Salto del Agua metro station explained

Salto del Agua
Style:Mexico City Metro
Style2:1 8
Symbol:mcm
Symbol Location:mexicocity
Type:STC rapid transit
Address:Centro, Cuauhtémoc
Borough:Mexico City
Country:Mexico
Coordinates:19.4268°N -99.1422°W
Other: Salto del Agua stop (temporary)
Structure:Underground
Lines: (Observatorio - Pantitlán)
(Garibaldi / Lagunilla - Constitución de 1917)
Platform: 2 side platforms
2 side platforms; 1 island platform
Tracks:4
Parking:No
Bicycle:No
Status: Out of service
In service
Opened: 4 September 1969
20 July 1994
Events1: Temporarily closed
Accessible:Yes
Operator:Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Passengers:Total: 8,132,745
0
8,132,745
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank: 188/195
41/195
Map State:collapsed
Pass Percent:-6.25
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Zoom:14
Mapframe-Caption:Area map
Map Type:Mexico Mexico City

Salto del Agua is a metro (subway) station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the center of Mexico City. Since 9 July 2022,[1] the Line 1 station has remained closed modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.[2]

Name and iconography

Its logo represents the Salto del Agua fountain. This fountain is at the end of the old Chapultepec Aqueduct, also known as the Belen aqueduct. This aqueduct ran from what is now Chapultepec Park, following Chapultepec Avenue and Arcos de Belen (Arches of Belen) Streets ending at this fountain. It lies on the border of the historic center, Colonia Doctores and Colonia Obrera. Contrary to popular belief, this fountain is not the original but rather a reproduction. The original fountain had deteriorated significantly, so architect Guillermo Ruiz was tasked with its reproduction, using the original engraved stone epigraphs as a model. What is left of the original fountain is in the National Museum of the Viceregal Period in Tepotzotlán.[3]

General information

Salto del Agua is a transfer station and contains a cultural display. It also has two kinds of architecture, one from Line 1 of the Metro, and the other, more modern style, of Line 8. Line 8 exits connect with Eje Central, which is filled in this zone with bookstores, boutiques, electronics shops, and street traders, locally known as vendedores ambulantes or "ambulantaje".

Metro Salto del Agua also transfers to trolleybus line "A", which runs the full length of Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas and more, from Metro Autobuses del Norte and Metro Tasqueña  - the city's main north and south intercity bus stations.

Inside the station is a mural entitled The Three Workers by artist Jason Schell.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 1)
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2022 0 0 188/195
2021 4,369,643 11,971 67/195
2020 4,817,210 13,161 62/195
2019 7,482,564 20,500 86/195
2018 7,457,088 20,430 87/195
2017 7,660,338 20,987 83/195
2016 8,684,401 23,727 65/195
2015 8,925,514 24,453 61/195
2014 9,151,061 25,071 60/195
Annual passenger ridership (Line 8)
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2023 8,132,745 22,281 41/195 [4]
2022 6,132,781 16,802 60 /195
2021 3,098,577 8,489 106/195 [5]
2020 2,947,538 8,053 118/195 [6]
2019 5,454,216 14,943 120/195 [7]
2018 5,602,459 15,349 118/195 [8]
2017 5,963,274 16,337 110/195 [9]
2016 6,709,999 18,333 100/195 [10]
2015 6,666,917 18,265 99/195 [11]
2014 6,921,771 18,963 95/195 [12]

Exits

Line 1

Line 8

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Línea 1 del Metro cerrará 9 y 10 de julio por preparativos para modernización. 7 July 2022. Expansión. es. 9 July 2022.
  2. Web site: La L1 del Metro de CDMX cerrará de Pantitlán a Salto del Agua, desde el 11 de julio. Es. 27 June 2022. La Lista. 27 June 2022.
  3. Book: Prado Nuñez, Ricardo . Catalogo de Monumentos Escultoricos y Conmemorativos del Distrito Federal . es . 1965 . 20 .
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.