San Lázaro metro station
Mexico City metro station
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San Lázaro is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City. Lines 1 and B serve the station. The station was opened on 5 September 1969.[3] The station was designed by Félix Candela[4] and consists of interlocked hyperbolic paraboloidal or saddle roof sections. From July 2022 to October 2023, the Line 1 station was closed due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.[5][6]
7 de Julio, Venustiano Carranza
Mexico City
Mexico
10 m (33 ft)[1] San Lázaro | ||||||||||||||||
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 View of Pantitlán or eastbound platform at San Lázaro | ||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza 7 de Julio, Venustiano Carranza Mexico City Mexico | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19.430213°N 99.114833°W | |||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft)[1] | |||||||||||||||
| System | Mexico City Metro | |||||||||||||||
| Operator | Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) | |||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 4 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | |||||||||||||||
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Structure type |  Underground Elevated | |||||||||||||||
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| Status | In service | |||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 4 September 1969 15 December 1999 | |||||||||||||||
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| 11 July 2022 | Temporarily closed | |||||||||||||||
| 29 October 2023 | Reopened | |||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||
| 2025 | Total: 12,001,707 6,944,644[2][a] 5,057,063[2][a]  40.79% | |||||||||||||||
| Rank | 60/195[2][a] 102/195[2][a] | |||||||||||||||
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General information
The station logo depicts an old steam locomotive. Near the site of the metro station stood the San Lázaro mainline train station. San Lázaro was the main terminus for the Interoceanic Railway, which linked the port of Veracruz, on the Gulf of Mexico, with the Pacific Ocean. Today, some railway tracks can still be seen near the metro station, but nothing more.
Nearby is the building that houses the Chamber of Deputies ("Palacio Legislativo" in Spanish), the lower house of the Mexican Congress (Congreso de la Unión).
San Lázaro metro station is connected with TAPO, Mexico City's Eastern intercity bus station.[7] This bus station serves states including Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Yucatán. It is used by some of the most prestigious and safest bus lines in Mexico, such as ADO, UNO, and Maya de Oro.
Nearby
- Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente, bus terminal.
- Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro, main seat of the legislative power of the Mexican government.
- Archivo General de la Nación, General Archive of the Nation.
- Palacio de Lecumberri, former prison, now housing the Archivo General de la Nación.
Exits
Line 1
- Southwest: Avenida Zaragoza and Eje 3 Oriente Ing. Eduardo Molina, Colonia 10 de mayo
- Southeast: Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente, Colonia 10 de mayo
Line B
- Avenida Ing. Eduardo Molina, Colonia 7 de julio
Ridership
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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.
