Terminal Aérea metro station explained

Terminal Aérea
Symbol:mcm
Symbol Location:mexicocity
Style:Mexico City Metro
Style2:5
Type:STC rapid transit
Borough:Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Address:Puerto Aéreo Boulevard
Country:Mexico
Operator:Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Owned:Government of Mexico City
Line: (Politécnico – Pantitlán)
Other:
Coordinates:19.4337°N -99.0877°W
Platform:2 side platforms
Tracks:2
Structure:Underground
Status:In service
Opened:19 December 1981
Map Type:Mexico Mexico City
Mapframe-Caption:Area map and exits
Mapframe:yes
Map State:collapsed
Passengers:5,718,207
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:79/195
Pass Percent:-0.15

Terminal Aérea metro station is a Mexico City Metro station next to the Mexico City International Airport in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms, served by Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Oceanía and Hangares stations. The station serves colonias (neighborhoods) of Peñón de los Baños and Moctezuma 2ª sección.

Terminal Aérea metro station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the then Consulado–Pantitlán service. The station's pictogram features an airliner and a control tower, and its name is on account of its proximity to the check-in areas at Terminal 1 of the Mexico City International Airport. There are six murals painted by David Lach inside the station. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 18,389 passengers, making it the 96th busiest station in the network and the fourth busiest of the line.

Location

Terminal Aérea is a metro station on Puerto Aéreo Boulevard, in Venustiano Carranza borough, in eastern Mexico City,[1] 200 meters (660 ft) away from Mexico City International Airport Terminal 1, Gate A.[2] [3] On their Policy Review of Mexico, the OECD criticized the station for not having proper signage and for not being designed for travelers as they "must negotiate over 110 steps" to reach it.[4] Terminal Aérea also serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Peñón de los Baños and Moctezuma 2ª sección in the Venustiano Carranza borough. Within the system, the station lies between Oceanía and Hangares stations.[5]

The area is serviced by Terminal 1 Metrobús station (Line 4), Line 4 (formerly Line G) of the trolleybus system,[5] Routes 43 and 200 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network,[6] by Route 20-B of the city's public bus system,[7] and the airport's Aerotrén.[8]

Exits

There are two exits.[5]

History and construction

Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA; Terminal Aérea metro station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the then Consulado–Pantitlán service.[9] Terminal Aérea metro station was built underground,[10] with Santo Tomás marble floors, travertine marble walls, and stucco plafond. Inside, there are six murals and the station logo represents an airliner in front of a control tower.[5]

Between the Oceanía–Terminal Aérea interstation, which is 1174m (3,852feet) long, the track goes from the street level to the underground one, and when it was opened the track had a 4.9% slope.[11] For the Terminal Aérea–Hangares interstation tunnel, slurry walls were built using the Milan method, and it is 1153m (3,783feet) long.[12] [13]

Near Terminal Aérea station, in Peñon de los Baños, workers found the remains of mammoths, bison, horses, camels, birds, and fishes, as well as a Teotihuacan settlement.[14]

Before the station was built, Mexico City International Airport was serviced by Aeropuerto station on Line 1 (the Pink line), located 15 blocks away.[15] After Terminal Aérea metro station was built, people still got off Aeropuerto due to the confusing name and pictogram, an airliner silhouette.[16] [17] It was until 1997 that the station was renamed "Boulevard Puerto Aéreo" and the logo was replaced with a pictogram of a bridge with a dome below, in reference to local features.[18]

Incidents

On 4 May 2015, an accident took place in Oceanía station when a train coming from Terminal Aérea metro station crashed another one parked at the end of the platforms. After the crash, the station was temporarily closed for repairs.[19] Since 1981, subsidence increased the Oceanía–Terminal Aérea slope to at least 7% which contributed to the crash.[20] To reduce the slope subsidence caused by rainfall, a 1km (01miles) tunnel was planned, but due to a lack of budget the project was canceled.[21] Instead, an 800m (2,600feet) roof that cost 65 million pesos was built to prevent the tracks from getting wet and to avoid trains from sliding.[22]

From 1 to 16 March 2020, Terminal Aérea, Hangares, and Pantitlán stations were closed due to a leak of gasoline in a surface petrol station.[23]

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 15,100 and 18,400 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 6,712,062 passengers (18,389 passengers per day) passengers in 2019, which was an increase of 74,719 passengers compared to 2018. Also in 2019, Terminal Aérea metro station was the 96th busiest of the system's 195 stations and the line's fourth busiest.

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average dailyRank% changeRef.
2023 5,718,207 15,666 79/195 [24]
2022 5,727,082 15,690 69/195
2021 4,419,693 12,108 64/195 [25]
2020 3,943,045 10,773 92/195 [26]
2019 6,712,062 18,389 96/195 [27]
2018 6,637,343 18,184 100/195 [28]
2017 6,282,484 17,212 105/195 [29]
2016 6,117,190 16,713 108/195 [30]
2015 5,937,008 16,265 106/195 [31]
2014 5,734,509 15,710 108/195 [32]

Landmarks

Terminal Aérea station has six murals painted by Mexican artist David Lach in 1981, becoming the first person to do it inside the Mexico City Metro.[33] Four murals, titled Paisajes cálidos y fríos,[34] are located at the platform's headwalls (Cálidos in the southern walls and Fríos in the northern walls).[35] According to Lach, the red and green colors represent direction and temperature.[36] The other two murals are located in the lobby and are titled Tlaltilco (east lobby) and Cuitzeo (west lobby).[35] [34] They represent a mixture of the era with contemporary Mexico.[33]

A pedestrian bridge nicknamed "MacPuente" is located near the station. People use it as an improvised observation deck to see the landing and of airplanes.[37] [38]

Gallery

External links

Notes and References

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  2. Book: Baird. David. Cristiano. Juan. Bairstow. Lynne. 2007. Frommer's Mexico 2008. registration. New York City. John Wiley & Son. 90. 9780470145746.
  3. Harvard Student Agencies. Harvard Student Agencies. Hale-Wehmann. Kenneth. 1995. Let's Go: The Budget Guide to Mexico. registration. Let's Go!. 60. 0884-6529. 11735368. St. Martin's Press. New York City.
  4. Book: OECD. OECD. 105. OECD Studies on Tourism: Tourism Policy Review of Mexico. 978-92-64-26657-5. Paris, France. 2017. OECD.
  5. Web site: Terminal Aérea. es. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. 15 April 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20110808175129/http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=73. 8 August 2011.
  6. Web site: Red de Rutas. es. Routes network. Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. 30 October 2021.
  7. Web site: Red de corredores. Es. Route network. 30 October 2021.
  8. Web site: Aerotren. Mexico City International Airport. 30 October 2021. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210225051239/https://www.aicm.com.mx/en/passengers/transportation/aerotren. 25 February 2021.
  9. 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.
  10. Web site: Terminal Aérea Metro Station (Mexico City, 1981). Structurae.net. 18 June 2020. 18 June 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200618151150/https://structurae.net/en/structures/terminal-aerea-metro-station.
  11. 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.
  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: Análisis de riesgos de incendio en el Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. es. 94. Gamez Rojas. Marlen. Analysis of fire risks in the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica. Instituto Politécnico Nacional. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20201123202802/https://www.sepi.esimez.ipn.mx/msistemas/archivos/Gamez%20Rojas%20Marlen.pdf. 23 November 2020. 2010.
  14. Web site: Investigación Arqueológica en la Construcción del Metro. Mexico City. Ma. de Jesús. Sánchez Vázquez. Alberto. Mena Cruz. Margarita. Carballal Staedtler. es. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. 2010. 9 July 2020. 9 July 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200709184018/https://arqueologia.inah.gob.mx/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/METRO.pdf. Archaeological Research in the Construction of the Metro.
  15. Book: Asociación del Congreso Panamericano de Ferrocarriles . 1975 . Boletín de la Comisión Permanente. Newsletter of the Permanent Commission. 58. 154. es.
  16. Book: John. Noble. Wayne. Bernhardson. 219. Mexico. 5. Lonely Planet. 1995. 0864422911. Hawthorn, Victoria.
  17. Book: The Human Tradition in Mexico. Jeffrey M.. Pilcher. Andrew G.. Wood. 185. 2003. 0-8420-2975-3. Wilmington, Delaware. SR Books.
  18. Web site: ¿Por qué algunas estaciones del Metro cambiaron de nombre?. Why the names of some stations were changed?. Hugo. Santos Gallagher. es. El Universal. 14 July 2017. 16 April 2020. live. 5 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180805124157/http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/entrada-de-opinion/colaboracion/mochilazo-en-el-tiempo/nacion/sociedad/2017/07/14/por-que-algunas.
  19. 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.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. Web site: Reabren estaciones de L5 del Metro cerradas por fuga de gasolina. Milenio. 17 March 2017. es. 15 April 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200318141942/https://www.milenio.com/politica/comunidad/metro-cdmx-linea-5-reanuda-servicio-fuga-gasolina. 18 March 2020. Reopened the Metro L5's station closed by a gasoline leak. registration.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
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  28. 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.
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  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. Web site: Un verano para disfrutar los murales expuestos en estaciones del Metro. es. 21 July 2012. 15 April 2020. Radio Fórmula. A summer to enjoy the murals displayed in Metro stations. 15 April 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200415155629/https://www.radioformula.com.mx/noticias/20120721/un-verano-para-disfrutar-los-murales-expuestos-en-estaciones-del-metro/.
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  36. Web site: Paisajes cálidos y fríos. es. Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 15 April 2020. 24 December 2017. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20171224171340/http://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/paisajes-calidos-y-frios. Warm and Cold Landscapes.
  37. Web site: MacPuente: el puente peatonal en el Aeropuerto que se usa como mirador de aviones. es. Local.mx. 28 August 2019. Héctor. Bialostozky. 15 April 2020. 15 April 2020. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200415155202/https://local.mx/ciudad-de-mexico/macpuente/. MacPuente: the pedestrian bridge in the Airport that is used as aircraft observation deck.
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