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Barranca del Muerto metro station

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Barranca del Muerto is the southern terminus of Line 7 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Álvaro Obregón borough. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 45,703 passengers per day, making it the busiest station in Line 7.[2]

Coordinates19°21′38″N 99°11′25″W
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Barranca del Muerto
Mexico City Metro
Station platforms
General information
LocationAvenida Revolución
Los Alpes, Álvaro Obregón
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°21′38″N 99°11′25″W
SystemMexico City Metro
OperatorSistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure type
Underground
Platform levels
1
ParkingNo
Cycle facilities
No
AccessiblePartial
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened19 December 1985; 40 years ago (1985-12-19)
Passengers
202511,434,645[1][a] Increase 2.98%
Rank18/195[1][a]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Mixcoac
toward El Rosario
Line 7 Terminus
Location
Barranca del Muerto is located in Mexico City
Barranca del Muerto
Barranca del Muerto
Location within Mexico City
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Name and pictogram

The metro station is named after Avenida Barranca del Muerto, which was once a big depression, and is the same length as the actual avenue (barranca means gully or ravine). During the Mexican Revolution (1910–1921) this was a place where revolutionary soldiers dropped many corpses. Eagles and buzzards flew nearby, smelling rotten flesh. Popular imagination refers to the dead people's souls and ghosts restlessly promenading near that big hole. Thus, Barranca del Muerto means "Canyon of the Dead".[3]

The station's pictogram depicts two eagles, although some say buzzards.[3]

History

Metro Barranca del Muerto was opened on 19 December 1985, together with the whole 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long extension stretch of Line 7 from Tacubaya.[4]

This station was supposed to be a provisional terminal. According to original plans, Line 7 would be extended south and reach as far as San Jerónimo. Nevertheless, such plans never materialized, and Barranca del Muerto has been Line 7 southern terminus since.[5]

Recently, in 2017, mayors from the Álvaro Obregón and Magdalena Contreras municipalities, have asked Mexico City's government to pick up the project again and continue with the southern expansion of the line to San Jerónimo, that would benefit around 500,000 inhabitants of both municipalities.[6]

General information

Metro Barranca del Muerto is located at the intersection of Avenida Revolución and Avenida Barranca del Muerto, on the border of the Álvaro Obregón and Benito Juárez municipalities.[3]

The station has two separate platforms, one used for arriving trains and another one for departing trains. The exit is at the middle of the platforms. There are two exits located at the intersection of Avenida Revolución (which leads further to San Ángel), Macedonio Alcala, and Calle Alfonso Caso.

South of Barranca del Muerto, there is a Saturday market at the famous San Jacinto square (Bazar de los sábados de San Jacinto) where artists sell paintings, plants and other handcrafts.[7][8]

Metro Barranca del Muerto, like many stations in the Metro network, has a cyber center, where users can access the internet through a computer; the service is free. The station also has a cultural display and the sculptural mural Visión del Mictlán by Luis Y. Aragón, which is located right outside the east access to the station.[3]

The station serves the Guadalupe Inn and Los Alpes neighborhoods.

Ridership

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Annual passenger ridership[a]
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
202511,434,64531,32718/195+2.98%[1]
202411,103,74930,33819/195+4.59%[1]
202310,616,21229,08520/195+21.47%[1]
20228,739,83923,94427/195+19.21%[1]
20217,331,62320,08623/195−11.01%[9]
20208,238,51222,50921/195−50.61%[10]
201916,681,52945,70219/195+3.71%[11]
201816,085,37344,06919/195+6.68%[12]
201715,078,24341,31021/195+3.93%[13]
201614,508,37839,64021/195+5.94%[14]
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Exits

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1 Mezzanine Ticket windows/Fare control
B2 Side platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 7 toward El Rosario (Mixcoac) →
Southbound ← Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 7 termination track
Side platform, doors will open on the right

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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