Juanacatlán metro station

Juanacatlán is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in Mexico City's Miguel Hidalgo borough in the San Miguel Chapultepec neighborhood, and lies on Line 1 of the Metro.<ref name="metro">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="archambault">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2019 the station had an average ridership of 11,669 passengers per day, making it the least used station in Line 1.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From 2023 to 2025, the station was closed for modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Name and pictogram

When the station opened in 1970, it was originally named for the street that was in front of the station, Juanacatlán (the name of the street changed and it is now known as Alfonso Reyes, in honor of the Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat).<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The street was in turn named for Juanacatlán in the state of Jalisco. Xonacatlan, means "place of onions" (sometimes mistakenly read as meaning "place of butterflies") in Nahuatl. Therefore, the station's pictogram depicts a butterfly.<ref name="metro"/>

General information

The station was opened on 11 April 1970.<ref name="monroy_history">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The station's building also contains the offices of the Metro workers' trade union, the windows of which depict the front of a metro train.<ref name="hernandez_faster">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="hernandez_garner">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This station runs under Avenida Pedro Antonio de los Santos.<ref name="metro"/> It serves the San Miguel Chapultepec and Condesa districts.<ref name="metro"/>

From 23 April to 23 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2024	0	0	189/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2023	1,904,169	5,216	158/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	2,146,807	5,881	147/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2021	1,859,621	5,094	143/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	1,776,279	4,853	158/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	4,259,229	11,669	143/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	4,314,756	11,821	142/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	4,153,639	11,379	140/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	4,446,100	12,147	136/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	4,546,682	12,456	124/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Entrances

• Northeast: Av. Pedro Antonio de los Santos, San Miguel Chapultepec
• East: Circuito Interior Maestro José Vasconcelos, San Miguel Chapultepec
• Southwest: Av. Pedro Antonio de los Santos, San Miguel Chapultepec

Gallery

• Entrance to the station on Circuito Interior Maestro José Vasconcelos
  Entrance to the station on Circuito Interior Maestro José Vasconcelos
• Station platforms
  Station platforms
• Entry sign to the station
  Entry sign to the station

External links

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