Tacubaya metro station

Tacubaya is a station on Lines 1, 7 and 9 of the Mexico City Metro system.<ref name="metro">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="archambault">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo borough, west of the city centre.<ref name="metro"/> In 2019, the station had a total average ridership of 85,800 passengers per day, making it the fifth busiest station in the network.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> From 2023 to 2025, the Line 1 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

The station takes its name from the neighborhood it is located in: Tacubaya. The origin of this zone of the city can be traced back to an Aztec settlement, which back then was at the edge of Lake Texcoco. The name Tacubaya is a Spanish barbarism that derived from the Nahuatl Atlacuihuayan, that means "where water joins".<ref name="metro"/>

Therefore, the station pictogram represents a water bowl, that also resembles the glyph of the Aztec settlement of Tacubaya found at the Codex Mendoza.<ref name="metro"/>

History

Service at this station began on 20 November 1970, when Line 1 was expanded westwards from Juanacatlán to Tacubaya.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> On 22 August 1985, Metro Tacubaya became a transfer station, when the second stretch of Line 7 was inaugurated, from Auditorio to Tacubaya.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1988, Line 9 was connected to the station as part of the final stretch of Line 9, inaugurated on 29 August 1988, going from Centro Médico to Tacubaya, thus becoming the western terminus of the line.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

According to earlier plans for the metro, Line 9 was supposed to be extended towards Observatorio. This is the reason why on Line 9 platforms of Tacubaya signs stating that the station is a provisional terminal can be seen since its opening in 1988. In 2018, the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo announced plans to complete this expansion from Tacubaya to Observatorio.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Mexico City government announced shortly after that no works would be done during 2019; and as of early 2020, works still have not been started.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

March 2020 train crash

The accident

On March 10, 2020, at about 23:37 local time (05:37 GMT), two trains crashed while both were going towards Observatorio station. The first train, No. 38, was parked at Tacubaya's platform when it was hit by another train, No. 33, that came in reverse at Template:Convert.<ref name=seventy>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> According to official reports, 1 person died and 41 were injured,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> all inside train No. 33; people in train No. 38 were evacuated moments before the crash.<ref name=seventy/> Observatorio, Tacubaya and Juanacatlán stations were closed temporarily for repairs.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Authorities from the Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro believe the crash was caused due to a failure in the train systems coupled with a 7-degree slope that propelled train No. 33 for a kilometer (0.62 mi),<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> that occurred after performing a parking maneuver at Observatorio station.<ref name=seventy/>

2024 stabbing attack

On 19 November 2024, a man stabbed four people at the Line 7 platforms.Template:Cn The attacker was arrested.

General information

The station was built on many levels, in order to accommodate the connecting lines. It has a maze of long, wide corridors between the lines' platforms, which are equipped with escalators. This station's exits connect with many zones of Tacubaya neighborhood, such as Parque Lira, a local market and the offices of the Miguel Hidalgo borough administration.<ref name="hidalgo">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Metro Tacubaya has facilities for the handicapped, four cultural displays, as well as a medical module and a cyber center where users can access internet through a computer; both services are free. The mural Del códice al mural by Guillermo Ceniceros can be found inside the station in Line 1 platforms.<ref name="metro"/>

The station serves the neighborhood of the same name. It was in this area of Mexico City where the French pastry chef had his shop that was damaged in 1828, an incident that lead to the Pastry War a decade later.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 1)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2024	0	0	189/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2023	6,452,370	17,677	68/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2022	6,208,767	17,010	56/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2021	7,381,863	20,224	21/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank21/>
2020	6,867,731	18,764	32/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank20/>
2019	12,369,808	33,889	31/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank19/>
2018	12,486,567	34,209	27/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank18/>
2017	12,577,366	34,458	29/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank17/>
2016	13,018,121	35,568	28/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank16/>
2015	13,293,703	36,421	29/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank15/>

Annual passenger ridership (Line 7)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2024	2,253,311	6,156	164/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2023	1,882,564	5,157	159/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	1,617,125	4,430	163/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2021	1,144,856	3,136	168/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	1,614,531	4,411	180/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	2,350,325	6,439	179/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	2,383,106	6,529	179/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	2,239,783	6,136	180/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	2,443,127	6,675	177/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	2,497,451	6,842	165/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Annual passenger ridership (Line 9)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2024	21,125,323	57,719	4/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2023	18,176,022	49,797	5/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2022	16,168,449	44,297	10/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2021	10,567,781	28,952	13/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank21/>
2020	10,533,419	28,779	15/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank20/>
2019	16,335,719	44,755	20/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank19/>
2018	17,390,292	47,644	18/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank18/>
2017	17,542,320	48,061	17/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank17/>
2016	18,231,719	49,813	17/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank16/>
2015	17,645,401	48,343	17/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passrank15/>

Nearby

• Parque Lira, public park.
• Museo Casa de la Bola, museum.
• Museo Nacional de Cartografía, museum of cartography.
• Alameda de Tacubaya, public plaza.

Exits

Line 1

• Northwest: Castellanos Quinto, Tacubaya
• Northeast: Av. Parque Lira, Tacubaya
• Southwest: Av. Jalisco and Rufina, Tacubaya
• Southeast: Av. Parque Lira, Tacubaya

Line 7

• Doctora and Av. Parque Lira, Tacubaya

Line 9

• Northwest: Av. Jalisco and Manuel Dublan, Tacubaya
• Northeast: Av. Jalisco and Iturbide, Tacubaya
• Southeast: Av. Jalisco and Mártires de la Conquista, Tacubaya

Gallery

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  Line 9 platforms, the "provisional terminal" sign can be seen.
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  Line 9 at Tacubaya.
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  Mural of stone mask in the Line 1 section of Metro Tacubaya, at entrance to line leading towards Pantitlán.
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  Part of stairway mural at Metro Tacubaya, Line 1 section
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  Murals covering the passageway to a stairwell in the Line 1 section of Metro Tacubaya
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  Line 7 platforms

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations
• 1975 Mexico City Metro train crash

External links

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