Ciudad Azteca metro station is a
station of the
Mexico City Metro
The Mexico City Metro () is a rapid transit system that serves Greater Mexico City, the metropolitan area of Mexico City, including some municipalities in the State of Mexico. Operated by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC), it is the Lis ...
along Carlos Hank González Avenue (otherwise known as Central Avenue), in
Ecatepec de Morelos
Ecatepec (), officially Ecatepec de Morelos, is a municipality in the State of Mexico situated in the north of the Greater Mexico City urban area. The municipal seat is San Cristóbal Ecatepec.
The city of Ecatepec is co-extensive with the mun ...
,
State of Mexico
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, in the
metropolitan area of Mexico City. It is an
at-grade station with two
island platform
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s that serves as the northern terminus of
Line B (the Green-and-Gray Line). It is followed by
Plaza Aragón metro station. It serves the ''
colonia'' (neighborhood) of Ciudad Azteca
( es), from which the station takes its name. It is also adjacent to the north end of Mexico's busiest mall (as of 2018),
Multiplaza Aragón. The station's pictogram features the silhouette of the neighborhood's
glyph
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.
Ciudad Azteca metro station opened on 30 November 2000 with service southwestward toward
Buenavista metro station. In 2019, Ciudad Azteca metro station had an average daily ridership of 58,658 passengers, making it the 12th busiest station in the network and the second-most used on the line. The facilities are
accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators,
tactile pavings and
braille
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signage plates. The station is served by the (also known as Mexipuerto Ciudad Azteca), a shopping mall and
transport hub
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that connects with local routes and the
Mexibús Line I, a
bus rapid transit line that connects Mexico City to the
Felipe Ángeles International Airport.
Location and layout
Ciudad Azteca is a
metro station
A metro station or subway station is a train station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the syste ...
located along Carlos Hank González Avenue (also known as Central Avenue), in
Ecatepec de Morelos
Ecatepec (), officially Ecatepec de Morelos, is a municipality in the State of Mexico situated in the north of the Greater Mexico City urban area. The municipal seat is San Cristóbal Ecatepec.
The city of Ecatepec is co-extensive with the mun ...
,
State of Mexico
The State of Mexico, officially just Mexico, is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Colloquially known as Edomex (from , the abbreviation of , and ), to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is the mo ...
, a municipality bordering
Mexico City
Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...
.
The station serves the
''colonia'' (
Mexican Spanish
Mexican Spanish () is the variety of dialects and sociolects of the Spanish language spoken in Mexico and its bordering regions. Mexico has the largest number of Spanish speakers, more than double any other country in the world. Spanish is spo ...
for "neighborhood") of Ciudad Azteca
( es). Within the system,
Plaza Aragón is the next station.
There are four exits (to the north, northeast, south and southeast of the station) all serving Carlos Hank González Avenue and De los Guerreros Boulevard.
The exits connect to the (also known as Mexipuerto Ciudad Azteca), a five-story shopping mall and
transport hub
A transport hub is a place where passengers and cargo are exchanged between vehicles and/or between mode of transport, transport modes. Public transport hubs include train station, railway stations, metro station, rapid transit stations, bus ...
(locally known as an
Estación de transferencia modal TRAM
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that connects the area with local routes (known as ''
peseros'') and the
Mexibús Line I, a
bus rapid transit line that connects Mexico City to the
Felipe Ángeles International Airport, in
Zumpango
Zumpango is a municipality located in the northeastern part of the state of Mexico in Zumpango Region. It lies directly north of Mexico City within the Greater Mexico City urban area. The municipal seat, Zumpango de Ocampo, lies near Lake Zumpango ...
,
State of Mexico
The State of Mexico, officially just Mexico, is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Colloquially known as Edomex (from , the abbreviation of , and ), to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is the mo ...
. Opened in 2009, and as of 2015, the hub had no crime reports and had 30 transportation routes operating with an average ridership of 180,000 daily users. Ciudad Azteca metro station is adjacent to the north end of
Multiplaza Aragón, the country's busiest mall in 2018.
Ciudad Azteca station has a
disabled-accessible service with
elevator
An elevator (American English) or lift (Commonwealth English) is a machine that vertically transports people or freight between levels. They are typically powered by electric motors that drive traction cables and counterweight systems suc ...
s,
tactile pavings and
braille
Braille ( , ) is a Tactile alphabet, tactile writing system used by blindness, blind or visually impaired people. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displays that connect to computers and smartphone device ...
signage plates.
History and construction
Line B of the Mexico City Metro was built by
Empresas ICA;
Ciudad Azteca metro station opened on 30 November 2000, on the first day of the Ciudad Azteca–
Buenavista service. The station was built
at-grade level. The Ciudad Azteca–Plaza Aragón section is long.
The station's pictogram features the silhouette of the neighborhood's glyph, which depicts a typical
Aztec building.
[ The line's ]workshop
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and the respective railyard are located after the station.
Ridership
According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, and before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 57,100 and 65,800 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station ridership was 21,410,326 passengers in 2019,[ which was an increase of 66,504 passengers compared to 2018.][ Also in 2019, Ciudad Azteca metro station was the 12th busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's second-most used, after Buenavista.][
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Notes
References
External links
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Accessible Mexico City Metro stations
Mexico City Metro Line B stations
Mexico City Metro stations in Ecatepec de Morelos
Railway stations in Mexico opened in 2000