Gómez Farías metro station

Gómez Farías metro stationTemplate:Efn is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the city's borough of Venustiano Carranza. It is an underground stop with two side platforms serving Line 1 (Pink Line) between Boulevard Puerto Aéreo and Zaragoza. It was inaugurated on 4 September 1969, and opened the following day, providing service west toward Chapultepec and service east toward Zaragoza.

Gómez Farías metro station services the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (neighborhoods) of Federal and Gómez Farías along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza. The station was named after the neighborhood of the same name, which itself honors Valentín Gómez Farías, the seventh president of Mexico (serving intermittently from 1833 to 1847). The station's pictogram depicts a representation of the 1857 Mexican Constitution, a document promoted by Gómez Farías during his tenure as president of Congress.

The station facilities offer accessibility for people with disabilities, featuring escalators and tactile pavings. It was closed from July 2022 to October 2023 due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment. In 2024, Gómez Farías metro station had an average daily ridership of 15,185 passengers, ranking it the 82nd busiest station in the network.

Location and layout

Template:Stack Gómez Farías is an underground metro station located along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City.<ref name="metro"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The stop serves two {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (neighborhoods), Federal and Gómez Farías, from which it takes its name. The station's pictogram depicts a silhouette representing the Mexican Constitution of 1857, which was promoted by Valentín Gómez Farías during his tenure as president of Congress.<ref name=metro/>

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History and construction

Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro and Cometro, the last one a subsidiary of Empresas ICA.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its first section, where Gómez Farías metro station is located, was inaugurated on 4 September 1969, operating from Chapultepec to Zaragoza metro stations, and opened to the general public the following day.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The tunnel between Gómez Farías and Zaragoza spans Template:Convert, while the section towards Boulevard Puerto Aéreo measures Template:Convert.<ref name=long>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The station was closed on 11 July 2022 for modernization work on the tunnel and technical equipment of the line.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After fifteen months of renovations, authorities reopened Gómez Farías station on 29 October 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Excélsior reported in July 2024 that all the modernized stations had leaks of varying dimensions, with water filtrations detected in the walls of Gómez Farías station, resulting in constant runoff into the drains. This issue left damp marks and affected the facilities. Authorities had previously stated that these leaks would be sealed during the 2022 modernization works.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ridership

Template:Stack According to the data provided by the authorities, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 28,300 and 42,100 daily entrances between 2015 and 2019. The station had a ridership of 5,557,948 passengers in 2024 following its reopening. In the same year, Gómez Farías metro station ranked as the 82nd busiest station out of the system's 195 stations.<ref name=passnrank22-present/>

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Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2024	5,557,948	15,185	82/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2023	828,313	2,269	180/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	4,560,126	12,493	94/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2021	7,337,725	20,103	22/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	7,637,970	20,868	24/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	10,360,851	28,385	48/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	12,161,295	33,318	32/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	11,938,118	32,707	33/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	14,170,037	38,715	23/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	15,129,911	41,451	20/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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