UAM-Azcapotzalco metro station
Mexico City metro station
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UAM-Azcapotzalco (ⓘ; formerly Azcapotzalco) is a metro station in northern Mexico City, located in the Azcapotzalco borough, along Line 6. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 8,076 passengers per day.[2]
Mexico
UAM-Azcapotzalco | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°29′28″N 99°11′11″W | ||||||||||
| System | STC rapid transit | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) | ||||||||||
| Line |  (El Rosario - Martín Carrera) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Status | In service | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 21 December 1983 | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Azcapotzalco | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 2,442,376[1][a]  0.81% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 164/195[1][a] | ||||||||||
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General information
Azcapotzalco was opened on 21 December 1983, as part of the first stretch of Line 6, going from El Rosario to Instituto del Petróleo.[3]
The station serves the Reynosa Tamaulipas, San Andrés and San Marcos neighborhoods. It is also close to Azcapotzalco's downtown and city hall as well as to the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Azcapotzalco campus.
Name and pictogram
The station was originally named Azcapotzalco. This was decided due to the fact that Metro Azcapotzalco was the closest station to downtown Azcapotzalco and to the municipality's city hall.[4]
The station's pictogram depict an ant because Azcapotzalco's ancient meaning literally translates to "in the place of the anthills".[4]
Ridership
| Annual passenger ridership[a] | |||||
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| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2025 | 2,442,376 | 6,691 | 164/195 | −0.81% | [1] |
| 2024 | 2,462,340 | 6,727 | 154/195 | +0.58% | [1] |
| 2023 | 2,448,202 | 6,707 | 144/195 | +15.77% | [1] |
| 2022 | 2,114,779 | 5,793 | 151/195 | +46.86% | [1] |
| 2021 | 1,439,985 | 3,945 | 157/195 | −19.74% | [5] |
| 2020 | 1,794,159 | 4,902 | 157/195 | −39.14% | [6] |
| 2019 | 2,947,847 | 8,076 | 166/195 | +0.44% | [2] |
| 2018 | 2,935,018 | 8,041 | 165/195 | −1.20% | [7] |
| 2017 | 2,970,709 | 8,138 | 164/195 | −2.89% | [8] |
| 2016 | 3,058,994 | 8,357 | 161/195 | −3.39% | [9] |
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.
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