San Lázaro metro station

Template:Short description Template:Infobox station San Lázaro is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Venustiano Carranza borough of Mexico City. It lies along Lines 1 and B. The station was opened on 5 September 1969.<ref name="monroy_history">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The station was designed by Félix Candela<ref name="structurae">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and consists of interlocked hyperbolic paraboloidal or saddle roof sections. From July 2022 to October 2023, the Line 1 station was closed due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

General information

The station logo depicts an old steam locomotive. Near the site of the metro station stood the San Lázaro mainline train station. San Lázaro was the main terminus for the Interoceanic Railway, which linked the port of Veracruz, on the Gulf of Mexico, with the Pacific Ocean. Today, some railway tracks can still be seen near the metro station, but nothing more.

Nearby is the building that houses the Chamber of Deputies ("Palacio Legislativo" in Spanish), the lower house of the Mexican Congress (Congreso de la Unión).

San Lázaro metro station is connected with TAPO, Mexico City's Eastern intercity bus station.<ref name="central_3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> This bus station serves states including Puebla, Veracruz, Oaxaca, and Yucatán. It is used by some of the most prestigious and safest bus lines in Mexico, such as ADO, UNO, and Maya de Oro.

Nearby

• Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente, bus terminal.
• Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro, main seat of the legislative power of the Mexican government.
• Archivo General de la Nación, General Archive of the Nation.
• Palacio de Lecumberri, former prison, now housing the Archivo General de la Nación.

Exits

Line 1

• Southwest: Avenida Zaragoza and Eje 3 Oriente Ing. Eduardo Molina, Colonia 10 de mayo
• Southeast: Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente, Colonia 10 de mayo

Line B

• Avenida Ing. Eduardo Molina, Colonia 7 de julio

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 1)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	695,333	1,905	184/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-23/>
2022	3,669,786	10,054	117/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-23/>
2021	4,977,454	13,636	50/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank21/>
2020	6,050,167	16,530	43/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank20/>
2019	11,915,094	32,544	36/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank19/>
2018	11,745,396	32,179	36/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank18/>
2017	11,677,986	31,994	37/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank17/>
2016	11,898,758	32,510	36/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank16/>
2015	11,678,375	31,995	39/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank15/>
2014	11,285,786	30,919	39/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank14/>

Annual passenger ridership (Line B)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	7,828,935	21,449	45/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	5,740,753	15,728	68/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-23/>
2021	3,217,040	8,813	102/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	2,700,556	7,378	132/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	4,533,326	12,420	136/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	4,541,276	12,441	134/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	4,698,793	12,873	129/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	5,742,892	15,690	115/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	5,671,492	15,538	110/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014	5,308,122	14,542	114/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

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