Tlaltenco metro station explained

Symbol:mcm
Symbol Location:mexicocity
Style:Mexico City Metro
Style2:12
Tlaltenco
Type:STC rapid transit
Borough:Tláhuac, Mexico City
Address:Canal del Acalote
Country:Mexico
Line: (Observatorio – Tláhuac)
Structure:At grade
Platform:1 island platform
Accessible:Yes
Tracks:2
Status:In service
Events1:Temporarily closed
Events2:Reopened
Events3:Temporarily closed
Events4:Reopened
Events5:Temporarily closed
Events6:Reopened
Events7:Temporarily closed
Events8:Reopened[1]
Owned:Government of Mexico City
Operator:Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Mapframe-Caption:Area map
Map Type:Mexico City urban area
Map State:collapsed
Passengers:0
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:188/195
Pass Percent:0

Tlaltenco metro station is a Mexico City Metro station in Tláhuac, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform, served by Line 12 (the Golden Line), between Zapotitlán and Tláhuac metro stations. Tlaltenco metro station serves the town of San Francisco Tlaltenco, from which it receives its name. The station's pictogram features a stone gateway known as Spanish; Castilian: La Puerta . The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of the Mixcoac–Tláhuac service.

The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 3,492 passengers, making it the 192nd busiest station in the network and the least busy of the line. Since it was opened, Tlaltenco metro station has had multiple incidents, including a 20-month closure in 2014 due to structural faults found in the elevated section of the line, a closure caused by the 19 September 2017 earthquake, and the subsequent collapse of the track near Olivos station in 2021.

Location

Tlaltenco is a metro station along Canal del Acalote Avenue, in the Tláhuac borough, in southeastern Mexico City. The station serves, a town in the borough. Within the system, the station lies between Zapotitlán and Tláhuac metro stations.[2]

Exits

There are two exists:[2]

History and construction

Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA, in association with Alstom Mexicana and Grupo Carso.[3] Tlaltenco and Tláhuac stations were built at grade, and the track goes from the street level to the overground level between the Tlaltenco–Zapotitlán interstation;[4] the Tlaltenco–Tláhuac section is 1298m (4,259feet) long, while the Tlaltenco–Zapotitlán stretch measures 1115m (3,658feet).[5]

The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of the Mixcoac–Tláhuac service.[6] The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates.[7] The pictogram represents a stone gateway located in the town.[2] Known as Spanish; Castilian: La Puerta de Tlaltenco, the landmark was formerly used as a customs point to control the transit of goods.

Incidents

Since 2010, the Superior Auditor of the Federation has audited Line 12 several times and has reported several faults – like cracks and detachments – along the line, including some inside Tlaltenco metro station and at the Tlaltenco–Tláhuac interstation.[8] [9]

From 12 March 2014[10] to 29 November 2015,[11] Tlaltenco was closed due to technical and structural faults in the stretch Atlalilco–Tláhuac.[12] [13] On 28 August 2017, a passenger jumped to the tracks and survived. He was in a state of intoxication and was fined $400,000 pesos.[14] [15] After the 19 September 2017 earthquake damaged Line 12 tracks, Tlaltenco remained closed until 30 October 2017.[16] [17] The earthquake derailed a train in the Tlaltenco–Zapotitlán overpass.[18] From 23 April to 28 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[19] [20] On 3 May 2021, Tlaltenco metro station was closed after a portion of Line 12's elevated railway collapsed near Olivos station.[21]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities, the Tlaltenco metro station has been one of the least busy stations of the system's 195 stations. Except for the years when the station was closed for several months, commuters have averaged per year between 2,100 and 3,500 daily entrances. In 2019, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 1,274,784 passengers, which was an increase of 155,870 passengers compared to 2018. In the same year, Tlaltenco was the 192nd busiest of the system and it was the least used of the line.

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2023 0 0 188/195 [22]
2022 0 0 176/195 [23]
2021 301,594 826 195/195 [24]
2020 774,267 2,115 192/195 [25]
2019 1,274,784 3,492 192/195 [26]
2018 1,118,914 3,065 193/195 [27]
2017 898,824 2,462 193/195 [28]
2016 864,854 2,362 194/195 [29]
2015 68,333 187 195/195 [30]
2014 148,671 407 195/195 [31]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reapertura de la Línea 12 del Metro: ¿Qué estaciones abren, cuándo y a qué hora?. 28 January 2024. El Financiero. 29 January 2024. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Tlaltenco. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 20 August 2011. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20181116202513/https://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-12-2/tlaltenco. 16 November 2018.
  3. Web site: ¿Quién construyó la línea 12 del Metro?. es. 11 March 2014. 2 July 2020. Expansión. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200702195451/https://expansion.mx/negocios/2014/03/11/quien-construyo-la-linea-12-del-metro. 2 July 2020. Who built Line 12?.
  4. Web site: La Ingeniería Civil en la línea 12 del metro de la Ciudad de México. Vector. es. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190913172854/http://www.revistavector.com.mx/2019/04/02/la-ingenieria-civil-en-la-linea-12-del-metro-de-la-ciudad-de-mexico/. 13 September 2019. The Civil Engineering of Mexico City's Metro Line 12.
  5. 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.
  6. Web site: Que no se te vaya el tren. 30 October 2020. Chilango. es. 2 July 2020. 2 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200702195703/https://www.chilango.com/ciudad/hoy-inicia-operaciones-la-l12/. Don't let the train go.
  7. Web site: 12 datos de la 'La línea dorada' del Metro inaugurada este martes. es. Aristegui Noticias. 30 October 2012. 26 May 2020. 12 facts about Metro's 'Golden line' inaugurated this Tuesday. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20121105014447/http://aristeguinoticias.com/3010/mexico/12-datos-de-la-la-linea-dorada-inaugurada-este-martes/. 5 November 2012.
  8. Web site: ASF detectó 11 mil fallas en Línea 12 del Metro. Alma Sofía. Velázquez. Noticieros Televisa. 5 May 2021. 26 May 2021. ASF detected 11 thousand faults on Metro's Line 12. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210506023647/https://www.televisa.com/noticias/asf-detecta-11-mil-fallas-en-linea-12-del-metro/. 6 May 2021.
  9. Web site: Se han detectado 11 mil fallas en Metro Línea 12. 11 thousand faults on Metro Line 12 were detected. Leticia. Robles de la Rosa. 5 May 2021. Excélsior. es. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210507073344/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/se-han-detectado-11-mil-fallas-en-metro-linea-12/1447047. 7 May 2021.
  10. Web site: Línea 12 del metro cierra 12 estaciones por seis meses. 11 March 2014. es. Animal Político. 3 July 2020. Metro Line 12 closes 12 stations for six months. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170724042141/http://www.animalpolitico.com/2014/03/linea-12-del-metro-cierra-12-estaciones-por-seis-meses/. 24 July 2017.
  11. Web site: Mancera reabre Línea 12 del Metro. es. Felipe. Rodea. El Financiero. 29 November 2015. 3 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200704012222/https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/gdf-reabre-linea-12. 4 July 2020. Mancera reopens Metro's Line 12.
  12. Web site: Caos en primer día de cierre en 12 estaciones de la Línea Dorada del Metro. Mexico City. Proceso. es. 12 March 2012. 3 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200704012357/https://www.proceso.com.mx/367061/caos-en-primer-dia-de-cierre-de-12-estaciones-de-la-linea-dorada-del-sct-metro. 4 July 2020. Chaos on the first day of closure of 12 stations in the Metro's Golden Line.
  13. Web site: ¿Por qué el GDF cerró la Línea 12 del Metro?. Aristegui Noticias. es. 3 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190528203753/https://aristeguinoticias.com/1103/mexico/por-que-el-gdf-cerro-la-linea-12-del-metro/. 28 May 2019. Why the Mexico City Government closed Metro Line 12. 11 March 2014.
  14. Web site: Hombre se arroja a las vías del Metro de estación de L12. Man jumps onto Metro's tracks in Line 12. Milenio. 27 August 2017. 18 September 2020. Mexico City. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190120153912/http://www.milenio.com/estados/hombre-arroja-vias-metro-estacion-l12. 20 January 2019. es. registration.
  15. Web site: Joven se lanza a las vías del metro Tlaltenco y lo multan. Young man jumps onto Tlaltenco metro station's tracks and is fined. Regeneración.mx. 27 August 2017. 18 September 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20170907005820/http://regeneracion.mx/joven-se-lanza-a-la-vias-del-metro-tlaltenco-y-lo-multan/. 7 September 2017. es.
  16. Web site: Cuatro estaciones de L12 del Metro permanecerán cerradas durante 4 semanas. 24 September 2017. es. Noticieros Televisa. 3 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200414104824/https://noticieros.televisa.com/ultimas-noticias/suspenden-cuatro-estaciones-linea-12-metro/. 14 April 2020. Four Metro L12 stations will remain closed for 4 weeks.
  17. Web site: Metro reabre tramo dañado de Línea 12. 30 October 2017. es. El Heraldo de México. 3 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180303211433/https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/cdmx/metro-reabre-tramo-danado-de-linea-12/. 3 March 2018. Metro reopens the damaged section of Line 12.
  18. Web site: La columna 69 de la Línea 12, un riesgo desde el boceto que acabó en derrumbe. 5 May 2021. Dalila. Sarabia. Animal Político. es. 26 May 2021. Column 69 of Line 12, a risk from the sketch that ended in collapse. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210506010602/https://www.animalpolitico.com/2021/05/curvas-trenes-infraestructura-linea-12-dudas-inicio/. 6 May 2021.
  19. Web site: Cierre temporal de estaciones. 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. Temporal closure of stations.
  20. Web site: Coronavirus. Este es el plan para reabrir estaciones del Metro, Metrobús y Tren ligero. Coronavirus. This is the plan to reopen Metro, Metrobús and Light Rail stations. 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.
  21. Web site: Cierran toda la Línea 12 del Metro; RTP brindará servicio de apoyo. Chilango. All Metro Line 12 is closed; RTP will provide back-up service. 4 May 2021. 26 May 2021. es. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210504103500/https://www.chilango.com/noticias/cierran-linea-12-del-metro/. 4 May 2021.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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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