Viaducto metro station

Viaducto is a station on Line 2 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 border of Benito Juárez and Iztacalco boroughs of Mexico City, south of the city centre on Calzada de Tlalpan.<ref name="metro"/> It is a surface station.

General information

It is represented by the stylised logo of a cloverleaf interchange, which represents crossing of Calzada de Tlalpan (a former Aztec road) and Viaducto Miguel Alemán, a crosscutting freeway that runs across the middle of the Federal District which opened in September 1950.<ref name="metro"/><ref name="archambault"/><ref name="legorreta">Template:Cite news</ref> The station was opened on 1 August 1970.<ref name="monroy_history">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	4,290,859	11,755	108/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	4,313,392	11,817	100/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-23/>
2021	3,287,377	9,006	97/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	4,256,619	11,630	84/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	7,543,940	20,668	85/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	7,713,645	21,133	85/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	7,591,103	20,797	84/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	7,597,169	20,757	87/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	7,711,654	21,127	83/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014	7,903,530	21,653	79/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Train crash

On October 20, 1975, at about 09:40 local time (15:40 GMT), two trains crashed, while both were going towards Tasqueña station. The first was parked at Viaducto station picking up passengers when it was hit by another train that did not stop in time. According to official reports, from 31 to 39 people died, and between 71 and 119 were injured. To date, it is the worst railroad accident recorded in the Mexico City Metro. The driver, Carlos Fernández, was found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in prison. After the crash, automatic traffic lights were incorporated to all lines.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Exits

• East: Calzada de Tlalpan between Coruña street and Calzada Santa Anita, Colonia Viaducto Piedad
• West: Calzada de Tlalpan between Coruña street and Segovia street, Colonia Álamos

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations
• 2020 Mexico City Metro train crash
• 2023 Mexico City Metro train crash

External links

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