Aragón metro station

Aragón metro station[a] is a Mexico City Metro station within the limits of Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, in Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform, served by Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Eduardo Molina and Oceanía stations. Aragón station serves the colonias of Casas Alemán and Simón Bolívar. The station is named after the San Juan de Aragón Park, and its pictogram represents the silhouette of a squirrel. Aragón metro station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the ConsuladoPantitlán service. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 7,547 passengers, making it the 172nd busiest station in the network and the eighth busiest of the line.

Pictogram of Aragón metro station. It features the silhouette of a squirrel. Aragón
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Picture of a sign indicating one of the entrances to Aragón station.
Station sign, 2012
General information
LocationRío Consulado Avenue
Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°27′04″N 99°05′45″W / 19.451236°N 99.095886°W / 19.451236; -99.095886
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 5 (PolitécnicoPantitlán)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
  • Route: 200
  • Route: 20-B
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened19 December 1981 (1981-12-19)
Key dates
23 April 2020 (2020-04-23)Temporarily closed
15 June 2020 (2020-06-15)Reopened
Passengers
20232,271,668[1]Increase 6.42%
Rank152/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City MetroFollowing station
Eduardo MolinaLine 5Oceanía
toward Pantitlán
Location
Aragón is located in Mexico City
Aragón
Pictogram of Aragón metro station. It features the silhouette of a squirrel. Aragón
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map and exits

Location

Aragón station (pictured) lies next to the Río Consolado Avenue

Aragón is a metro station located on Río Consulado Avenue, in northeastern Mexico City.[2] The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Casas Alemán, in Gustavo A. Madero,[3] and Simón Bolívar, in Venustiano Carranza.[4] Within the system, the station lies between Eduardo Molina and Oceanía stations.[2] The area is serviced by Route 200 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network[5] and by Route 20-B of the city's public bus system.[6]

Exits

There are two exits:[2]

  • North: Río Consulado Avenue and Dólares Street, Casas Alemán, Gustavo A. Madero.
  • South: Río Consulado Avenue and Peniques Street, Simón Bolívar, Venustiano Carranza.

History and construction

Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA,[7] and its first section was opened on 19 December 1981, operating from Pantitlán to Consulado stations.[8] The Aragón–Oceanía interstation track has a slope caused by subsidence;[9] the section is 1,219 meters (3,999 ft) long.[10] The Aragón–Eduardo Molina section measures 860 meters (2,820 ft).[10]Aragón metro station is located at grade;[11] the station's pictogram represents a squirrel,[2] and the station is named after San Juan de Aragón Park [es], a public park and zoo in Gustavo A. Madero, located approximately one kilometer away,[12] because it was the closest station when it was built, a function replaced by the Bosque de Aragón metro station.[13]

Incidents

After the 2015 Oceanía station train crash, Aragón station was temporarily closed for repairs.[14] From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[15][16]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, and before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 7,100 and 7,600 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 2,754,754 passengers in 2019,[17] which was an increase of 21,253 passengers compared to 2018.[18] Also in 2019, Aragón metro station was the 172nd busiest station of the system's 195 stations and it was the line's eighth busiest.[17]

Annual passenger ridership
YearRidershipAverage dailyRank% changeRef.
20232,271,6686,223152/195+6.42%[1]
20222,134,5495,848150/195+32.94%[1]
20211,605,6554,399153/195+11.99%[19]
20201,433,7463,917174/195−47.95%[20]
20192,754,7547,547172/195+0.78%[17]
20182,733,5017,489171/195+4.17%[18]
20172,624,1617,189171/195+0.17%[21]
20162,619,6567,157172/195−1.89%[22]
20152,669,9957,315159/195−1.25%[23]
20142,703,8207,407160/195−1.06%[24]

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