Cuitláhuac metro station

Cuitláhuac
General information
LocationCalzada México-Tacuba
Popotla, Miguel Hidalgo
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°27′27″N 99°10′55″W / 19.457448°N 99.182038°W / 19.457448; -99.182038
SystemSTC rapid transit
Line (Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened14 September 1970 (1970-09-14)
Passengers
20254,846,998[1][a] 0.33%
Rank106/195[1][a]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Tacuba Line 2 Popotla
toward Tasqueña
Location
Cuitláhuac
Location within Mexico City
Area map

Cuitláhuac is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Popotla and Colonia San Álvaro districts in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, to the northwest of the city center. It lies along Line 2.[2][3] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 18,615 passengers per day.[4]

Name and pictogram

The station's name comes from nearby Avenida Cuitláhuac, an avenue named in honor of Cultlahuanctzin (whose name was later changed into Spanish language as "Cuitláhuac"). He was the tenth, and penultimate, Aztec emperor and the one who defeated Hernán Cortés in the Battle of La Noche Triste ("Sad Night") in 1520. The station pictogram depicts an Aztec battle shield.[2][3]

General information

The station was opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.[5]

Metro Cuitláhuac is also close to Avenida México-Tacuba, one of the most important avenues in the city built on the former route of one of Tenochtitlán's three main avenues into the mainland. The station also connects with trolleybus Line "I", which runs between Metro El Rosario and Metro Chapultepec.

The station serves the Popotla and San Álvaro neighborhoods.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership[a]
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
2025 4,846,998 13,279 106/195 +0.33% [1]
2024 4,831,060 13,199 102/195 −7.89% [1]
2023 5,244,830 14,369 88/195 +10.41% [1]
2022 4,750,532 13,015 90/195 +47.85% [1]
2021 3,213,123 8,803 103/195 −15.37% [6]
2020 3,796,707 10,373 96/195 −44.12% [7]
2019 6,794,715 18,615 95/195 −0.36% [4]
2018 6,819,391 18,863 92/195 +1.30% [8]
2017 6,732,158 18,444 92/195 −3.97% [9]
2016 7,010,603 19,154 90/195 −1.31% [10]

Exits

  • South: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida Cuitláhuac, Popotla
  • North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida Cuitláhuac, Colonia San Álvaro

Notes

  1. ^ a b c The data here is limited to the most recent ten years to avoid excessive listings; earlier figures can be found in this page's history or on the Mexico City Metro website. To calculate the average daily ridership, the annual total is divided by 365 days (366 in leap years), with decimals omitted from the result. Each station per line is ranked individually, as the system counts transfer stations separately. The percentage change is calculated automatically using the data from the current year and the previous year.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Afluencia de estación por línea (2022–presente)" [Station traffic by line (2022–present)] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2025. Archived from the original on 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b "Cuitláhuac" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b Archambault, Richard. "Cuitláhuac » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  5. ^ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.