Tlatelolco metro station
Mexico City metro station
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Tlatelolco is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Tlatelolco neighbourhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, to the north of the downtown area.[2] It serves the Unidad Habitacional Nonoalco-Tlatelolco mega apartment complex, famous for its Plaza de las Tres Culturas square[2] (with buildings from the pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern eras) and infamous for the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre of demonstrating students.
Mexico
Tlatelolco | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°27′18″N 99°08′34″W | ||||||||||
| System | Mexico City Metro | ||||||||||
| Operator | Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Connections |  Tlatelolco | ||||||||||
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Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
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| Status | In service | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 20 November 1970 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2025 | 5,254,493[1][a]  4.59% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 100/195[1][a] | ||||||||||
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The station logo depicts the tallest building in the nearby Nonoalco-Tlatelolco residential estate, the triangular Torre Insignia, which was formerly a Banobras building.[2][3] The 127 metres (417 ft) tower houses a 47-bell carillon – a gift to the Mexican people from the citizens of Belgium. Metro Tlatelolco is directly connected with the main square of the vast, 1960s residential estate.
The station opened on 20 November 1970 with service southward towards Hospital General.[4] Northward service towards Indios Verdes started nearly 8 years later on 25 August 1978.[4]
Ridership
| Annual passenger ridership[a] | |||||
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| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2025 | 5,254,493 | 14,395 | 100/195 | +4.59% | [1] |
| 2024 | 5,024,119 | 13,727 | 96/195 | −8.74% | [1] |
| 2023 | 5,505,564 | 15,083 | 83/195 | +7.20% | [1] |
| 2022 | 5,135,910 | 14,070 | 86/195 | +49.99% | [1] |
| 2021 | 3,424,240 | 9,381 | 90/195 | −22.50% | [5] |
| 2020 | 4,418,457 | 12,072 | 79/195 | −41.57% | [6] |
| 2019 | 7,562,593 | 20,719 | 84/195 | +3.27% | [7] |
| 2018 | 7,323,374 | 20,064 | 90/195 | −1.15% | [8] |
| 2017 | 7,408,684 | 20,297 | 86/195 | −5.71% | [9] |
| 2016 | 7,857,136 | 21,467 | 83/195 | −2.48% | [10] |
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.
