Autobuses del Norte metro station

Autobuses del Norte metro station[a] is a Mexico City Metro station in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with two side platforms, served by Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Instituto del Petróleo and La Raza stations. Autobuses del Norte station serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Ampliación Panamericana and Capultitlan. The station's pictogram features the front of an intercity bus, and its name is on account of its proximity to Mexico City's Northern Bus Terminal. Autobuses del Norte metro station was opened on 30 August 1982, on the first day of the PolitécnicoPantitlán service. The station is partially accessible. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 22,685 passengers, making it the 68th busiest station in the network and the third busiest of the line.

Pictogram of Autobuses del Norte metro station. It features the silhouette of a bus. Autobuses del Norte
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Picture of the platforms of Autobuses del Norte featuring a NM-83 train, an orange rubber-tired model used by the Mexico City Metro stystem.
An inbound NM-83 at the station
General information
LocationEje Central
Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°28′44″N 99°08′26″W / 19.478973°N 99.140668°W / 19.478973; -99.140668
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 5 (PolitécnicoPantitlán)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  • Bus interchange Northern Bus Terminal
  • Routes: 23, 103
  • Trolleybus Line 1: Autobuses del Norte
  • Route: 15-A
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessiblePartial
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened30 August 1982
Passengers
20236,974,950[1]Increase 11.92%
Rank59/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City MetroFollowing station
Instituto del PetróleoLine 5La Raza
toward Pantitlán
Location
Autobuses del Norte is located in Mexico City
Autobuses del Norte
Pictogram of Autobuses del Norte metro station. It features the silhouette of a bus. Autobuses del Norte
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map and exits

Location

Autobuses del Norte is a metro station located along Eje Central (in the section formerly known as 100 Metros Avenue), Gustavo A. Madero, northern Mexico City. The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Ampliación Panamericana and Capultitlan. Within the system, the station lies between Instituto del Petróleo and La Raza stations.[3] Autobuses del Norte station serves the Northern Bus Terminal [es],[2] the largest bus terminal in the country.[4] The northern bus station's destinations include Acapulco, Guadalajara, Matamoros, Monterrey, San Miguel de Allende, and Tijuana, among others.[5] The area is also serviced by Line 1 (formerly Line A) of the trolleybus system,[2][3] by Route 15-A of the city's public bus system,[6] and by Routes 23 and 103 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network.[7]

Exits

There are four exits:[3]

  • East: Eje Central, Capultitlan.
  • Northwest: Poniente 118 Street, Ampliación Panamericana.
  • Southeast: Poniente 116 Street, Ampliación Panamericana.
  • Southwest: Poniente 116 Street, Ampliación Panamericana.

History and construction

Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA,[8] and its last section was opened on 30 August 1982, operating from Pantitlán to Politécnico stations.[9][10] Autobuses del Norte metro station is located at grade;[11] the Autobuses del Norte–Instituto del Petróleo interstation is 1,067 meters (3,501 ft) long, while the Autobuses del Norte–La Raza section measures 975 meters (3,199 ft).[12] The station's pictogram represents the front view of an intercity bus.[3] The station is partially accessible to people with disabilities.[13]

In June 2006, Metro authorities replaced the railroad switches;[14] in 2008, they had maintenance work done on the station's roof.[15]

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 22,400 and 24,800 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 8,280,147 passengers in 2019,[16] which was a decrease of 77,106 passengers compared to 2018.[17] Also in 2019, Autobuses del Norte metro station was the 68th busiest station of the system's 195 stations and it was the third busiest on Line 5.[16]

Annual passenger ridership
YearRidershipAverage dailyRank% changeRef.
20236,974,95019,10959/195+11.92%[1]
20226,231,95817,07355/195+44.17%[1]
20214,322,66711,84269/195−3.47%[18]
20204,478,09912,23576/195−45.92%[19]
20198,280,14722,68568/195−0.92%[16]
20188,357,25322,89669/195+1.78%[17]
20178,211,46222,49769/195−5.42%[20]
20168,682,34523,72266/195+1.05%[21]
20158,591,75023,53965/195−0.53%[22]
20148,637,81723,66567/195−4.23%[23]

Notes

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