Viaducto metro station

Viaducto is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.^[2][3] It is located in the border of Benito Juárez and Iztacalco boroughs of Mexico City, south of the city centre on Calzada de Tlalpan.^[2] It is a surface station.

Viaducto
STC rapid transit
View of Metro Viaducto from Calzada de Tlalpan
General information
Location	Calzada de Tlalpan Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°24′03″N 99°08′13″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	No
History
Opened	1 August 1970
Passengers
2023	4,290,859[1]  0.52%
Rank	108/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Chabacano toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 Xola 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 Viaducto Location within Mexico City Area map

General information

It is represented by the stylised logo of a cloverleaf interchange, which represents crossing of Calzada de Tlalpan (a former Aztec road) and Viaducto Miguel Alemán, a crosscutting freeway that runs across the middle of the Federal District which opened in September 1950.^[2][3][4] The station was opened on 1 August 1970.^[5]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	4,290,859	11,755	108/195	−0.52%	[1]
2022	4,313,392	11,817	100/195	+31.21%	[1]
2021	3,287,377	9,006	97/195	−22.77%	[6]
2020	4,256,619	11,630	84/195	−43.58%	[7]
2019	7,543,940	20,668	85/195	−2.20%	[8]
2018	7,713,645	21,133	85/195	+1.61%	[9]
2017	7,591,103	20,797	84/195	−0.08%	[10]
2016	7,597,169	20,757	87/195	−1.48%	[11]
2015	7,711,654	21,127	83/195	−2.43%	[12]
2014	7,903,530	21,653	79/195	−8.06%	[13]

Train crash

On October 20, 1975, at about 09:40 local time (15:40 GMT), two trains crashed, while both were going towards Tasqueña station. The first was parked at Viaducto station picking up passengers when it was hit by another train that did not stop in time. According to official reports, from 31 to 39 people died, and between 71 and 119 were injured. To date, it is the worst railroad accident recorded in the Mexico City Metro. The driver, Carlos Fernández, was found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in prison. After the crash, automatic traffic lights were incorporated to all lines.^{[14][15][16][17]}

Exits

• East: Calzada de Tlalpan between Coruña street and Calzada Santa Anita, Colonia Viaducto Piedad
• West: Calzada de Tlalpan between Coruña street and Segovia street, Colonia Álamos

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations
• 2020 Mexico City Metro train crash
• 2023 Mexico City Metro train crash