Gómez Farías metro station explained

Gómez Farías
Style:Mexico City Metro
Style2:1
Symbol:mcm
Symbol Location:mexicocity
Type:STC rapid transit
Owned:Government of Mexico City
Operator:Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Address:Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza
Borough:Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Country:Mexico
Line: (Observatorio – Pantitlán)
Structure:Underground
Platform:2 side platforms
Accessible:Partial
Tracks:2
Status:In service
Opened:4 September 1969
Events1:Temporarily closed
Events2:Reopened
Mapframe-Caption:Area map and exits
Mapframe:yes
Map Type:Mexico Mexico City
Map State:collapsed
Passengers:828,313
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:180/195
Pass Percent:-81.84

Gómez Farías metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms serving Line 1 (the Pink Line) between Boulevard Puerto Aéreo and Zaragoza metro stations. The station opened on 4 September 1969 with westward service toward Chapultepec station and eastward service toward Zaragoza station.

Gómez Farías station services the Spanish; Castilian: [[Colonia (Mexico)|colonias]] (neighborhoods) of Federal and Gómez Farías along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza. The station was named after the neighborhood, which itself honors Valentín Gómez Farías, the seventh president of Mexico (serving intermittently from 1833 to 1847). The station's pictogram depicts a representation of the Mexican Constitution of 1857, a document promoted by Gómez Farías during his tenure as president of Congress.

The facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as it has escalators. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 28,385 passengers, ranking it the 48th busiest station in the network and the 11th busiest of the line. Gómez Farías metro station was closed from July 2022 to October 2023 due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.

Location and layout

Gómez Farías is an underground metro station situated on Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City.[1] The station serves two Spanish; Castilian: [[Colonia (Mexico)|Colonias]] (neighborhoods), Federal and Gómez Farías, from which the station takes its name. The station's pictogram features a silhouette representing the Mexican Constitution of 1857, which was promoted by Valentín Gómez Farías during his tenure as president of Congress.

Within the system, Gómez Farías station lies between Boulevard Puerto Aéreo and Zaragoza metro stations.[2] Gómez Farías metro station has two exits that connect to Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza. The northern exit is near Calle Relaciones Exteriores in Colonia Federal and the southern one close to Calle 31 in Colonia Gómez Farías. The station offers a partially disabled-accessible service with escalators.[2]

History and construction

Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro and Cometro, the last one a subsidiary of Empresas ICA.[3] Its first section was inaugurated on 4 September 1969, operating from Chapultepec to Zaragoza metro stations.[4] The tunnel between Gómez Farías and Zaragoza spans 762m (2,500feet) in length, while the section between Gómez Farías and Boulevard Puerto Aéreo measures 611m (2,005feet).[5]

The station was closed on 11 July 2022 for modernization work on the tunnel and technical equipment of the line.[6] [7] After fifteen months of renovations, authorities reopened Gómez Farías station on 29 October 2023.[8] Excélsior reported in July 2024 that all the modernized stations had leaks of varying dimensions, with water filtrations detected in the walls of Gómez Farías station, resulting in constant runoff into the drains. This issue left damp marks and affected the facilities. Authorities had stated they would seal these leaks during the 2022 modernization repairs.[9]

Ridership

According to data provided by authorities, prior the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 28,300 and 42,100 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 10,360,851 passengers in 2019, marking a decrease of 1,800,444 passengers compared to 2018. In 2019 specifically, Gómez Farías metro station ranked as the 48th busiest station out of the system's 195 stations, and it was the 11th busiest on Line 1.

Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2023 828,313 2,269 180/195 [10]
2022 4,560,126 12,493 94/195
2021 7,337,725 20,103 22/195 [11]
2020 7,637,970 20,868 24/195 [12]
2019 10,360,851 28,385 48/195 [13]
2018 12,161,295 33,318 32/195 [14]
2017 11,938,118 32,707 33/195 [15]
2016 14,170,037 38,715 23/195 [16]
2015 15,129,911 41,451 20/195 [17]
2014 15,350,466 42,056 20/195 [18]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El pasado de la calzada Zaragoza. The past of Calzada Zaragoza. El Universal. Susana. Colin Moya. 13 April 2019. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20201208080115/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/mochilazo-en-el-tiempo/el-pasado-de-la-calzada-zaragoza. 8 December 2020. live.
  2. Web site: Gómez Farías. es. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. 25 September 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210227154309/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-1/gomez-farias. 27 February 2021.
  3. Web site: Línea 1, Ciudad de México. es. iNGENET Infraestructura. 25 September 2021. 19 July 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210719022225/http://infraestructura.ingenet.com.mx/2009/07/linea-1-ciudad-de-mexico/. Line 1, Mexico City. 20 July 2009.
  4. Web site: Los primeros usuarios del Metro. The first Metro passengers. es. El Universal. 5 September 2019. 25 September 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210925161606/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/opinion/mochilazo-en-el-tiempo/los-primeros-usuarios-del-metro. 25 September 2021.
  5. Web site: Longitud de estación a estación por línea. es. Station-to-station length per line. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. 12 July 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210504063646/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/longitud-de-estacion. 4 May 2021.
  6. Web site: Cerrarán parcialmente la Línea 1 del Metro durante el primer semestre del 2022 . Metro Line 1 will be partially closed during the first half of 2022 . Es . . Juan Pablo . González . 23 September 2021 . 25 September 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210924073012/https://noticieros.televisa.com/ultimas-noticias/cerraran-linea-1-metro-primer-semestre-2022/ . 24 September 2021.
  7. Web site: La L1 del Metro de CDMX cerrará de Pantitlán a Salto del Agua, desde el 11 de julio . Es . 27 June 2022 . La Lista . 27 June 2022 . Metro Line 1 Will close station 11 July from Pantitlán to Salto del Agua.
  8. Web site: Con 7 meses de retraso, reabren Línea 1 del Metro; sólo se podrá ingresar con tarjeta. Yared. De la Rosa. 29 October 2023. 29 October 2023. Forbes. es. After a 7-month delay, Metro Line 1 reopens; access will be available with card only.
  9. Web site: Nueva L1, con goteras y humedad. New Line 1, leaking and damp. Excélsior. 27 July 2024. 1 August 2024. es. Jonás. López.
  10. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2023. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. 24 January 2024. 27 January 2024. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20240127043358/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/operacion/mas-informacion/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea. Station traffic per line 2023.
  11. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2021. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. 7 March 2022. 7 March 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220307203941/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-estacion-por-linea_2021. Station traffic per line 2021.
  12. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2020. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. 21 June 2021. 21 June 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210621220125/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluenciadeestacionporlinea2020. Station traffic per line 2020.
  13. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2019. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. 3 May 2020. 8 April 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200408025317/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2019. Station traffic per line 2019.
  14. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2018. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. 7 April 2020. 6 June 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190606150059/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2018. Station traffic per line 2018.
  15. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2017. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. 3 May 2020. 3 May 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200503211908/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2017. Station traffic per line 2017.
  16. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2016. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. 3 May 2020. 3 May 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200503212130/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2016. Station traffic per line 2016.
  17. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2015. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. 6 May 2020. 3 May 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200503212430/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2015. Station traffic per line 2015.
  18. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2014. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. 6 May 2020. 3 May 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200503212750/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2014. Station traffic per line 2014.

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