Zapata metro station
Mexico City metro station
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Zapata is a station on Line 3 and Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro, in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City.[4][5] The station logo depicts Emiliano Zapata, a national hero from the Mexican Revolution of 1910–1921.[4][5]
Mexico City
Mexico
The station serves the Colonia Del Valle and Santa Cruz Atoyac neighborhoods in Benito Juárez. It is located at the intersection of Universidad, Zapata, Municipio Libre, Félix Cuevas and Heriberto Frías.[4]
Metro lines
The station serves both lines as a transfer station and as the northwestern terminus of Line 12.[6] This station used to be the terminus of Line 3; while the line has since been extended south, it still plays an important role in the transportation of the city's inhabitants.[7] The metro station was opened on 25 August 1980. The Line 12 station was opened on 30 October 2012 as a part of the first stretch of Line 12 between Mixcoac and Tláhuac.[7]
Bus services
Metro Zapata transfers to trolleybus Line "D", which runs between Metro Mixcoac (Line 7, Line 12) and the San Andrés Tetepilco neighbourhood.[8]
Above the station is a microbus base, for a recently built large commercial district a few blocks away, with malls, grocery stores, price clubs, cinemas and restaurants.
Nearby
- Newspaper Reforma headquarters.
Exits
- East: Avenida Universidad and Eje 7 Sur Félix Cuevas, Santa Cruz Atoyac
- Northwest: Avenida Universidad, Santa Cruz Atoyac
- Southwest: Heriberto Frías street and Eje 7 Sur Félix Cuevas, Colonia del Valle
Ridership
| Annual passenger ridership (Line 3)[a] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2025 | 5,618,774 | 15,393 | 86/195 | −6.16% | [3] |
| 2024 | 5,987,397 | 16,359 | 75/195 | −15.13% | [3] |
| 2023 | 7,054,505 | 19,327 | 56/195 | −34.98% | [3] |
| 2022 | 10,850,515 | 29,727 | 20/195 | +57.04% | [3] |
| 2021 | 6,909,278 | 18,929 | 27/195 | +45.42% | [9] |
| 2020 | 4,751,341 | 12,981 | 65/195 | −47.37% | [10] |
| 2019 | 9,027,192 | 24,732 | 57/195 | +2.47% | [11] |
| 2018 | 8,809,512 | 24,135 | 60/195 | −7.17% | [12] |
| 2017 | 9,489,440 | 25,998 | 51/195 | −4.51% | [13] |
| 2016 | 9,937,292 | 27,151 | 50/195 | −5.89% | [14] |
| Annual passenger ridership (Line 12)[a] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2025 | 4,482,218 | 12,280 | 118/195 | +3.64% | [3] |
| 2024 | 4,324,975 | 11,816 | 116/195 | +34.24% | [3] |
| 2023 | 3,221,757 | 8,826 | 127/195 | NA | [3] |
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | 176/195 | −100.00% | [3] |
| 2021 | 895,128 | 2,452 | 182/195 | −64.83% | [9] |
| 2020 | 2,545,005 | 6,953 | 135/195 | −50.94% | [10] |
| 2019 | 5,187,865 | 14,213 | 125/195 | +0.82% | [11] |
| 2018 | 5,145,693 | 14,097 | 125/195 | +4.87% | [12] |
| 2017 | 4,906,836 | 13,443 | 125/195 | +9.81% | [13] |
| 2016 | 4,468,452 | 12,208 | 135/195 | +15.19% | [14] |
Gallery
A Line 3 train pulls into the station, 6 June 2005.
The station logo, depicting an eyeless, stylised Zapata.
One of the station entrances.
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.
