Guelatao metro station

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Guelatao metro station[a] is a Mexico City Metro station in the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City. It is an at-grade station that serves Line A (the Purple Line) between Tepalcates and Peñón Viejo stations.

Pictogram of Guelatao metro station. It features the silhouette of the head of a man. Guelatao
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Many people are waiting seated on the station platform.
Station platform, 2008
General information
LocationCalzada Ignacio Zaragoza
Iztapalapa, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°23′07″N 99°02′09″W / 19.385162°N 99.03574°W / 19.385162; -99.03574
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line A (PantitlánLa Paz)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
  • Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167
  • Route: 9-D
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened12 August 1991
Passengers
20236,802,967[1]Increase 31.07%
Rank62/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City MetroFollowing station
Tepalcates
toward Pantitlán
Line APeñón Viejo
toward La Paz
Location
Guelatao is located in Mexico City
Guelatao
Pictogram of Guelatao metro station. It features the silhouette of the head of a man. Guelatao
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map and layout

The station services the colonias (neighborhoods) of Ejército de Oriente and Voceadores. The station's pictogram depicts the sculpture on top of the Museo Cabeza de Juárez, found near the station, which in turn depicts the head of Benito Juárez, the 26th president of Mexico, who was born in the town of San Pablo Guelatao, Guelatao Municipality, Oaxaca. Guelatao metro station opened on 12 August 1991 with service westward toward Pantitlán station and eastward toward La Paz metro station. In 2019, the station had an average daily entrance of 21,639 passengers.

Location

The station's exterior in 2018

Guelatao is a metro station along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, in eastern Mexico City. The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Ejército de Oriente and Voceadores in Iztapalapa. Within the system, the station lies between Tepalcates and Peñón Viejo metro stations.[2] The area is serviced by Route 9-D of the city's public bus system[3] and by Routes 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, and 167 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network.[4]

Exits

There are two exits:[2]

  • North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and General Miguel Lira y Ortega Street, Voceadores.
  • South: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Batallón de la Zacapoaxtla Street, Ejército de Oriente.

History and construction

Line A of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA.[5] The line was opened on 12 August 1991, operating westward towards Pantitlán station and eastward towards La Paz station, located in the municipality of the same name of the State of Mexico.[6] Guelatao is an at-grade station;[7] the Guelatao–Tepalcates section is 1,161 meters (3,809 ft) long, while the Guelatao–Peñón Viejo section measures 2,206 meters (7,238 ft), the longest of the system.[8] The station's pictogram features the sculpture found on top of the Museo Cabeza de Juárez, a nearby museum, which in turn depicts the head of Benito Juárez, the president of Mexico from 1858 to 1872.[2] Juárez himself was born in the town of San Pablo Guelatao, in Guelatao Municipality, Oaxaca. The word guelatao means "enchanted lagoon" in Zapotec.[9]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, commuters have averaged per year between 10,500 and 24,300 daily entrances in the last decade, In 2019, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 7,898,506 passengers,[10] which was an increase of 1,046,065 passengers compared to 2018.[11] In the same year, Guelatao metro station was the 78th busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's fourth busiest.[10]

Annual passenger ridership
YearRidershipAverage dailyRank% changeRef.
20236,802,96718,63862/195+31.07%[1]
20225,190,30914,22084/195+35.14%[12]
20213,840,75910,52278/195−1.11%[13]
20203,883,86310,61193/195−50.83%[14]
20197,898,50621,63978/195+15.27%[10]
20186,852,44118,77391/195+5.93%[11]
20176,469,02617,723102/195−5.37%[15]
20166,836,20818,67895/195−17.35%[16]
20158,271,54622,66174/195+29.73%[17]
20146,376,07017,468102/195+0.57%[18]

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