Insurgentes metro station explained

Insurgentes metro station should not be confused with Insurgentes Sur metro station.

Insurgentes
Symbol Location:mexicocity
Symbol:mcm
Type:STC rapid transit
Style:Mexico City Metro
Style2:1
Address:Glorieta de los Insurgentes
Colonia Juárez, Cuauhtémoc
Borough:Mexico City
Country:Mexico
Other: Glorieta de los Insurgentes
Insurgentes stop (temporary)
Structure:Underground
Lines: (Observatorio - Pantitlán)
Platform:2 side platforms
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Parking:No
Bicycle:Yes
Status:Out of service
Opened:4 September 1969
Operator:Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Mapframe-Caption:Area map
Map Type:Mexico Mexico City
Map State:collapsed
Passengers:8,458,386
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:40/195
Pass Percent:-28.40

Insurgentes is a station on the Line 1 of Mexico City Metro.[1] [2] It is located within the Glorieta de los Insurgentes at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes and Avenida Chapultepec in Mexico City's Cuauhtémoc borough, close to the Zona Rosa shopping and entertainment district and the Colonia Roma, two of the most iconic neighborhoods in the city.[1] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 65,134 passengers per day, making it the 12th busiest station in the network.[3] Since 9 November 2023, the station has remained closed for modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.[4]

Name and pictogram

Insurgentes receives its name from Avenida de los Insurgentes, one of Mexico City's most important thoroughfares, the station is located under the intersection of Insurgentes and Avenida Chapultepec.

The station pictogram depicts the church bell of Dolores Hidalgo, a symbol of the start of the Mexican War of Independence (1810) and the eleven-year-long insurgency that followed.[1] [2]

General information

Metro Insurgentes was built in a particular style. Surrounding the station is a circular shopping mall-cum-plaza, called the Glorieta de los Insurgentes.[5] [6] [7] The station's exterior walls are intended to evoke pre-Hispanic architecture, while the platform walls are decorated with mock-ups of platforms from the Paris Métro and the London Underground. The station was opened on 5 September 1969.[8] Exterior shots of the plaza and metro entrance were used in the 1990 motion picture Total Recall.[9]

This is an important station for bus transfers, connecting with an extensive local network of urban buses (RTP, or Red de Transporte de Pasajeros) that serves zones like Villa Olímpica and Tlalpan, south of the city, and Metro Indios Verdes, north of the city.[10] The Insurgentes Metrobús bus rapid transit line also has a stop in the vicinity of Metro Insurgentes.[11]

In recent years, the Glorieta de los Insurgentes (and, therefore, the station itself), has been a meeting and starting point for some social and political rallies; for example, in December 2019, it was used as a meeting point for several feminist rallies.[12]

The station serves the following neighborhoods: Colonia Juárez and Colonia Roma Norte.

Nearby

Exits

Station layout

GStreet Level
B1Glorieta de los InsurgentesEntrance/Exit
B2MezzanineTicket windows/Fare control
B3
Eastbound toward Pantitlán →
Westbound

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2023 8,458,386 23,173 40/195 [13]
2022 11,812,681 32,3636 16/195
2021 6,879,516 18,847 28/195 [14]
2020 10,606,513 28,979 14/195 [15]
2019 20,753,676 56,859 13/195 [16]
2018 20,092,422 55,047 13/195 [17]
2017 20,271,258 55,537 14/195 [18]
2016 21,737,014 59,390 12/195 [19]
2015 23,113,713 63,325 12/195 [20]
2014 22,607,506 61,938 12/195 [21]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Insurgentes. es. 7 August 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110928221323/http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=15. 28 September 2011.
  2. Web site: Archambault. Richard. Insurgentes » Mexico City Metro System. 7 August 2011.
  3. Web site: Estaciones de mayor afluencia 2019. Metro CDMX. 29 March 2020. es.
  4. Web site: Cierre de la Línea 1: El ABC de las estaciones cerradas y el RTP . 9 November 2023 .
  5. News: Chocan emos y punks en la Glorieta de Insurgentes; no se reportan heridos. Quintero M.. Josefina. La Jornada. es. 16 March 2011. 7 August 2011.
  6. Web site: SECTURDF - GLORIETA DEL METRO INSURGENTES. 7 August 2011.
  7. News: Quitan 14 espectaculares en Glorieta de Insurgentes. Montes. Rafael. El Universal. 1 March 2011. 7 March 2011.
  8. Web site: Monroy. Marco. Schwandl. Robert. Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway. 7 August 2011.
  9. Web site: Film locations for Total Recall. 17 July 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110725022157/http://www.movie-locations.com/movies/t/totalrecall.html. 25 July 2011. dead.
  10. Web site: Circuito Bicentenario. 7 August 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110722230154/http://www.rtp.gob.mx/rutas_expreso/Circuito_Bicentenario.pdf. 22 July 2011.
  11. Web site: Metrobús - Ciudad de México. Mexico City Metrobús. es. 7 August 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110823072152/http://www.metrobus.df.gob.mx/mapa.html. 23 August 2011.
  12. News: Feministas protestarán hoy en Glorieta de los Insurgentes. El Universal. 6 December 2019. 9 April 2020. es.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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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