Aragón metro station

Aragón metro stationTemplate:Efn is a Mexico City Metro station within the limits of Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, in Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform, serving Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Eduardo Molina and Oceanía stations. Aragón metro station was inaugurated on 19 December 1981, providing northwestward service toward Consulado and eastward service toward Pantitlán.

The station services the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} of Casas Alemán and Simón Bolívar, along Avenida Río Consulado. The pictogram for the station features a squirrel. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 7,547 passengers, ranking it the 172nd busiest station in the network and the eighth busiest of the line.

Location and layout

Aragón station (pictured) lies next to the Río Consolado Avenue

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It serves the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (neighborhoods) of Casas Alemán, in Gustavo A. Madero, and Simón Bolívar, in Venustiano Carranza. The station's pictogram features a squirrel, symbolizing its proximity to the Template:Ill public park and zoo, as it was the closest station to the park when it opened.<ref name="metro">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Bosque de Aragón metro station later replaced this function.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Aragón metro station has two exits that lead to Avenida Río Consulado. The northern exit is at the corner of Calle Dólares, in Colonia Casas Alemán and the southern one is at the corner of Calle Peniques, in Colonia Simón Bolívar. Within the system, the station lies between Eduardo Molina and Oceanía.<ref name=metro/> Route Template:Nowrap of the city's public bus system and Route 200 of the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} network service the area.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

History and construction

Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA.<ref name=ingenet>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its first section, where Aragón station is located, was opened on 19 December 1981, running from Pantitlán to Consulado metro stations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The section between Aragón and Oceanía stations has a slope caused by subsidence.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This interstation is Template:Convert long.<ref name=long/> The opposite sections toward Eduardo Molina measures Template:Convert.<ref name=long>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Incidents

Aragón metro station was temporarily closed for repairs after the 2015 Oceanía metro station train crash.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico|Template:Nowrap pandemic in Mexico]].<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities, before the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport|impact of the Template:Nowrap pandemic on public transport]], commuters averaged per year between 7,100 and 7,600 daily entrances between 2014 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 2,754,754 passengers in 2019,<ref name=passnrank19/> marking an increase of 21,253 passengers compared to 2018.<ref name=passrank18/> In 2019 specifically, Aragón metro station ranked as the 172nd busiest station out of the system's 195 stations and was the eighth busiest on the line.<ref name=passnrank19/>

colspan="6" style="background-color:#Template:Rcr; font-size:110%; text-align:center;"| Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	2,271,668	6,223	152/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	2,134,549	5,848	150/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-23/>
2021	1,605,655	4,399	153/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	1,433,746	3,917	174/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	2,754,754	7,547	172/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	2,733,501	7,489	171/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	2,624,161	7,189	171/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	2,619,656	7,157	172/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	2,669,995	7,315	159/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014	2,703,820	7,407	160/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
colspan="6" style="background-color:#Template:Rcr; font-size:110%; text-align:center;"| Historical annual passenger ridership
2009	2,499,509	6,847	142/175	—	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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