Aragón metro station explained

Aragón
Style:Mexico City Metro
Style2:5
Alt:Picture of a sign indicating one of the entrances to Aragón station.
Symbol:mcm
Symbol Location:mexicocity
Type:STC rapid transit
Owned:Government of Mexico City
Operator:Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Address:Río Consulado Avenue
Borough:Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Country:Mexico
Coordinates:19.4512°N -99.0959°W
Other:
  • Route: 200
  • Route: 20-B
Platform:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Structure:At grade
Status:In service
Events1:Temporarily closed
Events2:Reopened
Line: (Politécnico – Pantitlán)
Mapframe-Caption:Area map and exits
Mapframe:yes
Map Type:Mexico Mexico City
Map State:collapsed
Passengers:2,271,668
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:152/195
Pass Percent:6.42

Aragón metro station is a Mexico City Metro station within the limits of Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, in Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform, served by Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Eduardo Molina and Oceanía stations. Aragón station serves the colonias of Casas Alemán and Simón Bolívar. The station is named after the San Juan de Aragón Park, and its pictogram represents the silhouette of a squirrel. Aragón metro station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the Consulado–Pantitlán service. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 7,547 passengers, making it the 172nd busiest station in the network and the eighth busiest of the line.

Location

Aragón is a metro station located on Río Consulado Avenue, in northeastern Mexico City. The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Casas Alemán, in Gustavo A. Madero,[1] and Simón Bolívar, in Venustiano Carranza.[2] Within the system, the station lies between Eduardo Molina and Oceanía stations.[3] The area is serviced by Route 200 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network[4] and by Route 20-B of the city's public bus system.[5]

Exits

There are two exits:[3]

History and construction

Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA,[6] and its first section was opened on 19 December 1981, operating from Pantitlán to Consulado stations.[7] The Aragón–Oceanía interstation track has a slope caused by subsidence;[8] the section is 1219m (3,999feet) long. The Aragón–Eduardo Molina section measures 860m (2,820feet).[9] Aragón metro station is located at grade;[10] the station's pictogram represents a squirrel,[3] and the station is named after, a public park and zoo in Gustavo A. Madero, located approximately one kilometer away,[11] because it was the closest station when it was built, a function replaced by the Bosque de Aragón metro station.[12]

Incidents

After the 2015 Oceanía station train crash, Aragón station was temporarily closed for repairs.[13] From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[14] [15]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, and before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 7,100 and 7,600 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 2,754,754 passengers in 2019, which was an increase of 21,253 passengers compared to 2018. Also in 2019, Aragón metro station was the 172nd busiest station of the system's 195 stations and it was the line's eighth busiest.

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2023 2,271,668 6,223 152/195 [16]
2022 2,134,549 5,848 150/195
2021 1,605,655 4,399 153/195 [17]
2020 1,433,746 3,917 174/195 [18]
2019 2,754,754 7,547 172/195 [19]
2018 2,733,501 7,489 171/195 [20]
2017 2,624,161 7,189 171/195 [21]
2016 2,619,656 7,157 172/195 [22]
2015 2,669,995 7,315 159/195 [23]
2014 2,703,820 7,407 160/195 [24]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Colonia Fernando Casas Alemán, Código Postal 07960, Gustavo A. Madero, Distrito Federal. Fernando Casas Alemán, postal code 07960, Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. es. Heraldo. 29 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150320082304/http://heraldo.com.mx/distrito-federal/gustavo-a-madero/07960/fernando-casas-aleman/. 20 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Colonia Simón Bolivar, Código Postal 15410, Venustiano Carranza, Distrito Federal. Simón Bolívar, postal code 15410, Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. es. Heraldo. 15 July 2020.
  3. Web site: Aragón. es. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. 23 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200705170219/https://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-5/aragon. 5 July 2020.
  4. Web site: Red de Rutas. es. Routes network. Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. 30 October 2021.
  5. Web site: Red de corredores. Es. Route network. 30 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Línea 5, Ciudad de México. es. iNGENET Infraestructura. 15 April 2020. 2 September 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140902050418/http://infraestructura.ingenet.com.mx/2009/07/linea-5-ciudad-de-mexico/. Line 5, Mexico City. 20 July 2009.
  7. Web site: Baia, Baia, Tacubaya... Las estaciones del metro MÁS y MENOS utilizadas en CDMX. Well, well, well... The MOST and LEAST used stations in Mexico City. 4 September 2019. Nacion 321. es. 14 April 2020. 15 April 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200415155337/https://www.nacion321.com/gobierno/baia-baia-tacubaya-las-estaciones-del-metro-mas-y-menos-utilizadas-en-cdmx.
  8. Web site: Estación Oceanía, 'hundida' en la burocracia. es. máspormás. Ignacio. Gómez. 11 May 2020. 29 July 2020. 24 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724030448/https://www.maspormas.com/especiales/estacion-oceania-hundida-en-la-burocracia/. Oceanía Station, 'sunk' in the bureaucracy.
  9. 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.
  10. Web site: Aragon Metro Station (Mexico City, 1981). Structurae.net. 23 July 2020. 24 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724035412/https://structurae.net/en/structures/aragon-metro-station.
  11. Web site: Cartelera de actividades: Bosque de San Juan de Aragón. Activities board: San Juan de Aragón Park. es. Secretaría del Medio Ambiente de la Ciudad de México. 1 July 2019. 29 July 2020. 17 August 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200817201344/https://www.sedema.cdmx.gob.mx/storage/app/media/carte_julio_1.20X2.40.pdf.
  12. Web site: Los íconos del metro que merecen una explicación. Metro icons that deserve an explanation. es. MXCity. 29 July 2020. 24 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724114001/https://mxcity.mx/2016/06/las-estaciones-del-metro/.
  13. Web site: RTP brindará traslado gratuito de Pantitlán a Eduardo Molina. Red de Transporte de Pasajeros will provide free service from Pantitlán to Eduardo Molina. Excélsior. 5 May 2015. 23 August 2020. Rodrigo. Alarcón. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171030235409/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2015/05/05/1022426. 30 October 2017.
  14. Web site: Cierre temporal de estaciones. Temporal closure of stations. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 25 April 2020. es. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200704012839/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/storage/app/media/Banners/FASE3M%20OK.pdf. 4 July 2020.
  15. Web site: Coronavirus. Este es el plan para reabrir estaciones del Metro, Metrobús y Tren ligero. 13 June 2020. 15 June 2020. es. El Universal. Eduardo. Hernández. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200704013005/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/coronavirus-este-es-el-plan-para-reabrir-estaciones-del-metro-metrobus-y-tren-ligero. 4 July 2020. Coronavirus. This is the plan to reopen Metro, Metrobús and Light Rail stations.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2019. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. 3 May 2020. 3 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200703154652/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2019. Station traffic per line 2019.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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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