Potrero metro station explained

Potrero
Style:Mexico City Metro
Style2:3
Symbol:mcm
Symbol Location:mexicocity
Type:STC rapid transit
Owned:Government of Mexico City
Operator:Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Borough:Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City
Address:Insurgentes Norte Avenue
Country:Mexico
Line: (Indios Verdes – Universidad)
Other:
  • Potrero
  • Potrero
  • Route: 15-C
  • Routes: 25, 104
Coordinates:19.4769°N -99.1322°W
Structure:At grade
Platform:1 island platform
Accessible:Partial
Tracks:2
Status:In service
Opened:1 December 1979
Mapframe-Caption:Area map and station layout
Mapframe:yes
Map Type:Mexico Mexico City
Map State:collapsed
Passengers:4,565,663
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:103/195
Pass Percent:6.41

Potrero metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro built along Insurgentes Norte Avenue in the colonias (neighborhoods) of Capultitlan and Guadalupe Insurgentes, in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform served by Line 3 (the Olive Line) between Deportivo 18 de Marzo and La Raza stations. The station and its surrounding area are named this way because there used to be a hippodrome during the Porfiriato era (1876–1911) and its pictogram features the silhouette of a head of a horse behind a fence. The station was opened on 1 December 1979, on the first day of service between Indios Verdes and Hospital General metro stations.

In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 17,308 passengers, making it the 106th busiest station in the network and the third-least used in the line. The facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as it is equipped with access ramps.

Location and layout

Potrero is a metro station located along Insurgentes Norte Avenue, in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhood") of Capultitlan and Guadalupe Insurgentes. Within the system, it is found between Deportivo 18 de Marzo and La Raza stations.[1]

Potrero metro station is serviced by a transport hub called Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM),[2] whose size is 6614m2.[3] From there, commuters can ride different routes and transport methods, including Routes 25 and 104 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP) system and Route 15-C of the public bus system.[4] [5] It is serviced by Line 1 of the Metrobús service at Potrero bus station.[6]

Exits

There are four exits:[1]

History and construction

Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro, and Cometro, the latter a subsidiary of Empresas ICA;[7] Potrero metro station opened on 1 December 1979, on the first day of the Indios Verdes–Hospital General service.[8] The station was built at grade level. The Potrero–La Raza stretch goes from the street level to the underground one[9] and its length is 1106m (3,629feet). Northbound, the Deportivo 18 de Marzo–Potrero section is 966m (3,169feet) long.[10] Horse, mammoth, fish and bird remains were found during its construction.[11]

Potrero station has a partially disabled-accessible service with access ramps.[1] The station's pictogram features the silhouette of a head of a horse behind a fence. The station and its surrounding area are named this way because there used to be a hippodrome during the Porfiriato era (1876–1911; Ex Hipódromo de Peralvillo in modern times); its paddocks were found in its northern zone.[1]

Incidents

On 14 December 2018, a private vehicle crashed into the Insurgentes Norte and Victoria entrance's walls after it was impacted by a public bus with no injuries reported.[12] On 19 July 2021, a man was stabbed and killed in the CETRAM's corridors in an apparent robbery.[13] On 7 January 2023, two trains crashed inside the Potrero–La Raza interstation tunnel while both were going toward Indios Verdes metro station; one person was killed and 106 resulted injured.[14]

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 17,100 and 21,700 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 6,317,545 passengers in 2019, which was an increase of 48,482 passengers compared to 2018. Also in 2019, Potrero metro station was the 106th busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's third-least used.

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2023 4,565,663 12,508 103/195 [15]
2022 4,290,556 11,754 101/195
2021 2,998,686 8,215 108/195 [16]
2020 3,612,909 9,871 103/195 [17]
2019 6,317,545 17,308 106/195 [18]
2018 6,269,063 17,175 106/195 [19]
2017 6,421,265 17,592 104/195 [20]
2016 6,984,359 19,082 93/195 [21]
2015 7,384,471 20,231 87/195 [22]
2014 7,184,004 19,682 92/195 [23]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Potrero. es. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. 24 March 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220126034438/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-3/potrero. 26 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Busca gobierno convertir paradero de Indios Verdes en un Cetram. Government aims to convert Indios Verdes bus stop into a CETRAM. es. La Jornada. 28 August 2016. Gabriela. Romero Sánchez. Rocío. González Alvarado. 26 March 2022.
  3. Book: Domínguez Prieto, Olivia. Trovadores posmodernos: músicos en el Sistema de Transporte Colectivo metro. 2010. 83. National Autonomous University of Mexico. es. 978-607-02-1451-6.
  4. 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.
  5. Web site: Red de corredores. Es. Route network. 30 October 2021.
  6. Web site: Línea 1: significado de estaciones. Mexico City Metrobús. 26 March 2022. es. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190910224117/https://www.metrobus.cdmx.gob.mx/mapas-de-sistema/mapa-linea-1/L1-estaciones. 10 September 2019. Line 1: meaning of stations.
  7. Web site: Línea 3, Ciudad de México. Line 3, Mexico City. es. iNGENET Infraestructura. 8 May 2020. 10 September 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140910122759/http://infraestructura.ingenet.com.mx/2009/07/linea-3-ciudad-de-mexico/. 20 July 2009.
  8. Book: Transporte: Seis años de esfuerzo conjunto. es. I. Government of the Federal District Department. 17. 1987. 27 January 2022. 29 October 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211029212157/https://books.google.com/books?id=oSJGAAAAYAAJ&q=la+raza+25+agosto+1978. live.
  9. Web site: Por mantenimiento, cerrarán 4 estaciones de la Línea 3 del Metro. 4 metro stations on Line 3 will be closed for maintenance. es. Karla. Mora. 10 July 2019. 23 November 2020. La Razón. 11 July 2019. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190711142721/https://www.razon.com.mx/ciudad/por-mantenimiento-cerraran-4-estaciones-de-la-linea-3-del-metro-indios-verdes-deportivo-18-marzo-potrero-la-raza/.
  10. 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.
  11. Web site: Investigación Arqueológica en la Construcción del Metro. Mexico City. Ma. de Jesús. Sánchez Vázquez. Alberto. Mena Cruz. Margarita. Carballal Staedtler. es. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. 2010. 9 July 2020. 9 July 2020. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20200709184018/https://arqueologia.inah.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/METRO.pdf. Archaeological Research in the Construction of the Metro.
  12. Web site: Automovilista destruye entrada de la estación del Metro Potrero (VIDEO). Motorist destroys entrance of Potrero metro station (VIDEO). Reporte Índigo. 14 December 2018. 26 March 2022. es.
  13. Web site: Asesinan a hombre afuera de la estación del Metro Potrero; no hay detenidos. es. Man murdered outside Potrero metro station; there are no detainees. 19 July 2021. Reporte Índigo. 26 March 2022.
  14. Web site: El Gobierno de Ciudad de México eleva el número de heridos del accidente del metro a 106. Es. Mexico City government raises number of injured in subway accident to 106. El País. Pablo. Ferri. 8 January 2022. 15 January 2023. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20230114204415/https://elpais.com/mexico/2023-01-08/el-gobierno-de-ciudad-de-mexico-eleva-el-numero-de-heridos-del-accidente-del-metro-a-106.html. 14 January 2023.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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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