Tepalcates metro station

Tepalcates
STC rapid transit
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)	(Pantitlán - La Paz)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Tepalcates
Construction
Structure type	At grade
History
Opened	12 August 1991;34 years ago (1991-08-12)
Passengers
2023	8,617,224 [1]   15.67%
Rank	37/195 [1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Canal de San Juan toward Pantitlán Line A Guelatao toward La Paz
Route map Legend Pantitlán Agrícola Oriental Canal de San Juan Tepalcates Guelatao Peñón Viejo Acatitla Santa Marta Mexico City State of Mexico Los Reyes La Paz This diagram: view talk edit
Location Tepalcates Location within Mexico City 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]

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
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	8,617,224	23,608	37/195	+15.67%	[1]
2022	7,449,534	20,409	41/195	+39.81%	[6]
2021	5,328,315	14,598	46/195	+6.88%	[7]
2020	4,985,092	13,620	58/195	−29.33%	[8]
2019	7,054,067	19,326	92/195	+11.71%	[4]
2018	6,314,510	17,300	104/195	+22.80%	[9]
2017	5,142,008	14,087	122/195	−17.62%	[10]
2016	6,241,923	17,054	107/195	+4.85%	[11]
2015	5,953,370	16,310	105/195	+10.27%	[12]
2014	5,399,036	14,791	112/195	+2.88%	[13]

Exits

• North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and General Esteban Baca Calderón street, Colonia Juan Escutia
• South: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Avenida Telecomunicaciones, Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exits/Entrances
G Platforms	Westbound	← toward Pantitlán (Canal de San Juan)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ toward La Paz (Guelatao)→

Gallery

• 
  Entry sign

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2023" [Station traffic per line 2023] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
2. "Tepalcates" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
3. Archambault, Richard. "Tepalcates » Mexico City Metro System" . Retrieved 6 August 2011.
4. "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.
5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway" . Retrieved 5 August 2011.
6. "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.
7. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. 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 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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "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.
13. "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.