Cuitláhuac metro station

Metro Cuitláhuac is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Popotla and Colonia San Álvaro districts in the Miguel Hidalgo municipality of Mexico City, to the northwest of the city centre. It lies along Line 2.[2][3] In 2019 the station had an average ridership of 18,616 passengers per day.[1]

Cuitláhuac
STC rapid transit
LocationCalzada México-Tacuba
Popotla, Miguel Hidalgo
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°27′27″N 99°10′55″W
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened14 September 1970
Passengers
20196,794,715 [1]  0.4%
Rank95/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Tacuba
toward Cuatro Caminos
 Line 2 Popotla
toward Tasqueña
Location
Cuitláhuac
Location within Mexico City

Name and pictogram

The station's name comes from nearby Avenida Cuitláhuac, an avenue named in honour of Cultlahuanctzin (whose name was later changed into Spanish language as "Cuitláhuac"). He was the tenth, and penultimate, Aztec emperor and the one who defeated Hernán Cortés in the Battle of La Noche Triste ("Sad Night") in 1520. The station pictogram depicts an Aztec battle shield.[2][3]

General information

The station was opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.[4]

Metro Cuitláhuac is also close to Avenida México-Tacuba, one of the most important avenues in the city built on the former route of one of Tenochtitláns three main avenues into the mainland. The station also connects with trolleybus Line "I", which runs between Metro El Rosario and Metro Chapultepec.

The station serves the Popotla and Colonia San Álvaro neighborhoods.

Ridership
Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % Change Ref.
20196,794,71518,61695/195–0.36%[1]
20186,819,39118,68392/195–[5]

Entrances
  • South: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida Cuitláhuac, Popotla
  • North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida Cuitláhuac, Colonia San Álvaro

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. "Cuitláhuac" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Cuitláhuac » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  5. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
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