Deportivo 18 de Marzo metro station

Deportivo 18 de Marzo
STC rapid transit
Line 6 platforms
General information
Location	Tepeyac Insurgentes, Gustavo A. Madero Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°29′01″N99°07′36″W / 19.483747°N 99.126549°W / 19.483747; -99.126549
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Indios Verdes - Universidad) (El Rosario - Martín Carrera)
Platforms	1 island platform 2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Deportivo 18 de Marzo Deportivo 18 de Marzo
Construction
Structure type	At grade Underground
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	Yes
Accessible	Partial
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	1 December 1979 8 July 1986
Previous names	Basílica
Passengers
2024	Total: 9,929,096 9,453,739 [1] 475,357 [1]   1.05%
Rank	29/195 [1] 188/195 [1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Indios Verdes Terminus Line 3 Potrero toward Universidad Lindavista toward El Rosario Line 6 La Villa-Basílica toward Martín Carrera
Route map Legend Ticomán workshops Indios Verdes Deportivo 18 de Marzo Potrero La Raza Tlatelolco Guerrero Hidalgo Juárez Balderas Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX Hospital General Centro Médico Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia Eugenia División del Norte Zapata Coyoacán Viveros / Derechos Humanos Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Copilco Universidad This diagram: view talk edit Legend El Rosario workshops El Rosario Tezozómoc UAM-Azcapotzalco Ferrería/Arena Ciudad de México Norte 45 Vallejo Instituto del Petróleo Lindavista Deportivo 18 de Marzo La Villa-Basílica Martín Carerra This diagram: view talk edit
Location Deportivo 18 de Marzo Location within Mexico City Area map

Deportivo 18 de Marzo is a station on the Mexico City Metro. ^{[2] [3] [4]} It is located in Mexico City's Gustavo A. Madero borough. ^[2]

General information

The name of the station refers to the adjacent Deportivo 18 de Marzo sports complex, and its logo represents a player of a pre-Columbian ball game. ^{[2] [3] [4]}

Metro Basílica logo

This station was previously known as Metro Basílica. ^[2] Its logo and name were taken from the Basílica de Guadalupe Roman Catholic shrine, located one kilometer east of this station. When the Metro authorities changed the name of Metro La Villa to Metro La Villa-Basílica (a station that is only two blocks far Basílica de Guadalupe) they also changed the name of Metro Basílica.

Metro Deportivo 18 de Marzo was originally to be named Metro Montevideo (from nearby Avenida Montevideo), according to early plans for Line 3, so this station has changed its name twice.^{[ citation needed ]}

This station serves the Tepeyac Insurgentes and Lindavista neighbourhoods. ^[2] It offers a connection to Line 1 of the Mexico City Metrobús. ^{[2] [5]} Service to this metro station along Metro Line 3 opened on 1 December 1979. ^[6] Service along Line 6 at the station started on 8 July 1986. ^[6]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 3)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2024	9,453,739	25,829	29/195	−1.26%	[1]
2023	9,574,583	26,231	27/195	+13.07%	[1]
2022	8,468,149	23,200	28/195	+42.64%	[1]
2021	5,936,737	16,265	36/195	−11.49%	[7]
2020	6,707,415	18,376	35/195	−49.14%	[8]
2019	12,397,054	33,964	30/195	−5.99%	[9]
2018	13,187,272	36,129	25/195	+1.22%	[10]
2017	13,028,092	35,693	25/195	−2.58%	[11]
2016	13,373,725	36,540	27/195	−7.77%	[12]
2015	14,499,789	39,725	21/195	−3.64%	[13]

Annual passenger ridership (Line 6)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2024	475,357	1,298	188/195	+17.67%	[1]
2023	460,241	1,260	186/195	+13.92%	[1]
2022	403,991	1,106	175/195	+24.76%	[1]
2021	323,811	887	194/195	+11.20%	[7]
2020	291,197	795	195/195	−62.39%	[8]
2019	644,226	1,765	195/195	−5.45%	[9]
2018	681,350	1,866	195/195	+2.74%	[10]
2017	663,193	1,816	195/195	−0.56%	[11]
2016	666,926	1,822	195/195	−26.60%	[12]
2015	908,647	2,489	185/195	−7.26%	[13]

Nearby

• Deportivo 18 de marzo, sports centre.
• Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Roman Catholic church, basilica and National shrine.

Exits

Line 3

• Northeast: Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte and Montiel street, Tepeyac Insurgentes
• Southeast: Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte and Montiel street, Tepeyac Insurgentes
• Northwest: Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte and Montiel street, Tepeyac Insurgentes

Line 6

• Northwest: Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte and Avenida Ricarte, Lindavista
• Avenida Ricarte and Avenida de los Insurgentes Norte, Tepeyac Insurgentes

Gallery

• 
  Station sign and vendor carts, 18 December 2006

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea (2022–presente)" [Station traffic by line (2022–present)] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2025. Archived from the original on 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
2. "Deportivo 18 de Marzo" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
3. Archambault, Richard. "Deportivo 18 de Marzo (Line 3) » Mexico City Metro System" . Retrieved 19 August 2011.
4. Archambault, Richard. "Deportivo 18 de Marzo (Line 6) » Mexico City Metro System" . Retrieved 19 August 2011.
5. "Metrobús – Ciudad de México: Ficha técnicas" (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
6. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway" . Retrieved 3 August 2011.
7. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
8. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
9. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
10. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
11. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
12. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
13. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.