Doctores metro station
Mexico City Metro station
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Doctores metro station[b] is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the city's borough of Cuauhtémoc. It is an underground stop that serves Line 8 (Green Line) between Salto del Agua and Obrera, servicing the colonias (neighborhoods) of Doctores and Obrera. Its name references the neighborhood and its pictogram depicts a couple of physicians.
Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Mexico
Doctores | |||||||||||
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 Platforms, 2025 | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Eje Central Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°25′18″N 99°08′36″W | ||||||||||
| System | Mexico City Metro | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Government of Mexico City | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) | ||||||||||
| Line |  (Garibaldi / Lagunilla – Constitución de 1917) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Trolleybus Line 1: Doctores | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Depth | 12 m (39 ft)[1] | ||||||||||
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| Status | In service | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 July 1994 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 3,542,109[2][a]  9.66% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 142/195[2][a] | ||||||||||
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Doctores metro station opened on 20 July 1994 providing service north toward Garibaldi and south toward Constitución de 1917. In 2025, the station had an average daily ridership of 9,704 passengers, making it the 142nd busiest station in the network.
Location and layout
Doctores is an underground metro station below Eje Central, in central Mexico City.[3] It serves the Colonias (neighborhoods) of Doctores and Obrera. The station's pictogram features the silhouette of two physicians referencing the Doctores neighborhood, where the streets are named after academic physicians active during La Reforma (1850s).[3]
Doctores metro station has four exits leading to Eje Central. In Colonia Doctores, the northeastern exit is at the corner of Calle Chimalpopoca, and the northwestern exit is at Calle Dr. Pascua. In Colonia Obrera, one exit is at the corner of Calle Lucas Alamán, and the southwestern exit is at Calle Dr. Liceaga. The station is located between Salto del Agua and Obrera stations on the line.[3] The area is serviced by Line 1 (formerly Line A) of the trolleybus system.[3]
History and construction
Line 8 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA.[4] The line was opened on 20 July 1994, operating from Garibaldi to Constitución de 1917.[5] The tunnel stretch between Doctores and Salto del Agua spans 564 meters (1,850 ft), while the segment toward Obrera measures 761 meters (2,497 ft).[6]
Workers uncovered "floors, walls, rammed earth, offerings, canals, chinampas, and piles" during the construction of the tunnel between José María Izazaga and Chimalpopoca Streets, located between Doctores and Salto del Agua stations.[7]
Incidents
Following heavy rains and water accumulation in the tunnel, all stations between Doctores and Iztacalco were closed on 3 July 2021.[8]
Ridership
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According to official data, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the station recorded between 11,600 and 12,400 average daily entries from 2016 to 2019. In 2025, it recorded 3,542,109 passengers, ranking 142nd among the system's 195 stations.[2]
| Annual passenger ridership[a] | |||||
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| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2025 | 3,542,109 | 9,704 | 142/195 | −9.66% | [2] |
| 2024 | 3,921,067 | 10,713 | 124/195 | +11.60% | [2] |
| 2023 | 3,513,423 | 9,625 | 123/195 | −8.76% | [2] |
| 2022 | 3,850,947 | 10,550 | 114/195 | +28.84% | [2] |
| 2021 | 2,988,875 | 8,188 | 109/195 | +3.45% | [9] |
| 2020 | 2,889,069 | 7,893 | 122/195 | −35.83% | [10] |
| 2019 | 4,502,133 | 12,334 | 138/195 | +2.48% | [11] |
| 2018 | 4,393,370 | 12,036 | 136/195 | +2.88% | [12] |
| 2017 | 4,270,296 | 11,699 | 137/195 | −5.51% | [13] |
| 2016 | 4,519,391 | 12,348 | 132/195 | +1.44% | [14] |
Gallery
Mosaic design on one of the station walls. It features the silhouettes of flasks and mortars and pestles.
Notes
- 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.
- Estación del Metro Doctores. Spanish pronunciation: [doɣ'tores] ⓘ. The name of the station literally means "Physicians" or "Doctors" in Spanish.
