Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia (; formerly Etiopía) is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City.
General information
The station logo depicts the head of a lion, a symbol of Ethiopia. Its name comes from the Plaza Etiopía, a traffic circle at the same location before the construction of the subway station. The traffic circle was named to show Mexico's support for an independent Ethiopia after the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. There is a corresponding Mexico Square in the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa.[2] Mexico Square is also a station on the Addis Ababa Light Rail.
Metro Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia is underneath the intersection of Avenida Xola, Avenida Cuauhtemoc, Cumbres de Maltrata street and Diagonal de San Antonio. It serves Narvarte neighbourhood.
On March 27, 2009, the station name was changed to Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia (Ethiopia / Transparency Square),[3] as the Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información Publica (Federal Institute of Public Information Access) is near the station, and so it would fit the name of the closest Metrobús station.
Ridership
| Annual passenger ridership | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2023 | 7,755,607 | 21,248 | 48/195 | +15.49% | [1] |
| 2022 | 6,715,640 | 18,399 | 52/195 | +43.09% | [1] |
| 2021 | 4,693,331 | 12,858 | 56/195 | −23.28% | [4] |
| 2020 | 6,117,488 | 16,714 | 42/195 | −43.80% | [5] |
| 2019 | 10,885,701 | 29,823 | 43/195 | −1.99% | [6] |
| 2018 | 11,106,302 | 30,428 | 41/195 | +1.97% | [7] |
| 2017 | 10,892,033 | 29,841 | 43/195 | −1.48% | [8] |
| 2016 | 11,055,480 | 30,206 | 44/195 | +1.56% | [9] |
| 2015 | 10,885,672 | 29,823 | 45/195 | −0.33% | [10] |
| 2014 | 10,921,783 | 29,992 | 43/195 | −3.82% | [11] |
Exits
- Northwest: Eje 4 Sur Xola, Colonia Narvarte
- Southwest: Anaxágoras, Colonia Narvarte
- Southeast: Cumbres de Maltrata, Colonia Narvarte
- Northeast: Eje 4 Sur Xola, Colonia Narvarte
Gallery
Entrance to Metro Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
Intersection under which the station is located.
Plaque about Haile Selassie visit placed originally at Ethiopia Square in 1954 now at the station facilities.
References
External links
Media related to Etiopía-Plaza de la transparencia (station) at Wikimedia Commons
