Indios Verdes metro station

"Indios Verdes" redirects here. For other uses, see Indios Verdes (disambiguation).

Indios Verdes
STC rapid transit
Platforms, 2014
General information
Location	Insurgentes Norte Avenue Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°29′43″N99°07′10″W / 19.495358°N 99.119468°W / 19.495358; -99.119468
Owned by	Government of Mexico City
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Indios Verdes – Universidad)
Platforms	2 island platforms
Tracks	3
Connections	Indios Verdes Indios Verdes Indios Verdes Indios Verdes Indios Verdes Indios Verdes Indios Verdes Routes: 101, 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 102, 107-B, 108
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Partial
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	1 December 1979 (1979-12-01)
Passengers
2022	31,649,534 [1]   34.97%
Rank	1/195 [1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Terminus Line 3 Deportivo 18 de Marzo toward Universidad
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
Location
Indios Verdes Location within Mexico City
Area map and station layout

Indios Verdes metro station ^{[lower-alpha 1]} is a station of the Mexico City Metro along Insurgentes Norte Avenue in the colonias (neighborhoods) of Residencial Zacatenco and Santa Isabel Tola, in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with two island platforms that serves as the northern terminus of Line 3 (the Olive Line). It is followed by Deportivo 18 de Marzo station. The station and its surrounding area are named this way because of the verdigris statues of Itzcoatl and Ahuitzotl, both Aztec rulers. They are located in Mestizaje Park and are collectively known as the Monumento a los Indios Verdes ; the silhouettes of the statues are depicted in the pictogram. The station was opened on 1 December 1979, on the first day of service between Indios Verdes and Hospital General stations.

The station facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are tactile pavings and braille signage plates. The station is commonly ranked among the most crowded stations in the system. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 107,376 passengers, making it the 3rd busiest station in the system and the busiest of the line.

Location and station layout

Indios Verdes is a metro station along Insurgentes Norte Avenue, located in the colonia (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Residencial Zacatenco and Santa Isabel Tola, in the Gustavo A. Madero borough, in northern Mexico City. ^[2] Within the system, Deportivo 18 de Marzo is the next station. ^[3] The station facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are tactile pavings and braille signage plates. ^[3]

There are four exits, one each to the northeast and northwest of the station and one to the southeast and southwest of it. ^{[3] [lower-alpha 2]} The Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM), a transportation hub with a surface area of 91,785 square meters (987,970 sq ft), ^[4] provides service to the Indios Verdes metro station. From there, commuters can use a variety of routes and modes of transportation. The area is serviced by Lines  1, ^[5] 3, ^[6] and 7 of the Metrobús system; ^[5] Line IV of the Mexibús system; Line 1 of the Cablebús network, ^[5] and Line 2 of the Mexicable network. ^[7] Local buses that leave the area include the Routes 101, 101-A, 101-B, 101-D, 102, 107-B, and 108 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network. ^[8] Additionally, there were 28 pesero routes (bus and minibus transportation routes), that left from different locations within the city and the metropolitan area as of 2017. ^[9]

Street stalls abound in the CETRAM, where commuters may purchase street food, clothing, accessories, flowers, presents, and telephone accessories. ^[10] There are bout 1,000 vendors, according to the sellers themselves. ^[9]

The railyard and the line's workshop, named Ticomán, are both adjacent to the station. ^[11]

History and construction

A crowded platform c. 1980s

Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro, and Cometro (a division of Empresas ICA); ^[12] It was built at-grade; ^[13] the Indios Verdes–Deportivo 18 de Marzo stretch has a length of 1,166 meters (3,825 ft). ^[14]

Indios Verdes metro station opened on 1 December 1979, on the first day of the Indios Verdes–Hospital General service. ^[15] Originally, Line 8 (which runs from downtown Mexico City to Constitución de 1917 station in Iztapalapa) was planned to run from Pantitlán, in eastern Mexico City, to Indios Verdes station. The project was canceled due to potential structural issues it would have caused near the Zócalo zone as it was planned to interchange with Line 2 at Zócalo station. ^[16] The project of Line 8 was later modified to run from Indios Verdes to Constitución de 1917 station. However, its construction did not go beyond Garibaldi / Lagunilla metro station, its provisional terminal since 1994. ^{[17] [18]}

The CETRAM began reorganization in 2020. The project plans to demolish the Metrobús station serving lines 1 and 3 and the temporary Mexibús station and place them next to the metro station. It is also intended to reorganize the bus hub and facilitate the connection of the stations with a series of pedestrian bridges that will connect them to the Cablebús, Metrobús Line 7, and Mexicable services. ^{[5] [19] [20]}

Name and pictogram

The station is named after the verdigris statues of Aztec Tlatoque Itzcoatl and Ahuitzotl, collectively known as the Monumento a los Indios Verdes (Green Indians Monument). The pictogram also features silhouettes of the statues. ^[3] In April 2023, Adriana Espinosa de los Monteros, a representative for the National Regeneration Movement party in the Congress of Mexico City, proposed renaming the metro station to Estación Emperadores Mexicas (Mexica Emperors station), because she believes that the term Indian is derogatory, discriminatory, and "[is still used] with the intention of hurting the susceptibility of the receiver of the message by considering him or her inferior because he or she is poor or because he or she comes from a native people" and that the change is necessary "in order to respect the spirit of the Political Constitution of Mexico City". The proposed renaming would only apply to that particular metro station; it makes no mention of any nearby stations or the Monumento a los Indios Verdes. ^[21] Transport operators in the station area considered that the change is unnecessary and that it will not have any effect on commuters. ^[22]

Incidents

Around 7:30 in the morning on 12 April 2013, an explosion was heard on the stairs leading to CETRAM's I platform with no injuries or damage reported. ^[23] A box containing explosives, cables, pellets, a battery, and a watch was allegedly deposited on the steps leading to exit I by a man, who was aided by an accomplice who functioned as a lookout, according to the authorities. ^[24] On 10 February 2021, in the midst of a rainy afternoon, an approaching train caught fire on the platform with no passengers reported harmed. ^[25]

On 20 April 2021, the third railcar of a train derailed when the driver performed a maneuver at the Ticomán railyard. No injuries were reported but the train had to be taken out of service. ^[26] Again, on March 30, 2023, another train had a similar incident. ^[27]

Indios Verdes is one of the metro stations that floods the most frequently when it rains heavily. ^[28]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, Indios Verdes metro station has been one of the busiest stations of the system's 195 stations. Before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 107,376 and 124,600 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 39,192,273 passengers in 2019, ^[29] which represented a decrease of 1,109,896 passengers compared to 2018. ^[30] Also in 2019, Indios Verdes metro station was the third busiest of the system's 195 stations and it was the busiest of the line. ^[29]

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2022	31,649,534	86,711	1/195	+34.97%	[1]
2021	23,449,776	64,245	2/195	−9.55%	[31]
2020	25,925,584	70,834	2/195	−33.85%	[32]
2019	39,192,273	107,376	3/195	−2.75%	[29]
2018	40,302,169	110,416	2/195	+0.21%	[30]
2017	40,218,841	110,188	2/195	−6.27%	[33]
2016	42,908,356	117,235	1/195	−2.38%	[34]
2015	43,952,837	120,418	1/195	−0.26%	[35]
2014	44,066,501	120,730	1/195	−3.10%	[36]
2013	45,476,701	124,539	2/195	+13.34%	[37]

Gallery

• 
  West view of the CETRAM in 2015. In the background on the right is the Metrobús station serving lines 1 and 3. The metro station is not visible, but is located to the far right.
• 
  Exit to the CETRAM's platforms A and B located east of the station.

Notes

1. Estación del Metro Indios Verdes. Spanish pronunciation: [ˈindjosˈβeɾðes] ^ⓘ . The name of the station literally means "Green Indians" in Spanish.
2. The metro website omits to mention the southern exits.

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2022" [Station traffic per line 2022] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2023. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
2. "Descifrando tu alcaldía: los delitos más comunes en la GAM" [Decoding your borough: the most common crimes in GAM]. La Silla Rota (in Spanish). 23 August 2019. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
3. "Indios Verdes" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
4. Domínguez Prieto, Olivia (2010). Trovadores posmodernos: músicos en el Sistema de Transporte Colectivo metro (in Spanish). National Autonomous University of Mexico. p. 83. ISBN   978-607-02-1451-6.
5. Vargas, Aabye (5 January 2022). "Reordenamiento de Indios Verdes avanza con retrasos" [Reorganization of Indios Verdes is progressing with delays]. El Sol de México (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
6. "Hasta dónde llegará y a quién beneficiará la nueva ampliación de la Línea 3 del Metrobús de la CDMX" [Where will the new extension of Line 3 of the CDMX Metrobus reach and who will benefit from it?]. Infobae (in Spanish). 11 March 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
7. Navarro, Maleny (19 August 2021). "Avanza Línea Verde del Mexicable, conectará al Edomex con CDMX" [Green Line of Mexicable moves forward, will connect the State of Mexico with Mexico City]. El Sol de México (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
8. "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
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14. "Longitud de estación a estación por línea" [Station-to-station length per line] (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
15. Transporte: Seis años de esfuerzo conjunto (in Spanish). Vol. I. Government of the Federal District Department. 1987. p. 17. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
16. Sánchez Vázquez, Ma. de Jesús; Mena Cruz, Alberto; Carballal Staedtler, Margarita (2010). "Investigación Arqueológica en la Construcción del Metro" [Archaeological Research in the Construction of the Metro](PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
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18. "Las líneas del Metro que aún no se han construido" [Metro lines that have not being built]. Chilango (in Spanish). 15 February 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2019. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
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20. "Así será la remodelación del Cetram Indios Verdes" [This is how CETRAM Indios Verdes will be remodeled]. Chilango (in Spanish). 2 July 2020. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
21. Lisette, Alejandra (20 April 2023). "Quiénes son los Indios Verdes y por qué el Congreso CDMX les 'devolvería' su título de Tlatoani" [Who are the Green Indians and why the Mexico City Congress would "return" their Tlatoani title to them]. Infobae (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
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24. Jiménez, Carlos (17 April 2013). "Cámaras de video graban momento justo en que dejan artefacto explosivo en Indios Verdes" [Video cameras record the moment when an explosive device is left in Indios Verdes]. Cadenatres (in Spanish). Imagen Televisión. Archived from the original on 21 January 2022. Retrieved 21 January 2022– via YouTube.
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26. "Se descarrila convoy del Metro en zona de maniobras de estación Indios Verdes de la Línea 3" [Metro train derails in the maneuvering area of Indios Verdes station on Line 3]. El Financiero (in Spanish). 20 April 2021. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
27. "Vagón del Metro se descarrila en Indios Verdes" [Railcar derails in Indios Verdes]. Marca (in Spanish). 30 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
28. "Estas son las estaciones del Metro que más se inundan" [These are the Metro stations that flood the most]. La Silla Rota (in Spanish). 5 June 2019. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
29. "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.
30. "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.
31. "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.
32. "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.
33. "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.
34. "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.
35. "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.
36. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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External links

• Media related to Indios Verdes (station) at Wikimedia Commons
• "Metro Indios Verdes". At the Official Guide to Mexico City.