Tepalcates metro station explained
| Tepalcates |
| Style: | Mexico City Metro |
| Style2: | A |
| Symbol: | mcm |
| Symbol Location: | mexicocity |
| Type: | STC rapid transit |
| Address: | Iztapalapa |
| Borough: | Mexico City |
| Country: | Mexico |
| Coordinates: | 19.3913°N -99.0464°W |
| Other: | Tepalcates |
| Lines: | (Pantitlán - La Paz) |
| Platform: | 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Opened: | 12 August 1991 |
| Structure: | At grade |
| Mapframe: | yes |
| Mapframe-Zoom: | 14 |
| Mapframe-Caption: | Area map |
| Map Type: | Mexico Mexico City |
| Map State: | collapsed |
| Passengers: | 8,617,224 |
| Pass Year: | 2023 |
| Pass Percent: | 15.67 |
| Pass Rank: | 37/195 |
Tepalcates is a station on the Line A of the Mexico City Metro.[1] [2] It is located in the Iztapalapa municipality, to the east of downtown Mexico City.[1] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 19,326 passengers per day.
Name and pictogram
The station takes its name from the nearby estate Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates. The name has its roots in the Nahuatl word "teplacatl" used to refer to any pot or vessel made out of clay or mud. The pictogram depicts the side view of a pre-Hispanic pottery bowl of the types made in Puebla and Tlaxcala.[1]
General information
The station was opened on 12 August 1991 along the other nine stations of Line A.[3]
Metro Tepalcates connects with the bus rapid transit stop of the same name of the Mexico City Metrobús Line 2; this stop is the eastern terminus of Line 2.
As every Line A station, except for Pantitlán, it is an at grade station in the median of Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza with the entrances on both sides of the road connecting to the station through two pedestrian bridges. Due to the design of the station, it has an island platform where passengers can take trains in both eastbound and westbound directions.
Ridership
| Annual passenger ridership |
|---|
| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
|---|
| 2023 | 8,617,224 | 23,608 | 37/195 | | [4] |
| 2022 | 7,449,534 | 20,409 | 41/195 | | [5] |
| 2021 | 5,328,315 | 14,598 | 46/195 | | [6] |
| 2020 | 4,985,092 | 13,620 | 58/195 | | [7] |
| 2019 | 7,054,067 | 19,326 | 92/195 | | [8] |
| 2018 | 6,314,510 | 17,300 | 104/195 | | [9] |
| 2017 | 5,142,008 | 14,087 | 122/195 | | [10] |
| 2016 | 6,241,923 | 17,054 | 107/195 | | [11] |
| 2015 | 5,953,370 | 16,310 | 105/195 | | [12] |
| 2014 | 5,399,036 | 14,791 | 112/195 | | [13] | |
Exits
- North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and General Esteban Baca Calderón street, Colonia Juan Escutia
- South: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Avenida Telecomunicaciones, Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates
Station layout
| G | Street Level | Exits/Entrances |
G
Platforms | Westbound | |
|
| Eastbound | toward La Paz → | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Tepalcates. Metro CDMX. es. 30 April 2020.
- Web site: Archambault. Richard. Tepalcates » Mexico City Metro System. 6 August 2011.
- Web site: Monroy. Marco. Schwandl. Robert. Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway. 5 August 2011.
- 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.
- 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.
- Web site: Afluencia de estación por línea 2021. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
