Aragón metro station

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Aragón metro station[b] is a Mexico City Metro station within the limits of Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, in Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform, serving Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Eduardo Molina and Oceanía stations. Aragón metro station was inaugurated on 19 December 1981, providing northwestward service toward Consulado and eastward service toward Pantitlán.

Coordinates19°27′04″N 99°05′45″W
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
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Pictogram of Aragón metro station. It features the silhouette of a squirrel. Aragón
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Picture of a sign indicating one of the entrances to Aragón station.
Station sign, 2012
General information
LocationRío Consulado Avenue
Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°27′04″N 99°05′45″W
SystemSTC rapid transit
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
LineMexico City Metro Line 5 (PolitécnicoPantitlán)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
  • Route: 200
  • Route: 20-B
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened19 December 1981; 44 years ago (1981-12-19)
Key dates
23 April 2020;
6 years ago
 (2020-04-23)
Temporarily closed
15 June 2020;
5 years ago
 (2020-06-15)
Reopened
Passengers
20252,242,171[1][a]Decrease 0.7%
Rank172/195[1][a]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Eduardo Molina Line 5 Oceanía
toward Pantitlán
Location
Aragón is located in Mexico City
Aragón
Pictogram of Aragón metro station. It features the silhouette of a squirrel. Aragón
Location within Mexico City
Area map and exits
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The station services the colonias of Casas Alemán and Simón Bolívar, along Avenida Río Consulado. The pictogram for the station features a squirrel. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 7,547 passengers, ranking it the 172nd busiest station in the network and the eighth busiest of the line.

Location and layout

A metro station located in the middle of Río Consolado Avenue, surrounded by several automobiles.
Aragón station (pictured) lies next to the Río Consolado Avenue

Aragón is an at-grade metro station situated on the median strip of Avenida Río Consulado, in the limits of Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City.[2][3]

It serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Casas Alemán, in Gustavo A. Madero, and Simón Bolívar, in Venustiano Carranza. The station's pictogram features a squirrel, symbolizing its proximity to the San Juan de Aragón Park [es] public park and zoo, as it was the closest station to the park when it opened.[2][4] The Bosque de Aragón metro station later replaced this function.[5]

Aragón metro station has two exits that lead to Avenida Río Consulado. The northern exit is at the corner of Calle Dólares, in Colonia Casas Alemán and the southern one is at the corner of Calle Peniques, in Colonia Simón Bolívar. Within the system, the station lies between Eduardo Molina and Oceanía.[2] Route 20-B of the city's public bus system and Route 200 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network service the area.[6][7]

History and construction

Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA.[8] Its first section, where Aragón station is located, was opened on 19 December 1981, running from Pantitlán to Consulado metro stations.[9] The section between Aragón and Oceanía stations has a slope caused by subsidence.[10] This interstation is 1,219 meters (3,999 ft) long.[11] The opposite sections toward Eduardo Molina measures 860 meters (2,820 ft).[11]

Incidents

Aragón metro station was temporarily closed for repairs after the 2015 Oceanía metro station train crash.[12] From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[13][14]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 7,100 and 7,600 daily entrances between 2014 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 2,754,754 passengers in 2019,[15] marking an increase of 21,253 passengers compared to 2018.[16] In 2019 specifically, Aragón metro station ranked as the 172nd busiest station out of the system's 195 stations and was the eighth busiest on the line.[15]

More information Annual passenger ridership, Year ...
Annual passenger ridership[a]
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
20252,242,1716,142172/195−0.70%[1]
20242,257,9696,169163/195−0.60%[1]
20232,271,6686,223152/195+6.42%[1]
20222,134,5495,848150/195+32.94%[1]
20211,605,6554,399153/195+11.99%[17]
20201,433,7463,917174/195−47.95%[18]
20192,754,7547,547172/195+0.78%[15]
20182,733,5017,489171/195+4.17%[16]
20172,624,1617,189171/195+0.17%[19]
20162,619,6567,157172/195−1.89%[20]
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Notes

  1. The data here is limited to the most recent ten years to avoid excessive listings; earlier figures can be found in this page's history or on the Mexico City Metro website. To calculate the average daily ridership, the annual total is divided by 365 days (366 in leap years), with decimals omitted from the result. Each station per line is ranked individually, as the system counts transfer stations separately. The percentage change is calculated automatically using the data from the current year and the previous year.
  2. Estación del Metro Aragón. Spanish pronunciation: [aɾaˈɣon] .

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