Salto del Agua metro station
Mexico City metro station
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Salto del Agua is a metro (subway) station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the center of Mexico City. Since 9 July 2022,[2] the Line 1 station has remained closed modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.[3] The Line 1 station was reopened in September 13, 2024.[4]
Mexico City
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Name and iconography
Its logo represents the Salto del Agua fountain. This fountain is at the end of the old Chapultepec Aqueduct, also known as the Belen aqueduct. This aqueduct ran from what is now Chapultepec Park, following Chapultepec Avenue and Arcos de Belen (Arches of Belen) Streets ending at this fountain. It lies on the border of the historic center, Colonia Doctores and Colonia Obrera. Contrary to popular belief, this fountain is not the original but rather a reproduction. The original fountain had deteriorated significantly, so architect Guillermo Ruiz was tasked with its reproduction, using the original engraved stone epigraphs as a model. What is left of the original fountain is in the National Museum of the Viceregal Period in Tepotzotlán.[5]
General information
Salto del Agua is a transfer station and contains a cultural display. It also has two kinds of architecture, one from Line 1 of the Metro, and the other, more modern style, of Line 8. Line 8 exits connect with Eje Central, which is filled in this zone with bookstores, boutiques, electronics shops, and street traders, locally known as vendedores ambulantes or "ambulantaje".
Metro Salto del Agua also transfers to trolleybus line "A", which runs the full length of Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas and more, from Metro Autobuses del Norte and Metro Tasqueña – the city's main north and south intercity bus stations.
Inside the station is a mural entitled The Three Workers by artist Jason Schell.
Ridership
| Annual passenger ridership (Line 1)[a] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2025 | 4,112,807 | 11,267 | 128/195 | +378.95% | [1] |
| 2024 | 858,711 | 2,346 | 185/195 | NA | [1] |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 | 188/195 | −100.00% | [1] |
| 2022 | 2,542,180 | 6,964 | 139/195 | −41.82% | [1] |
| 2021 | 4,369,643 | 11,971 | 67/195 | −9.29% | [6] |
| 2020 | 4,817,210 | 13,161 | 62/195 | −35.62% | [7] |
| 2019 | 7,482,564 | 20,500 | 86/195 | +0.34% | [8] |
| 2018 | 7,457,088 | 20,430 | 87/195 | −2.65% | [9] |
| 2017 | 7,660,338 | 20,987 | 83/195 | −11.79% | [10] |
| 2016 | 8,684,401 | 23,727 | 65/195 | −2.70% | [11] |
| Annual passenger ridership (Line 8)[a] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2025 | 4,438,497 | 12,160 | 119/195 | −13.91% | [1] |
| 2024 | 5,155,400 | 14,085 | 89/195 | −36.61% | [1] |
| 2023 | 8,132,745 | 22,281 | 41/195 | +32.61% | [1] |
| 2022 | 6,132,781 | 16,802 | 60 /195 | +97.92% | [1] |
| 2021 | 3,098,577 | 8,489 | 106/195 | +5.12% | [6] |
| 2020 | 2,947,538 | 8,053 | 118/195 | −45.96% | [7] |
| 2019 | 5,454,216 | 14,943 | 120/195 | −2.65% | [8] |
| 2018 | 5,602,459 | 15,349 | 118/195 | −6.05% | [9] |
| 2017 | 5,963,274 | 16,337 | 110/195 | −11.13% | [10] |
| 2016 | 6,709,999 | 18,333 | 100/195 | +0.65% | [11] |
Exits
Line 1
Line 8
- Northeast: Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas and Plaza de las Vizcainas, Centro
- Northwest: Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas and Delicias street, Centro
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.
