Guelatao metro station explained

Guelatao
Style:Mexico City Metro
Style2:A
Symbol:mcm
Symbol Location:mexicocity
Type:STC rapid transit
Owned:Government of Mexico City
Operator:Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Borough:Iztapalapa, Mexico City
Address:Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza
Country:Mexico
Line: (Pantitlán – La Paz)
Other:
  • Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167
  • Route: 9-D
Structure:At grade
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Status:In service
Opened:12 August 1991
Mapframe-Caption:Area map and layout
Mapframe:yes
Map Type:Mexico Mexico City
Map State:collapsed
Passengers:6,802,967
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:62/195
Pass Percent:31.07

Guelatao metro station 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.

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

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.[1] The area is serviced by Route 9-D of the city's public bus system[2] and by Routes 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, and 167 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network.[3] The station serves the Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Zaragoza of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).[4]

Exits

There are two exits:[1]

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 1161m (3,809feet) long, while the Guelatao–Peñón Viejo section measures 2206m (7,238feet), 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.[1] Juárez himself was born in the town of San Pablo Guelatao, in Guelatao Municipality, Oaxaca. The word Zapotec: 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, which was an increase of 1,046,065 passengers compared to 2018. 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.

Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2023 6,802,967 18,638 62/195 [10]
2022 5,190,309 14,220 84/195 [11]
2021 3,840,759 10,522 78/195 [12]
2020 3,883,863 10,611 93/195 [13]
2019 7,898,506 21,639 78/195 [14]
2018 6,852,441 18,773 91/195 [15]
2017 6,469,026 17,723 102/195 [16]
2016 6,836,208 18,678 95/195 [17]
2015 8,271,546 22,661 74/195 [18]
2014 6,376,070 17,468 102/195 [19]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Guelatao. es. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. 31 May 2022. 31 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220331190912/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea/guelatao. live.
  2. Web site: Red de corredores. Es. Route network. 30 October 2021. 14 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211014214225/https://www.ort.cdmx.gob.mx/red-de-corredores. live.
  3. Web site: Red de Rutas. es. Routes network. Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. 30 October 2021. 6 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106023527/https://www.rtp.cdmx.gob.mx/red-de-rutas. live.
  4. Web site: Diputadas se deslindan de ambulantaje en FES Zaragoza. es. Legislators distance themselves from street vendors in FES Zaragoza. Excélsior. 8 October 2012. Gerardo. Jiménez. 12 July 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20220322131152/http://www.excelsior.com.mx/2012/10/08/comunidad/863121. 22 March 2022. live.
  5. Web site: Línea A, Metro Ligero. Line A, Light Train. es. iNGENET Infraestructura. 4 October 2021. 17 June 2013. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20130617181932/http://infraestructura.ingenet.com.mx/2009/07/linea-a-metro-ligero/. 20 July 2009.
  6. Web site: ¿Cuáles son las estaciones de la Línea A del Metro de la CDMX?. Noticieros Televisa. 22 September 2021. 4 October 2021. Alina. Escobedo. es. Which are the stations of the Mexico City Metro Line A?. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210923144818/https://noticieros.televisa.com/historia/lineas-del-metro-a-estaciones-cdmx/. 23 September 2021.
  7. Web site: Metro CDMX: ¿Cuáles son las líneas que circulan por arriba como la Línea 12, es peligroso usarlas?. es. Metro CDMX: Like Line 12, which lines are elevated; is it dangerous to ride them?. 4 May 2021. El Heraldo de México. 13 July 2021. live. 13 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210713201630/https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/nacional/2021/5/4/metro-cdmx-cuales-son-las-lineas-que-circulan-por-arriba-como-la-linea-12-es-peligroso-usarlas-291974.html.
  8. 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.
  9. Web site: Guelatao de Juárez. 25 September 2014. es. Secreariat of Tourism of Oaxaca. 31 May 2022. 13 September 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190913131410/http://www.oaxaca.travel/index.php/es/component/k2/item/45-guelatao-de-juarez. live.
  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 2022. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2023. 5 March 2023. 5 March 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230305192825/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/operacion/mas-informacion/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea. Station traffic per line 2022.
  12. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2021. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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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