Insurgentes metro station

Insurgentes is an under-reconstruction<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> station on the Line 1 of Mexico City Metro.<ref name="metro">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="archambault">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is located within the Glorieta de los Insurgentes at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes and Avenida Chapultepec in Mexico City's Cuauhtémoc borough, close to the Zona Rosa shopping and entertainment district and the Colonia Roma, two of the most iconic neighborhoods in the city.<ref name="metro"/> In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 65,134 passengers per day, making it the 12th busiest station in the network.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From November 2023 to April 2025, the station remained closed for modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Name and pictogram

Insurgentes receives its name from Avenida de los Insurgentes, one of Mexico City's most important thoroughfares, the station is located under the intersection of Insurgentes and Avenida Chapultepec.

The station pictogram depicts the church bell of Dolores Hidalgo, a symbol of the start of the Mexican War of Independence (1810) and the eleven-year-long insurgency that followed.<ref name="metro"/><ref name="archambault"/>

General information

Metro Insurgentes was built in a particular style. Surrounding the station is a circular shopping mall-cum-plaza, called the Glorieta de los Insurgentes.<ref name="quintero_m">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="secturdf">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="montes">Template:Cite news</ref> The station's exterior walls are intended to evoke pre-Hispanic architecture, while the platform walls are decorated with mock-ups of platforms from the Paris Métro and the London Underground. The station was opened on 5 September 1969.<ref name="monroy_history">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Exterior shots of the plaza and metro entrance were used in the 1990 motion picture Total Recall.<ref name="filmlocations">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

This is an important station for bus transfers, connecting with an extensive local network of urban buses (RTP, or Red de Transporte de Pasajeros) that serves zones like Villa Olímpica and Tlalpan, south of the city, and Metro Indios Verdes, north of the city.<ref name="rtp_bicen">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The Insurgentes Metrobús bus rapid transit line also has a stop in the vicinity of Metro Insurgentes.<ref name="metrobus">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In recent years, the Glorieta de los Insurgentes (and, therefore, the station itself), has been a meeting and starting point for some social and political rallies; for example, in December 2019, it was used as a meeting point for several feminist rallies.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The station serves the following neighborhoods: Colonia Juárez and Colonia Roma Norte.

Nearby

• Glorieta de los Insurgentes, roundabout with a small plaza and commerces.
• Zona Rosa, neighborhood known for its shopping, nightlife, gay community and Korean community.
• Plaza Río de Janeiro, square.
• Fuente de Cibeles, replica of the fountain located in the Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid.

Exits

• Southwest: Oaxaca street, Colonia Roma Norte
• Southeast: Avenida de los Insurgentes, Colonia Roma Norte
• South: Jalapa street, Colonia Roma Norte
• Northeast: Avenida Chapultepec, Colonia Juárez
• North: Genova street, Colonia Juárez
• Northwest: Avenida Chapultepec, Colonia Juárez

Station layout

G	Street Level
B1	Glorieta de los Insurgentes	Entrance/Exit
B2	Mezzanine	Ticket windows/Fare control
B3	Template:Small
	Eastbound	Template:0 Template:R-I Template:R-I toward Pantitlán Template:Small →
	Westbound	← Template:R-I Template:R-I toward Observatorio Template:Small
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Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2024	0	0	189/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2023	8,458,386	23,173	40/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	11,812,681	32,3636	16/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2021	6,879,516	18,847	28/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	10,606,513	28,979	14/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	20,753,676	56,859	13/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	20,092,422	55,047	13/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	20,271,258	55,537	14/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	21,737,014	59,390	12/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	23,113,713	63,325	12/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gallery

• 
  Works of construction at Insurgentes Station, 1969.
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  View of outside entrance of Metro Insurgentes at the Insurgentes Glorieta roundabout.
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  Rafael Cauduro's mural depicting the London Underground
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  Station platforms

External links

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