Tepalcates metro station

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Metro Tepalcates pictogram.svg Tepalcates
Mexico City Metro.svg
STC rapid transit
MetroTepalcatesPlatform.JPG
Platform of Tepalcates
General information
Location Iztapalapa
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates 19°23′29″N99°02′47″W / 19.391335°N 99.046383°W / 19.391335; -99.046383
Line(s) MetroDF Linea A.svg (Pantitlán - La Paz)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Mexico City Metrobus Line 2 icon.svg Tepalcates
Construction
Structure type At grade
History
Opened12 August 1991
Passengers
20227,449,534 [1] Increase2.svg 39.81%
Rank41/195 [1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro.svg Mexico City Metro Following station
Canal de San Juan
toward Pantitlán
Line A Guelatao
toward La Paz
Location
Location map Mexico City.png
Red pog.svg
Metro Tepalcates pictogram.svg Tepalcates
Location within Mexico City
Tepalcates metro station
Area map

Tepalcates is a station on the Line A of the Mexico City Metro. [2] [3] It is located in the Iztapalapa municipality, to the east of downtown Mexico City. [2] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 19,326 passengers per day. [4]

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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. [2]

General information

The station was opened on 12 August 1991 along the other nine stations of Line A. [5]

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
YearRidershipAverage dailyRank % changeRef.
20227,449,53420,40941/195 [1]
20215,328,31514,59846/195 [6]
20204,985,09213,62058/195 [7]
20197,054,06719,32692/195 [4]
20186,314,51017,300104/195 [8]
20175,142,00814,087122/195 [9]
20166,241,92317,054107/195 [10]
20155,953,37016,310105/195 [11]
20145,399,03614,791112/195 [12]
20135,247,80514,377118/195 [13]
20126,307,92817,234113/195 [14]
20116,752,76618,500106/175 [15]
20105,142,70114,089106/175 [16]

Exits

Station layout

GStreet LevelExits/Entrances
G
Platforms
Westbound MetroDF Linea A.svg toward Pantitlán (Canal de San Juan)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound MetroDF Linea A.svg toward La Paz (Guelatao)

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