Tepalcates metro station

Tepalcates is a station on the Line A of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Iztapalapa municipality, to the east of downtown Mexico City.[2] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 19,326 passengers per day.[4]

Tepalcates
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Platform of Tepalcates
General information
LocationIztapalapa
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°23′29″N 99°02′47″W / 19.391335°N 99.046383°W / 19.391335; -99.046383
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line A (Pantitlán - La Paz)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Tepalcates
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
History
Opened12 August 1991
Passengers
20238,617,224[1]Increase 15.67%
Rank37/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City MetroFollowing station
Canal de San Juan
toward Pantitlán
Line AGuelatao
toward La Paz
Location
Tepalcates is located in Mexico City
Tepalcates
Tepalcates
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map

Name and pictogram

The station takes its name from the nearby estate Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates. The name has its roots in the Nahuatl word "teplacatl" used to refer to any pot or vessel made out of clay or mud. The pictogram depicts the side view of a pre-Hispanic pottery bowl of the types made in Puebla and Tlaxcala.[2]

General information

The station was opened on 12 August 1991 along the other nine stations of Line A.[5]

Metro Tepalcates connects with the bus rapid transit stop of the same name of the Mexico City Metrobús Line 2; this stop is the eastern terminus of Line 2.

As every Line A station, except for Pantitlán, it is an at grade station in the median of Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza with the entrances on both sides of the road connecting to the station through two pedestrian bridges. Due to the design of the station, it has an island platform where passengers can take trains in both eastbound and westbound directions.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
YearRidershipAverage dailyRank% changeRef.
20238,617,22423,60837/195+15.67%[1]
20227,449,53420,40941/195+39.81%[6]
20215,328,31514,59846/195+6.88%[7]
20204,985,09213,62058/195−29.33%[8]
20197,054,06719,32692/195+11.71%[4]
20186,314,51017,300104/195+22.80%[9]
20175,142,00814,087122/195−17.62%[10]
20166,241,92317,054107/195+4.85%[11]
20155,953,37016,310105/195+10.27%[12]
20145,399,03614,791112/195+2.88%[13]

Exits

  • North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and General Esteban Baca Calderón street, Colonia Juan Escutia
  • South: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Avenida Telecomunicaciones, Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates

Station layout

GStreet LevelExits/Entrances
G
Platforms
Westbound toward Pantitlán (Canal de San Juan)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound toward La Paz (Guelatao)

Gallery

References

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