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Gómez Farías metro station

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Gómez Farías metro station[b] is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the city's borough of Venustiano Carranza. It is an underground stop with two side platforms serving Line 1 (Pink Line) between Boulevard Puerto Aéreo and Zaragoza. It was inaugurated on 4 September 1969, and opened the following day, providing service west toward Chapultepec and service east toward Zaragoza.

LocationCalzada Ignacio Zaragoza
Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°24′59″N 99°05′25″W
OwnerGovernment of Mexico City
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Pictogram of Gómez Farías metro station. It features the silhouette of an open book with "1857" inscribed on it. Gómez Farías
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Station platform, 2009
General information
LocationCalzada Ignacio Zaragoza
Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°24′59″N 99°05′25″W
SystemMexico City Metro
OwnerGovernment of Mexico City
OperatorSistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure type
Underground
AccessiblePartial
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened5 September 1969; 57 years ago (1969-09-05)
Key dates
11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)Temporarily closed
29 October 2023 (2023-10-29)Reopened
Passengers
20257,161,044[1][a] Increase 28.84%
Rank56/195[1][a]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Boulevard Puerto Aéreo Line 1 Zaragoza
toward Pantitlán
Location
Gómez Farías is located in Mexico City
Gómez Farías
Pictogram of Gómez Farías metro station. It features the silhouette of an open book with "1857" inscribed on it. Gómez Farías
Location within Mexico City
Area map and exits
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Gómez Farías metro station services the colonias (neighborhoods) of Federal and Gómez Farías along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza. The station was named after the neighborhood of the same name, which itself honors Valentín Gómez Farías, the seventh president of Mexico (serving intermittently from 1833 to 1847). The station's pictogram depicts a representation of the 1857 Mexican Constitution, a document promoted by Gómez Farías during his tenure as president of Congress.

The station facilities offer accessibility for people with disabilities, featuring escalators and tactile paving. It was closed from July 2022 to October 2023 due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment. In 2025, Gómez Farías metro station had an average daily ridership of 7,161,044 passenger entries, ranking it the 56th busiest station in the network.

Location and layout

Image of a station entrance behind a taxi.
Southern entrance in 2020

Gómez Farías is an underground metro station on Line 1 located along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, in the Colonias (neighborhoods), Federal and Gómez Farías, in the Venustiano Carranza borough, eastern Mexico City.[2][3]

Gómez Farías station is located between Boulevard Puerto Aéreo and Zaragoza metro stations on the line.[2] Gómez Farías metro station has two exits leading to Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza. The north exit is near Calle Relaciones Exteriores in Colonia Federal and the south one close to Calle 31 in Colonia Gómez Farías. The building offers accessible service for people with disabilities with escalators and tactile paving.[2][4][5]

History and construction

Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro and Cometro, the last one a subsidiary of Empresas ICA.[6] Its first section, where Gómez Farías metro station is located, was inaugurated on 4 September 1969, operating from Chapultepec to Zaragoza metro stations, and opened to the general public the following day.[7] The tunnel between Gómez Farías and Zaragoza spans 762 meters (2,500 ft), while the section towards Boulevard Puerto Aéreo measures 611 meters (2,005 ft).[8]

The station was closed on 11 July 2022 for modernization work on the tunnel and technical equipment of the line.[9][10] After fifteen months of renovations, authorities reopened Gómez Farías station on 29 October 2023.[11] Excélsior reported in July 2024 that all the modernized stations had leaks of varying dimensions, with water filtrations detected in the walls of Gómez Farías station, resulting in constant runoff into the drains. This issue left damp marks and affected the facilities. Authorities had previously stated that these leaks would be sealed during the 2022 modernization works.[12]

Name and pictogram

The station is named after the nearby neighborhood. The station's pictogram depicts a silhouette representing the Mexican Constitution of 1857, which was promoted by Valentín Gómez Farías during his tenure as president of Congress.[2]

Incidents

On 15 September 2026, a metallic object fell to the tracks, causing a short circuit. No injuries were reported.[13]

Ridership

Graphic showing daily ridership
Daily ridership for Gómez Farías station in 2024

According to official data, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the station recorded between 28,300 and 38,800 average daily entries from 2016 to 2019. In 2025, it recorded 7,161,044 passenger entries, ranking 56th among the system's 195 stations.[1]

More information Annual passenger ridership, Year ...
Annual passenger ridership[a]
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
20257,161,04419,61956/195+28.84%[1]
20245,557,94815,18582/195+571.00%[1]
2023828,3132,269180/195−81.84%[1]
20224,560,12612,49394/195−37.85%[1]
20217,337,72520,10322/195−3.93%[14]
20207,637,97020,86824/195−26.28%[15]
201910,360,85128,38548/195−14.80%[16]
201812,161,29533,31832/195+1.87%[17]
201711,938,11832,70733/195−15.75%[18]
201614,170,03738,71523/195−6.34%[19]
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Notes

  1. The system's website counts only passenger entries into stations and does not include passengers passing through, transferring between lines, or exiting the station. 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.
  2. Estación del Metro Gómez Farías. Mexican Spanish pronunciation: [ˈɡomes faˈɾi.as] ⓘ.

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