Nopalera metro station explained

Nopalera
Style:Mexico City Metro
Style2:12
Symbol:mcm
Symbol Location:mexicocity
Type:STC rapid transit
Owned:Government of Mexico City
Operator:Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Borough:Tláhuac, Mexico City
Address:Tláhuac Avenue
Country:Mexico
Line: (Observatorio – Tláhuac)
Other: Route: 162
Platform:2 side platforms
Accessible:Yes
Bicycle:Bicycle parking-only
Tracks:2
Status:In service
Former:Francisco Villa (planned)
Events1:Temporarily closed
Events2:Reopened
Events3:Temporarily closed
Events4:Reopened
Events5:Temporarily closed
Events6:Reopened[1]
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

Nopalera metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the colonia (neighborhood) of Miguel Hidalgo and the barrio of Santa Ana Zapotitlán, in Tláhuac, Mexico City. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, served by Line 12 (the Golden Line), between Olivos and Zapotitlán metro stations. The name of the station alludes to the numerous pig and poultry farms that used to occupy the area, and to the nopal cactuses that used to grow on their fields. Similarly, the pictogram for the station depicts the outline of a flowering nopal. The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of service between Tláhuac and Mixcoac metro stations.

The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates and there is a bicycle parking station. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 22,491 passengers, making it the 5th busiest station on the line. Since it was opened, Nopalera metro station has had multiple incidents, including a closure in 2014 due to structural faults found in the elevated section of the line, a closure caused by the 19 September 2017 earthquake that affected the station's track columns, and the subsequent collapse of the track near Olivos station in 2021.

Location

Nopalera is a metro station along Tláhuac Avenue, located in the colonia (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhood") of Miguel Hidalgo and the barrio of Santa Ana Zapotitlán, in the Tláhuac borough, in southeastern Mexico City. Within the system, the station lies between Olivos and Zapotitlán metro stations.[2] The area is serviced by Route 162 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network.[3]

Exits

There are two exits:[2]

History and construction

Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA, in association with Alstom Mexicana and Grupo Carso.[4] Nopalera is an elevated station;[5] the Nopalera–Zapotitlán interstation is 1276m (4,186feet) long, while the Nopalera–Olivos section measures 1360m (4,460feet).[6] The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of the Mixcoac–Tláhuac service.[7] The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates and there is a bicycle parking station.[2]

The pictogram depicts the close-up of a prickly pear plant with two buds and a flower. According to the Metro system, the species is a Opuntia matudae plant (or xoconostle) and they decided to use a single pad to differentiate it from the Bondojito metro station pictogram, a Line 4 metro station whose signage depicts a complete prickly pear plant.[2]

Originally, the station was projected to be named "Francisco Villa", after the Mexican revolutionary of the same name.[8] Instead, the chosen name and pictogram allude to the pig and poultry farms that existed in the area which were surrounded by prickly pear plants.[2]

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 at the Nopalera–Zapotitlán–Tlaltenco overpass.[9] [10] From 12 March 2014 to 29 November 2015,[11] [12] Nopalera was closed due to technical and structural faults in the stretch Atlalilco–Tláhuac.[13] [14] After the 19 September 2017 earthquake damaged Line 12 tracks, Nopalera remained closed until 30 October 2017.[15] [16] According to the official report provided by the Metro system, the Olivos–Nopalera overpass was secured[17] as Column 69 had a flexo-compression failure at the lower end. To repair it, weight was released, epoxy resins were injected, additional reinforcement was placed, and the column was enlarged to its maximum stress zone.[18] On 3 May 2021, the station was closed after a portion of Line 12's elevated railway collapsed between Olivos and Tezonco stations.[19]

Between Nopalera and Zapotitlán metro stations, there are two sharp curves close to each other; the system marks them as Curves 11 and 12. Curve 11 has a radius of while Curve 12 has a radius of —both are the tightest of the overpass.[20] According to the Metro union leader, the trains wear out the rails and wheels when there are sharp curves and cause them to clatter. This damage structures such as girders and columns.[21] After the 2017 earthquake, a girder in the section was reinforced with a diagonally-reinforced beam[22] because a seismic top on Column 41 was damaged during the incident.[23] The line uses FE-10 steel-wheeled trains by Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles. They have a length of and a width of .[24] [25] According to the former director of the system, Joel Ortega, trains do not exit a curve when they are already on the next one, and the maximum speed for taking them was adjusted to for safe train travel but the speed wears and tears on the tracks and wheels. He also said that damage to the tracks had been reported since 2012 and that of track had been replaced within a month of its inauguration.[26]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities, except for the years when Nopalera metro station was closed for several months, commuters averaged between 13,900 and 22,500 daily entrances. In 2019, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 8,209,571 passengers, which was an increase of 842,644 passengers compared to 2018. In the same year, Nopalera was the 71st busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's fifth busiest.

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2023 0 0 188/195 [27]
2022 0 0 176/195 [28]
2021 1,619,653 4,437 152/195 [29]
2020 5,420,824 14,810 52/195 [30]
2019 8,209,571 22,491 71/195 [31]
2018 7,366,927 20,183 89/195 [32]
2017 6,098,309 16,707 109/195 [33]
2016 5,888,690 16,089 112/195 [34]
2015 422,079 1,156 191/195 [35]
2014 1,044,607 2,861 187/195 [36]

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: Nopalera. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 6 October 2022. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220728114932/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-12-2/nopalera. 28 July 2022.
  3. Web site: Red de Rutas. es. Routes network. Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. 30 October 2021.
  4. Web site: ¿Quién construyó la línea 12 del Metro?. es. 11 March 2014. 4 May 2021. 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?.
  5. 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. 2 April 2019. Luis Bernardo. Rodríguez G.. Bardomiano. Soria C..
  6. 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.
  7. Web site: Que no se te vaya el tren. 30 October 2020. Chilango. es. 4 May 2021. 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.
  8. Web site: Presentó Ebrard el proyecto de la línea 12 del Metro, que irá de Tláhuac a Mixcoac. Josefina. Quintero. Ángel. Bolaños. es. La Jornada. 9 August 2007. Ebrard presented the Line 12 project, which will run from Tláhuac to Mixcoac. 18 November 2021.
  9. 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.
  10. 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 . . 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.
  11. 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.
  12. Web site: Mancera reabre Línea 12 del Metro . es . Felipe . Rodea . . 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.
  13. Web site: Caos en primer día de cierre en 12 estaciones de la Línea Dorada del Metro . Mexico City . . 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.
  14. 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.
  15. Web site: Cuatro estaciones de L12 del Metro permanecerán cerradas durante 4 semanas . 24 September 2017 . es . . 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.
  16. Web site: Metro reabre tramo dañado de Línea 12 . 30 October 2017 . es . . 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.
  17. Web site: Estación Olivos: Temían en 2017 colapso de Línea 12 del Metro tras el sismo. 3 May 2021. 4 May 2021. El Universal. es. Olivos Station: Feared collapse of Metro Line 12 after the earthquake in 2017. Mexico City. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210506200313/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/cdmx/estacion-olivos-temian-en-2017-colapso-de-linea-12-del-metro-tras-el-sismo. 6 May 2021.
  18. Web site: Línea 12 del Metro: mal hecha, dañada por el sismo, sin mantenimiento.... Rafael. Montes. Rafael. López Méndez. Cecilia. Ríos. Mexico City. 5 May 2021. 7 May 2021. Milenio. Metro Line 12: poorly built, damaged by the earthquake, no maintenance.... live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210505212522/https://www.milenio.com/politica/linea-12-metro-hecha-danada-sismo-mantenimiento. 5 May 2021.
  19. 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.
  20. Web site: Concluyen desmantelamiento de vía en las curvas 10, 11 y 12 de la Línea 12 . Conclusion of track dismantling at curves 10, 11 and 12 of Line 12 . es . 9 August 2015 . 4 November 2021 . Portal Automotriz . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211104200833/https://www.portalautomotriz.com/noticias/transporte/concluyen-desmantelamiento-de-via-en-las-curvas-10-11-y-12-de-la-linea-12 . 4 November 2021.
  21. 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.
  22. Web site: Concluyen trabajos de reforzamiento en la Línea 12 del Metro . Reinforcement works on Metro Line 12 conclude . es . . 8 January 2018 . 4 November 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210505234411/https://lopezdoriga.com/nacional/concluyen-trabajos-de-reforzamiento-en-la-linea-12-del-metro/ . 5 May 2021.
  23. Web site: El Metro reabre estaciones de la Línea 12 afectadas por el sismo. Metro reopens Line 12 stations affected by the earthquake. Expansión. 30 October 2017. 24 November 2022. live. 22 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220222163137/https://obras.expansion.mx/construccion/2017/10/30/el-metro-reabre-estaciones-de-la-linea-12-afectadas-por-el-sismo.
  24. Web site: Tiene L12 trenes cortos y andenes largos . es . L12 has short trains and long platforms . Colegio de Ingenieros Civiles . . Jonás . López . Alan . Miranda . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160504065714/https://cicm.org.mx/tiene-l12-trenes-cortos-y-andenes-largos/ . 4 May 2016.
  25. Web site: Línea 12: rentó Ebrard trenes más anchos, sin licitar, y reservó datos . es . Line 12: Ebrard rented wider trains, without bidding, and reserved data . . 13 March 2014 . 25 September 2021 . live . 5 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210505201043/https://www.razon.com.mx/ciudad/linea-12-rento-ebrard-trenes-mas-anchos-sin-licitar-y-reservo-datos/.
  26. Web site: Los más de 10 errores de diseño de la Línea 12 del Metro . The more than 10 design errors of Metro Line 12 . 19 March 2014 . es . Atracción 360 . 4 November 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210504192346/https://www.atraccion360.com/los-mas-de-10-errores-de-diseno-de-la-linea-12-del-metro . 4 May 2021.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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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