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Popotla metro station

Coordinates: 19°27′08″N 99°10′29″W / 19.452147°N 99.1747°W / 19.452147; -99.1747
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Popotla
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Station entrance sign, 22 December 2006
General information
LocationCalzada México-Tacuba
Popotla, Miguel Hidalgo
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°27′08″N 99°10′29″W / 19.452147°N 99.1747°W / 19.452147; -99.1747
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 2 (Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened14 September 1970
Passengers
20232,804,236[1] Increase 12.85%
Rank136/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Cuitláhuac
toward Cuatro Caminos
 Line 2 Colegio Militar
toward Tasqueña
Location
Popotla is located in Mexico City
Popotla
Popotla
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map

Popotla is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Popotla neighborhood of the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, northwest of the city center, on the Calzada México-Tacuba.[2][3] In 2019 the station had an average ridership of 10,000 passengers per day, making it the least used station on Line 2.[4]

Name and pictogram

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The name of the station comes from the neighborhood it serves: Popotla. The logo depicts an ahuehuete tree, referring to the Árbol de la Noche Triste – the "tree of the sad night" – where Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés stopped his retreat from Tenochtitlán and cried after being defeated by Cuitláhuac in the Battle of Noche Triste.[2][3] The actual tree survived until the 20th century, when it was destroyed by a fire. There is a commemorative plaque on the site where the tree used to be.

General information

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

From 23 April to 24 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[6][7]

Ridership

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Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
2023 2,804,236 7,682 136/195 +12.85% [1]
2022 2,484,958 6,808 140/195 +78.75% [1]
2021 1,390,202 3,808 159/195 −3.38% [8]
2020 1,438,795 3,931 172/195 −60.58% [9]
2019 3,650,212 10,000 154/195 −0.80% [4]
2018 3,679,693 10,081 153/195 +0.20% [10]
2017 3,672,167 10,060 150/195 −2.49% [11]
2016 3,766,005 10,289 147/195 −2.36% [12]
2015 3,857,093 10,567 135/195 +3.41% [13]
2014 3,729,954 10,219 136/195 −5.92% [14]

Nearby

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Entrances

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  • North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Callejón de la Zanja, Popotla
  • North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Colegio Militar street, Popotla

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "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. ^ a b "Popotla" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  3. ^ a b Archambault, Richard. "Popotla » 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 15 August 2011.
  6. ^ "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  7. ^ Hernández, Eduardo (13 June 2020). "Coronavirus. Este es el plan para reabrir estaciones del Metro, Metrobús y Tren ligero". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  14. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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