Tepalcates metro station

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Tepalcates is a station on the Line A of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Iztapalapa municipality, to the east of downtown Mexico City.[2] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 19,326 passengers per day.[4]

LocationIztapalapa
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°23′29″N 99°02′47″W
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Tepalcates
Mexico City Metro
Platform of Tepalcates
General information
LocationIztapalapa
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°23′29″N 99°02′47″W
SystemSTC rapid transit
LineMexico City Metro Line A (Pantitlán - La Paz)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Tepalcates
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
History
Opened12 August 1991; 34 years ago (1991-08-12)
Passengers
20258,386,963[1][a]Decrease 10.32%
Rank43/195[1][a]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Canal de San Juan
toward Pantitlán
Line A Guelatao
toward La Paz
Location
Tepalcates is located in Mexico City
Tepalcates
Tepalcates
Location within Mexico City
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Name and pictogram

The station takes its name from the nearby estate Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates. The name has its roots in the Nahuatl word "teplacatl" used to refer to any pot or vessel made out of clay or mud. The pictogram depicts the side view of a pre-Hispanic pottery bowl of the types made in Puebla and Tlaxcala.[2]

General information

The station was opened on 12 August 1991 along the other nine stations of Line A.[5]

Metro Tepalcates connects with the bus rapid transit stop of the same name of the Mexico City Metrobús Line 2; this stop is the eastern terminus of Line 2.

As every Line A station, except for Pantitlán, it is an at grade station in the median of Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza with the entrances on both sides of the road connecting to the station through two pedestrian bridges. Due to the design of the station, it has an island platform where passengers can take trains in both eastbound and westbound directions.

Ridership

More information Annual passenger ridership, Year ...
Annual passenger ridership[a]
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
20258,386,96322,97743/195−10.32%[1]
20249,351,99525,55134/195+8.53%[1]
20238,617,22423,60837/195+15.67%[1]
20227,449,53420,40941/195+39.81%[1]
20215,328,31514,59846/195+6.88%[6]
20204,985,09213,62058/195−29.33%[7]
20197,054,06719,32692/195+11.71%[4]
20186,314,51017,300104/195+22.80%[8]
20175,142,00814,087122/195−17.62%[9]
20166,241,92317,054107/195+4.85%[10]
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Exits

  • North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and General Esteban Baca Calderón street, Colonia Juan Escutia
  • South: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Avenida Telecomunicaciones, Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates

Station layout

G Street Level Exits/Entrances
G
Platforms
Westbound Mexico City Metro Line A toward Pantitlán (Canal de San Juan)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound Mexico City Metro Line A toward La Paz (Guelatao)

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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