/195	−100.00%	[1]
2021	4,369,643	11,971	67/195	−9.29%	[6]
2020	4,817,210	13,161	62/195	−35.62%	[7]
2019	7,482,564	20,500	86/195	+0.34%	[8]
2018	7,457,088	20,430	87/195	−2.65%	[9]
2017	7,660,338	20,987	83/195	−11.79%	[10]
2016	8,684,401	23,727	65/195	−2.70%	[11]
2015	8,925,514	24,453	61/195	−2.46%	[12]
2014	9,151,061	25,071	60/195	−4.19%	[13]

Annual passenger ridership (Line 8)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	8,132,745	22,281	41/195	+32.61%	[1]
2022	6,132,781	16,802	60 /195	+97.92%	[1]
2021	3,098,577	8,489	106/195	+5.12%	[6]
2020	2,947,538	8,053	118/195	−45.96%	[7]
2019	5,454,216	14,943	120/195	−2.65%	[8]
2018	5,602,459	15,349	118/195	−6.05%	[9]
2017	5,963,274	16,337	110/195	−11.13%	[10]
2016	6,709,999	18,333	100/195	+0.65%	[11]
2015	6,666,917	18,265	99/195	−3.68%	[12]
2014	6,921,771	18,963	95/195	−1.08%	[13]

Exits

Line 1

• North: Avenida Arcos de Belén, Centro
• South: Avenida Arcos de Belén, Centro

Line 8

• Northeast: Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas and Plaza de las Vizcainas, Centro
• Northwest: Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas and Delicias street, Centro