Insurgentes metro station

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Insurgentes is a station on the Line 1 of Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located within the Glorieta de los Insurgentes at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes and Avenida Chapultepec in Mexico City's Cuauhtémoc borough, close to the Zona Rosa shopping and entertainment district and the Colonia Roma, two of the most iconic neighborhoods in the city.[2] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 65,134 passengers per day, making it the 12th busiest station in the network.[4] From November 2023 to April 2025, the station remained closed for modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.[5]

Coordinates19.423292°N 99.163177°W / 19.423292; -99.163177
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Insurgentes
Mexico City Metro
Platforms as of August 2018
General information
LocationGlorieta de los Insurgentes
Colonia Juárez, Cuauhtémoc
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19.423292°N 99.163177°W / 19.423292; -99.163177
SystemMexico City Metro
OperatorSistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Glorieta de los Insurgentes
Insurgentes stop (temporary)
Construction
Structure type
Underground
Platform levels
1
ParkingNo
Cycle facilities
Yes
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened4 September 1969; 56 years ago (1969-09-04)
Passengers
20257,664,365[1][a]
Rank52/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Sevilla Line 1 Cuauhtémoc
toward Pantitlán
Location
Insurgentes is located in Mexico City
Insurgentes
Insurgentes
Location within Mexico City
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Name and pictogram

Insurgentes receives its name from Avenida de los Insurgentes, one of Mexico City's most important thoroughfares, the station is located under the intersection of Insurgentes and Avenida Chapultepec.

The station pictogram depicts the Bell of Dolores, which is named for Dolores Hidalgo and serves as a symbol of the start of the Mexican War of Independence (1810) and the eleven-year-long insurgency that followed.[2][3]

General information

Metro Insurgentes was built in a particular style. Surrounding the station is a circular shopping mall-cum-plaza, called the Glorieta de los Insurgentes.[6][7][8] The station's exterior walls are intended to evoke pre-Hispanic architecture, while the platform walls are decorated with mock-ups of platforms from the Paris Métro and the London Underground. The station was opened on 5 September 1969.[9] Exterior shots of the plaza and metro entrance were used in the 1990 motion picture Total Recall.[10]

This is an important station for bus transfers, connecting with an extensive local network of urban buses (RTP, or Red de Transporte de Pasajeros) that serves zones like Villa Olímpica and Tlalpan, south of the city, and Metro Indios Verdes, north of the city.[11] The Insurgentes Metrobús bus rapid transit line also has a stop in the vicinity of Metro Insurgentes.[12]

In recent years, the Glorieta de los Insurgentes (and, therefore, the station itself), has been a meeting and starting point for some social and political rallies; for example, in December 2019, it was used as a meeting point for several feminist rallies.[13]

The station serves the following neighborhoods: Colonia Juárez and Colonia Roma Norte.

Nearby

  • Glorieta de los Insurgentes, roundabout with a small plaza and commerces.
  • Zona Rosa, neighborhood known for its shopping, nightlife, gay community and Korean community.
  • Plaza Río de Janeiro, square.
  • Fuente de Cibeles, replica of the fountain located in the Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid.

Exits

Station layout

G Street Level
B1 Glorieta de los Insurgentes Entrance/Exit
B2 Mezzanine Ticket windows/Fare control
B3 Side platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 1 toward Pantitlán (Cuauhtémoc)
Westbound Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 1 toward Observatorio (Sevilla)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Ridership

More information Annual passenger ridership, Year ...
Annual passenger ridership[a]
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
20257,664,36520,99852/195NA[1]
202400189/195−100.00%[1]
20238,458,38623,17340/195−28.40%[1]
202211,812,68132,363616/195+71.71%[1]
20216,879,51618,84728/195−35.14%[14]
202010,606,51328,97914/195−48.89%[15]
201920,753,67656,85913/195+3.29%[16]
201820,092,42255,04713/195−0.88%[17]
201720,271,25855,53714/195−6.74%[18]
201621,737,01459,39012/195−5.96%[19]
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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.

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