Aculco is a station along Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City.[2][3][4] It is located under the bridge where the Trabajadoras Sociales (Eje 6 Sur) passes over the Eje 3 Ote in the Colonia Pueblo Aculco neighborhood of the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City.[2] The station's logo is a water wave in a canal.[2] In Nahuatl it means "where the water twists".[2] The name is also the name of the Aculco municipality in the State of Mexico.[2]
 Aculco | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Mexico | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°22′27″N 99°06′29″W / 19.374069°N 99.108095°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  (Garibaldi / Lagunilla - Constitución de 1917) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Aculco | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 July 1994 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2023 | 3,166,138[1]  4.43% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 130/195[1] | ||||||||||
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History
The station was opened on 20 July 1994.[5]
Metro service at the station was interrupted on 16 December 2006 after an accident in which a passenger fell onto the tracks.[6][7] On 24 July 2007 a boy was born to a passenger at the station.[8] On 26 September 2010 a Line 8 train operator was arrested and fired for drunk driving after an incident in which he opened the doors on the opposite side of the train from the Aculco station platform.[9][10]
From 23 April to 18 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[11][12]
Ridership
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| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2023 | 3,166,138 | 8,674 | 130/195 | +4.43% | [1] |
| 2022 | 3,031,859 | 8,306 | 132/195 | +30.86% | [1] |
| 2021 | 2,316,884 | 6,347 | 128/195 | +22.19% | [13] |
| 2020 | 1,896,183 | 5,180 | 154/195 | −46.20% | [14] |
| 2019 | 3,524,731 | 9,656 | 156/195 | +0.04% | [15] |
| 2018 | 3,523,188 | 9,652 | 156/195 | +11.75% | [16] |
| 2017 | 3,152,734 | 8,637 | 158/195 | −2.90% | [17] |
| 2016 | 3,247,038 | 8,871 | 158/195 | −5.51% | [18] |
| 2015 | 3,436,202 | 9,414 | 142/195 | +0.57% | [19] |
| 2014 | 3,416,587 | 9,360 | 144/195 | −2.01% | [20] |