La Viga is a station along Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City.[2][3]
 La Viga | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°24′23″N 99°07′34″W / 19.406495°N 99.126248°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  (Garibaldi / Lagunilla - Constitución de 1917) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 July 1994 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 2,287,007[1]  6.53% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 151/195[1] | ||||||||||
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The station's logo is a pair of fish since the neighborhood it serves (Colonia Jamaica) is home to Mercado de La Viga – one of the larger seafood markets in Mexico City.[2][4]
From 23 April to 18 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[5][6]
Ridership
| Annual passenger ridership | |||||
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| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2023 | 2,287,007 | 6,265 | 151/195 | +6.53% | [1] |
| 2022 | 2,146,807 | 5,881 | 149/195 | +34.22% | [1] |
| 2021 | 1,599,439 | 4,382 | 154/195 | +17.94% | [7] |
| 2020 | 1,356,163 | 3,705 | 176/195 | −51.66% | [8] |
| 2019 | 2,805,291 | 7,685 | 171/195 | +6.46% | [9] |
| 2018 | 2,635,022 | 7,219 | 173/195 | +12.09% | [10] |
| 2017 | 2,350,772 | 6,440 | 177/195 | −8.71% | [11] |
| 2016 | 2,575,023 | 7,035 | 173/195 | +2.83% | [12] |
| 2015 | 2,504,240 | 6,860 | 164/195 | +1.36% | [13] |
| 2014 | 2,470,567 | 6,768 | 167/195 | −2.06% | [14] |
References
External links
Media related to La Viga (station) at Wikimedia Commons
