Cuitláhuac metro station
Mexico City metro station
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Cuitláhuac is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Popotla and Colonia San Álvaro districts in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, to the northwest of the city center. It lies along Line 2.[2][3] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 18,615 passengers per day.[4]
Popotla, Miguel Hidalgo
Mexico City
Mexico
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| Location | Calzada México-Tacuba Popotla, Miguel Hidalgo Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°27′27″N 99°10′55″W | ||||||||||
| System | Mexico City Metro | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 14 September 1970 | ||||||||||
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| 2025 | 4,846,998[1][a]  0.33% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 106/195[1][a] | ||||||||||
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Name and pictogram
The station's name comes from nearby Avenida Cuitláhuac, an avenue named in honor of Cultlahuanctzin (whose name was later changed into Spanish language as "Cuitláhuac"). He was the tenth, and penultimate, Aztec emperor and the one who defeated Hernán Cortés in the Battle of La Noche Triste ("Sad Night") in 1520. The station pictogram depicts an Aztec battle shield.[2][3]
General information
The station was opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.[5]
Metro Cuitláhuac is also close to Avenida México-Tacuba, one of the most important avenues in the city built on the former route of one of Tenochtitlán's three main avenues into the mainland. The station also connects with trolleybus Line "I", which runs between Metro El Rosario and Metro Chapultepec.
The station serves the Popotla and San Álvaro neighborhoods.
Ridership
| Annual passenger ridership[a] | |||||
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| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2025 | 4,846,998 | 13,279 | 106/195 | +0.33% | [1] |
| 2024 | 4,831,060 | 13,199 | 102/195 | −7.89% | [1] |
| 2023 | 5,244,830 | 14,369 | 88/195 | +10.41% | [1] |
| 2022 | 4,750,532 | 13,015 | 90/195 | +47.85% | [1] |
| 2021 | 3,213,123 | 8,803 | 103/195 | −15.37% | [6] |
| 2020 | 3,796,707 | 10,373 | 96/195 | −44.12% | [7] |
| 2019 | 6,794,715 | 18,615 | 95/195 | −0.36% | [4] |
| 2018 | 6,819,391 | 18,863 | 92/195 | +1.30% | [8] |
| 2017 | 6,732,158 | 18,444 | 92/195 | −3.97% | [9] |
| 2016 | 7,010,603 | 19,154 | 90/195 | −1.31% | [10] |
Exits
- South: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida Cuitláhuac, Popotla
- North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida Cuitláhuac, Colonia San Álvaro
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.
