Plaza Aragón metro station explained

Plaza Aragón
Style:Mexico City Metro
Style2:B
Symbol:mcm
Symbol Location:mexicocity
Type:STC rapid transit
Owned:Government of Mexico City
Operator:Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Address:Carlos Hank González Avenue
Borough:Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico
Country:Mexico
Line: (Ciudad AztecaBuenavista)
Coordinates:19.5284°N -99.0301°W
Structure:At grade
Platform:1 island platform
Accessible:Yes
Tracks:2
Status:In service
Opened:30 November 2000
Mapframe:Yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Mapframe-Caption:Area map
Map Type:Mexico City urban area
Map State:collapsed
Passengers:5,922,318
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:77/195
Pass Percent:5.78

Plaza Aragón metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the colonias (neighborhoods) of Ignacio Allende and Valle de Santiago, in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, in the metropolitan area of Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform served by Line B (the Green-and-Gray Line), between Ciudad Azteca and Olímpica stations. The name of the station references colloquially the nearby Multiplaza Aragón shopping center; its pictogram depicts a representation of a stand of pots from a Spanish; Castilian: [[tianguis]], an open-air market. The station was opened on 30 November 2000, on the first day of service between Ciudad Azteca and Buenavista metro stations. The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates. In 2019, Plaza Aragón metro station had an average daily ridership of 19,721 passengers, making it the tenth-most used on the line.

Location

Plaza Aragón is a metro station along Carlos Hank González Avenue (also known as Central Avenue), in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, a municipality bordering Mexico City. The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Ignacio Allende and Valle de Santiago. Within the system, the station lies between Ciudad Azteca and Olímpica metro stations.[1]

Exits

There are two exits:[1]

History and construction

Line B of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA;[2] Plaza Aragón metro station opened on 30 November 2000, on the first day of the Ciudad AztecaBuenavista service.[3] The station was built at-grade level;[2] the Plaza Aragón–Ciudad Azteca section is 574m (1,883feet) long, while the opposite section towards Olímpica metro station measures 709m (2,326feet).[4] The station is accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates.[1] The pedestrian bridges that connect the access to the station are adapted for bicycles as a bicycle lane was built in 2015 on the adjacent median strip.[5] The station's pictogram features the silhouette of a stand of pots from a Spanish; Castilian: [[tianguis]], an open-air market;[1] the name references the colloquial denomination for the Multiplaza Aragón shopping center, Mexico's busiest shopping mall as of 2018.[6]

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 19,300 and 20,600 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station ridership was 7,198,356 passengers in 2019, which was a decrease of 229,729 passengers compared to 2018. Also in 2019, Plaza Aragón metro station was the 90th busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's tenth-most used.

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2023 5,922,318 16,225 77/195 [7]
2022 5,598,573 15,338 72/195
2021 4,412,715 12,089 65/195 [8]
2020 4,713,938 12,876 67/195 [9]
2019 7,198,356 19,721 90/195 [10]
2018 7,428,085 20,350 88/195 [11]
2017 7,067,177 19,362 90/195 [12]
2016 7,516,552 20,537 88/195 [13]
2015 7,384,811 20,232 86/195 [14]
2014 7,463,033 20,446 87/195 [15]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plaza Aragón. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 9 December 2022.
  2. Web site: Línea B, Ciudad de México. Line B, Mexico City. es. iNGENET Infraestructura. 21 May 2021. 21 May 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210521211229/http://infraestructura.ingenet.com.mx/2009/07/linea-b-ciudad-de-mexico/. 20 July 2009.
  3. Web site: Abrirán en tres días la línea 'B'. El Universal. es. 27 November 2000. Ella. Grajeada. 21 May 2021. 21 May 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210521211229/https://archivo.eluniversal.com.mx/ciudad/20017.html.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: La Ciclopista Ecatepec-Nezahualcóyotl, en Avenida Central, se encuentra abandonada. The Ecatepec-Nezahualcóyotl bicycle lane on Central Avenue is abandoned. La Prensa. Aurelio. Sánchez. 13 October 2021. es. 9 December 2022.
  6. Web site: Los 5 malls más visitados en CDMX en 2018. Pamela. Ventura. The 5 most visited malls in Mexico City in 2018. El Financiero. 31 January 2019. 20 July 2022. es.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.