Oceanía metro station explained

Oceanía
Style:Mexico City Metro
Style2:5 B
Symbol:mcm
Symbol Location:mexicocity
Type:STC rapid transit
Owned:Government of Mexico City
Operator:Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Address:Río Consulado Avenue and Oceanía Avenue
Borough:Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Country:Mexico
Line: (Politécnico – Pantitlán)
(Ciudad Azteca – Buenavista)
Other:
Coordinates:19.4457°N -99.0872°W
Structure:
Platform:
Accessible:Partial
Tracks:4
Status:In service
Opened:
  • 19 December 1981
  • 15 December 1999
Mapframe-Caption:Area map and exits
Mapframe:yes
Map Type:Mexico Mexico City
Map State:collapsed
Passengers:6,225,664
Pass Rank:
  • 133/195
  • 129/195
Pass Year:2023
Pass Percent:13.79

Oceanía metro station is a transfer station of the Mexico City Metro in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is a combined elevated and at-grade station, along Lines 5 (the Yellow Line) and B (the Green-and-Gray Line). Oceanía is located between Aragón and Terminal Aérea metro stations on Line 5, and between Deportivo Oceanía and Romero Rubio metro stations on Line B. It serves the colonias of Pensador Mexicano and Aquiles Serdán. The station is named after Oceanía Avenue and its pictogram depicts a kangaroo, a representative animal from Oceania.

Oceanía metro station opened on 19 December 1981 with service northward toward Consulado and southeastward toward Pantitlán on Line 5. West service on Line B toward Buenavista station and northeast toward Villa de Aragón station started on 15 December 1999. The station facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are tactile pavings and braille signage plates. Since it was opened, Oceanía metro station has had some incidents, including two fake bomb threats and a train crash, where one person indirectly died and twelve others resulted injured. In 2019, the station had an overall average daily ridership of 18,953 passengers.

Location

Oceanía is a metro transfer station in the Venustiano Carranza borough, in northeastern Mexico City. The station lies on Río Consulado Avenue and Oceanía Avenue, and serves colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Pensador Mexicano and Aquiles Serdán. Within the system, it lies between Aragón and Terminal Aérea stations on Line 5; on Line B, between Deportivo Oceanía and Romero Rubio stations. The area is serviced by Line 4 (formerly Line G) of the trolleybus system, by Routes 43 and 200 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network,[1] and by Routes 10-D and 20-B of the city's public bus system.[2]

Exits

There are four exits:

History and construction

Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA; Oceanía Line 5 opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the service between Consulado and Pantitlán metro stations.[3] The station was built at-grade level;[4] the Oceanía–Terminal Aérea interstation is 1174m (3,852feet) long and goes from the street level to the below-the-ground one,[5] and the track had a 4.9% slope when it was opened.[6] The Oceanía–Aragón interstation is 1229sp=usNaNsp=us long and presents subsidence in the tracks.[7]

Line B of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA;[8] Oceanía Line B opened on 15 December 1999, on the first day of the then Buenavista–Villa de Aragón service.[9] [10] The station was built above the ground.[11] The Oceanía–Deportivo Oceanía interstation goes from overground to the street level,[8] and it is 863sp=usNaNsp=us long, while the Oceanía–Romero Rubio elevated section measures 890sp=usNaNsp=us.[12]

The passenger transfer tunnel that connects Line 5 with Line B has a short length and, according to Roberto Remes, director of Ciudad Humana MX—a sustainable mobility non-governmental organization—, it is too narrow and potentially dangerous for riders during rush hours.[13] The station's pictogram depicts a kangaroo, a representative animal from Oceania and its name references the avenue in which it lies.[14] The facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are tactile pavings and braille signage plates.[14]

In 2008, Metro authorities had maintenance work done on Line 5 station's roof.[15]

Incidents

2015 train crash

On 4 May 2015, at around 18:00 hours local time (00:00 UTC)[16] during heavy rain with hail,[17] two trains crashed while both were going toward Politécnico station.[18] The first train, No. 4, was parked at the end of Oceanía station's platform after the driver reported that a plywood board was obstructing the tracks. The second train, No. 5, left Terminal Aérea station with the autopilot turned on despite the driver being asked to turn it off and to operate the train manually, as the protocol requests it when it rains because trains have to drive with reduced speed.[19] Train No. 5 crashed into Train No. 4 at 31.8km/h – double the average on arrival at the platforms – and left twelve people injured.[20]

According to the driver, the train slid due to the rain and hail, as he noticed it, he attempted to brake and later tried to deactivate the autopilot system. As both actions failed, he contacted the Central Control Center to request them to cut the energy. The Center did not reply and, as he realized the train would impact the parked one, he decided to jump out of the cab before the crash. According to the train event recorder, the train had reached 54.66km/h at the Oceanía–Terminal Aérea slope (whose subsidence increased to at least 7% since its opening)[21] and the driver did brake, reducing the speed to 49.7km/h, but was ineffective as the tracks were wet and the slope increased the speed to 53.6km/h.[22] [23] The Metro system director, Joel Ortega, concluded that the accident was mainly a consequence of a "double human error"; the first one caused by the driver, who did not deactivate the autopilot when he was requested to do so, and the second by the Central Control Center regulator, who did not request Train No. 5 to stop at any point,[24] even when the Train No. 4's driver had warned he would stop the train due to the obstruction.[22]

Train No. 5 was a 40-year-old model that had been restored recently.[25] It was removed from circulation in 2011 after it presented multiple braking problems. By 2014, it returned and operated for four hours on Line 7 before being returned to the workshops. As Line 5 is one of the least used lines in the system, the train was placed there instead.[26]

After the crash, the station was temporarily closed for repairs;[27] a worker was killed when he fell to the tracks after a railcar in which he was standing uncoupled.[19] [28] To reduce the slope subsidence caused by rainfall, a was planned, but due to a lack of budget that project was canceled.[29] Instead, an that cost 65 million pesos was built to prevent the tracks from getting wet and to avoid trains from sliding.[30]

Other

Two unrelated fake bomb threat incidents have occurred at Oceanía station. The first was in 1994 and was attributed to the Zapatista Army of National Liberation;[31] the second was unattributed and happened on 7 May 2015.[32] After the collapse of the elevated railway near Olivos station on Line 12 in May 2021, users reported the structural damage to other elevated stations, including Oceanía station.[33] Mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, said that the reports would be examined accordingly.[34]

On 6 June 2023, the station master died on the Line B tracks while performing track-switching work. While he was walking from one track to another, he stepped on a platform that broke. When he fell, he hit his head on a track, possibly the third rail. It was not disclosed whether he died from electrocution or from the impact.[35] [36] System personnel reported the poor condition of the platform since 2022.[37]

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 8,300 and 8,700 daily entrances on Line 5 and between 9,800 and 11,000 daily entrances on Line B between 2013 and 2019.

Overall, the station had a ridership of 11,246,650 passengers in 2019, which was an increase of 42,414 passengers compared to 2018. For Line 5, the ridership was 3,129,656 passengers (8,574 per day), which was an increase of 54,327 passengers compared to 2018. For Line B, the station had a ridership of 3,788,470 passengers (10,379 per day), which was an increase of 176,461 passengers compared to 2018.

In 2019, the Line 5 station was the 161st busiest of the system's 195 stations, and the line's 6th busiest. The Line B station was the 153rd busiest in the system and the line's 15th busiest.

Annual passenger ridership (Line 5)
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% change Ref.
2023 3,031,730 8,306 133/195 [38]
2022 2,562,528 7,020 137/195
2021 2,002,185 5,485 139/195 [39]
2020 2,539,621 6,938 136/195 [40]
2019 3,129,656 8,574 161/195 [41]
2018 3,075,329 8,425 162/195 [42]
2017 3,035,718 8,317 161/195 [43]
2016 3,143,547 8,588 160/195 [44]
2015 3,151,909 8,635 148/195 [45]
2014 3,065,959 8,399 150/195 [46]
Annual passenger ridership (Line B)
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2023 3,193,934 8,750 129/195
2022 2,908,426 7,968 134/195
2021 2,109,569 5,779 137/195
2020 2,457,375 6,714 138/195
2019 3,788,470 10,379 153/195
2018 3,612,009 9,895 155/195
2017 3,581,354 9,811 154/195
2016 3,847,734 10,512 145/195
2015 3,956,253 10,839 132/195
2014 3,812,581 10,445 135/195

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Red de Rutas. es. Routes network. Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. 30 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Red de corredores. Es. Route network. 30 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Baia, Baia, Tacubaya... Las estaciones del metro MÁS y MENOS utilizadas en CDMX. 4 September 2019. Nación 321. es. 14 April 2020. 15 April 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200415155337/https://www.nacion321.com/gobierno/baia-baia-tacubaya-las-estaciones-del-metro-mas-y-menos-utilizadas-en-cdmx. Well, well, well... The MOST and LEAST used stations in Mexico City.
  4. Web site: Oceanía Metro Station (Mexico City, 1981). Structurae.net. 3 May 2021. 3 May 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210503195558/https://structurae.net/en/structures/oceania-metro-station.
  5. Web site: Línea 5, Ciudad de México. es. iNGENET Infraestructura. 15 April 2020. 2 September 2014. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140902050418/http://infraestructura.ingenet.com.mx/2009/07/linea-5-ciudad-de-mexico/. Line 5, Mexico City. 20 July 2009.
  6. Web site: Plan Maestro del Metro 2018 – 2030. Master Plan 2018 – 2030. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2018. es. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20191217032704/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/storage/app/media/Metro%20Acerca%20de/Mas%20informacion/planmaestro18_30.pdf. 17 December 2019. 59.
  7. Web site: Estación Oceanía, 'hundida' en la burocracia. es. máspormás. Ignacio. Gómez. 11 May 2020. 29 July 2020. 24 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724030448/https://www.maspormas.com/especiales/estacion-oceania-hundida-en-la-burocracia/. Oceanía Station, 'sunk' in the bureaucracy.
  8. 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.
  9. Web site: Abrirán en tres días la línea 'B'. El Universal. es. 27 November 2000. Ella. Grajeada. 21 May 2021.
  10. Web site: Usuarios reportan problemas en la Línea B del Metro. es. Publimetro. Miguel. Velázquez. 21 May 2021. 10 January 2019. Commuters report problems at Metro Line B. 21 May 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210521211229/https://www.publimetro.com.mx/mx/noticias/2019/01/10/problemas-linea-b-del-metro.html.
  11. Web site: Oceanía Metro Station (Línea B) (Mexico City, 1999). Structurae.net. 3 May 2021. 3 May 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210503195748/https://structurae.net/en/structures/oceania-metro-station-linea-b.
  12. 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.
  13. Web site: Los transbordos en el Metro, lentos y peligrosos. Metro transfers, slow and dangerous. es. Publimetro. 3 May 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20161202054259/https://www.publimetro.com.mx/mx/noticias/2015/11/18/transbordos-metro-lentos-peligrosos.html. 2 December 2016.
  14. Web site: Oceanía. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 3 May 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225054450/https://www.metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-5/oceania. 25 February 2021.
  15. Web site: Marzo 28 08. March 28 08. 28 March 2008. Mexico City Official Journal. es. 23 August 2020. 1.
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  17. Web site: Chocan trenes en Línea 5 del Metro. es. Trains crash ate Metro Line 5. El Universal. 5 May 2015. 30 May 2021. Johana. Robles. Fanny. Ruiz. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210530204027/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/articulo/metropoli/2015/05/5/chocan-trenes-en-linea-5-del-metro. 30 May 2021.
  18. Web site: Mexico City metro trains crash; injuries reported. 4 May 2015. CNN. 30 May 2021. Catherine E.. Shoichet. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210503201939/https://edition.cnn.com/2015/05/04/americas/mexico-city-metro-trains-crash. 3 May 2021.
  19. Web site: Y a todo esto, ¿cuántos choques han ocurrido a lo largo de la historia del Metro de la CDMX?. And by the way, how many crashes have occurred throughout the history of the Mexico City Metro?. es. Angélica. Ferrer. El Financiero. 11 March 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210530211101/https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/cdmx/y-a-todo-esto-cuantos-choques-han-ocurrido-a-lo-largo-de-la-historia-del-metro-de-la-cdmx/. 30 May 2021.
  20. Web site: Error humano causó choque de trenes en Metro Oceanía. 12 May 2015. 15 March 2020. Ilich. Valdez. es. Milenio. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200404214935/https://www.milenio.com/estados/error-humano-causo-choque-trenes-metro-oceania. 4 April 2020. Human error caused train crash at Oceanía station. registration.
  21. Web site: Sinking of Mexico City linked to metro accident, with more to come. Katherine. Kornei. 20 December 2017. 15 April 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200114171349/https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/12/sinking-mexico-city-linked-metro-accident-more-come. 14 January 2020. Science.
  22. Web site: México:Dan a conocer detalles del choque en el Metro Oceanía. Mexico: Details of crash at Oceanía station released. Noticieros Televisa. Revista Rieles. Rieles Multimedio. 13 May 2015. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210530231835/http://www.rieles.com/front/mexico-dan-a-conocer-detalles-del-choque-en-el-metro-oceania/. 30 May 2021.
  23. Web site: Velocidad, uno de los factores del choque de trenes en metro Oceanía. Speed, one of the factors of the crash at Oceanía station. Héctor. Brindi. 14 May 2015. 30 May 2021. Noticieros Televisa. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210530230742/https://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico-df/velocidad-factores-choque-trenes-metro-oceania1/. 30 May 2021.
  24. Web site: Un doble error humano ocasionó el choque del Metro en estación Oceanía. A double human error caused the crash at Oceanía metro station. 12 May 2015. Expansión. es. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210530233340/https://expansion.mx/nacional/2015/05/12/error-humano-ocasiono-el-choque-del-metro-en-oceania-investigacion. 30 May 2021. 30 May 2021.
  25. Web site: Error humano causó choque en Metro Oceanía, informa comité investigador. es. 12 May 2015. 30 May 2021. Aristegui Noticias. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20150515014335/https://aristeguinoticias.com/1205/mexico/error-humano-causo-choque-en-metro-oceania-comite-investigador/. 15 May 2015.
  26. Web site: El tren que chocó en Oceanía tuvo al menos 22 fallas en sólo 26 días. The train that crashed at Oceanía had at least 22 faults in only 26 days. 8 May 2015. 30 May 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20201203201319/https://www.animalpolitico.com/2015/05/fallo-el-frenado-de-urgencia-declara-el-chofer-del-tren-que-choco-en-el-metro/. 3 December 2020. Animal Político.
  27. Web site: RTP brindará traslado gratuito de Pantitlán a Eduardo Molina. Red de Transporte de Pasajeros will provide free service from Pantitlán to Eduardo Molina. Excélsior. 5 May 2015. 23 August 2020. Rodrigo. Alarcón. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171030235409/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2015/05/05/1022426. 30 October 2017.
  28. Web site: Muere trabajador del Metro durante retiro de trenes. es. Proceso. 5 May 2015. 4 July 2020. Mexico City. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200707055527/https://www.proceso.com.mx/403286/cierran-cuatro-estaciones-del-metro-por-choque-de-trenes. 7 July 2020. Worker dies while removing Metro trains.
  29. Web site: Techumbre antilluvia alcanza 45% de avance de la Línea 5: Terminal Aérea y Oceanía. 27 July 2016. 26 May 2020. Excélsior. Francisco. Pazos. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20200527004051/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2016/07/27/1107392. 27 May 2020. live. Rainproof roof reaches 45% progress in Line 5: Terminal Aérea and Oceanía.
  30. Web site: Concluyen obra en L5 del Metro para evitar accidentes. Ilich. Valdez. 13 December 2016. Milenio. es. 30 May 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210530200945/https://www.milenio.com/estados/concluyen-obra-l5-metro-evitar-accidentes. 30 May 2021. Work is completed on Metro L5 to avoid accidents. registration.
  31. Book: Chiapas: el alzamiento. 1994. . 9789686719437. 29 May 2021. es.
  32. Web site: Moviliza falsa amenaza de bomba en Metro Oceanía. Fake bomb threat at Oceanía station mobilizes. Alejandro. González. Mexico City. 7 May 2015. 29 May 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210529204851/https://www.milenio.com/estados/moviliza-falsa-amenaza-bomba-metro-oceania. 29 May 2021. Milenio. registration.
  33. Web site: Oceanía se vuelve tendencia por ser 'bomba de tiempo' para otro derrumbe en el Metro: FOTOS. El Heraldo de México. 4 May 2021. es. 29 May 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210506015407/https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/nacional/2021/5/4/oceania-se-vuelve-tendencia-por-ser-bomba-de-tiempo-para-otro-derrumbe-en-el-metro-fotos-292128.html. 6 May 2021. Oceanía is trending again for being a 'time bomb' for another Metro collapse: PHOTOS.
  34. Web site: Se revisarán denuncias por cuarteaduras en Metro Oceanía y Pantitlán: Sheinbaum. Complaints about cracks in Oceania and Pantitlan stations will be reviewed: Sheinbaum. El Universal. 4 May 2021. 29 May 2021. es. Eduardo. Hernández. 5 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210505185626/https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/se-revisaran-denuncias-por-cuarteaduras-en-metro-oceania-y-pantitlan-sheinbaum. live.
  35. Web site: Video muestra cómo murió trabajador del Metro en estación Oceanía. Video shows how Metro worker died at Oceania station. es. 18 June 2023. 6 June 2023. Aristegui Noticias.
  36. Web site: Metro CDMX responde por trabajador que murió electrocutado en las vías de Oceanía. Metro City Metro responds for worker who died electrocuted on Oceania tracks. 6 June 2023. 18 June 2023. Monserrat. Vargas. Excélsior. es.
  37. Web site: Muere trabajador del Metro en vías de la Línea B: denuncian negligencia. es. Metro worker dies on Line B tracks: negligence denounced. El Diario de Yucatán. 18 June 2023. 6 June 2023. Mexico City.
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