Mixcoac metro station

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Metro Mixcoac pictogram.svg Mixcoac
Mexico City Metro.svg
STC rapid transit
Terminal Mixcoac, Linea 12 del Metro de la Ciudad de Mexico..JPG
The platforms for Line 12 just after opening in 2012.
General information
LocationAv. Revolución and Av. Extremadura
Benito Juárez, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates 19°22′33″N99°11′15″W / 19.375891°N 99.187531°W / 19.375891; -99.187531
Operated by Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s) MetroDF Linea 7.svg (El Rosario - Barranca del Muerto)
MetroDF Linea 12.svg (Observatorio - Tláhuac)
Platforms4 side platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
Parkingno
Bicycle facilitiesyes
Accessibleyes [1]
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened MetroDF Linea 7.svg 19 December 1985
MetroDF Linea 12.svg 30 October 2012
Key dates
3 May 2021 (2021-05-03) MetroDF Linea 12.svg Temporarily closed
15 January 2023 (2023-01-15) MetroDF Linea 12.svg Reopened [2]
Passengers
2023Total: 9,972,488
MetroDF Linea 7.svg 6,688,293 [3]
MetroDF Linea 12.svg 3,284,195 [3]  Increase2.svg 27.09%
Rank MetroDF Linea 7.svg 66/195 [3]
MetroDF Linea 12.svg 126/195 [3]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro.svg Mexico City Metro Following station
San Antonio
toward El Rosario
Line 7 Barranca del Muerto
Terminus
Valentín Campa
(2024–2025)
toward Observatorio
Line 12 Insurgentes Sur
toward Tláhuac
Location
Location map Mexico City.png
Red pog.svg
Metro Mixcoac pictogram.svg Mixcoac
Location within Mexico City
Mixcoac metro station
Area map

Mixcoac is a station on Line 7 and Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro. [4] The station serves both lines as a transfer station and as the northwestern terminus of Line 12. [4] In 2019, the station had an average total ridership of 54,963 passengers per day. [5]

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History

The station opened on 19 December 1985 as part of the third stage of Line 7. [6]

In 2012, with the inauguration of Line 12, Mixcoac became a transfer station, as well as the temporary terminus of the mentioned line.

An extension of Line 12 from Mixcoac to Observatorio is under construction, projected to be finished by 2020. By that time, Mixcoac will no longer work as the western terminus of Line 12. [7]

General information

The station runs deep under Avenida Revolución, a main thoroughfare in Mexico City. [8] [9] It serves the Mixcoac area of the city. [8] There are two main entrances to the station: one in the west sidewalk of the aforementioned avenue and the other in a small plaza between Avenida Revolución, Avenida Patriotismo, Eje 7 Sur Extremadura and Calle Empresa.

Metro Mixcoac serves the following neighborhoods: Santa María Nonoalco, Mixcoac, San Juan and Insurgentes Mixcoac.

Name and pictogram

The station is named after the neighborhood of Mixcoac, where it is located. The station pictogram depicts a snake because the Nahuatl name Mixcoac means "Nest of Cloud Serpents". [8] [9]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 7)
YearRidershipAverage dailyRank % changeRef.
20236,688,29318,32466/195 [3]
20227,847,04816,32236/195 [3]
20215,957,73016,32235/195 [10]
20204,867,90313,30061/195 [11]
20198,073,78122,11974/195 [5]
20188,469,70823,20467/195 [12]
20178,314,41122,77966/195 [13]
20168,356,58722,83277/195 [14]
20158,260,33922,63175/195 [15]
20147,755,29821,24784/195 [16]
Annual passenger ridership (Line 12)
YearRidershipAverage dailyRank % changeRef.
20233,284,1958,997126/195 [3]
202200176/195 [3]
2021693,8141,900186/195 [10]
20202,916,7137,969120/195 [11]
20195,956,32616,318111/195 [5]
20185,774,2807,844113/195 [12]
20175,508,03915,090116/195 [13]
20164,926,39313,460126/195 [14]
20154,280,10011,726130/195 [15]
20144,046,49811,086132/195 [16]

Metro Museum

Mixcoac station houses the Museo del Metro (Metro Museum), a museum dedicated to the history and culture of the Mexico City Metro. [17]

The museum has seven rooms, each one with specific items including: whiteprints, floor plans and technical drawings from the construction of the metro, a collection of photos, metro tickets from different periods and archeological objects that have been found during the excavations to build the twelve metro lines.

Exits

Line 7

Line 12

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