Zaragoza metro station (Mexico City)

Zaragoza metro stationTemplate:Efn is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the city's borough of Venustiano Carranza. It is an underground stop with two side platforms serving Line 1 (Pink Line) between Gómez Farías and Pantitlán. It was inaugurated on 4 September 1969, and opened the following day, as the eastern terminal of the line, providing service west toward Chapultepec station. An eastward expansion toward Pantitlán started on 22 August 1984.

Zaragoza metro station services the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (neighborhoods) of 4 Árboles and Puebla along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, from which it takes its name. In turn, the avenue honors Ignacio Zaragoza, the Secretary of War and Navy during the 1862 Battle of Puebla (internationally known as Cinco de Mayo). The station's pictogram depicts a silhouette of a nearby equestrian statue dedicated to Zaragoza.

The station facilities offer accessibility for people with disabilities, featuring elevators, tactile pavings, wheelchair ramps, and braille signage plates. Inside is a cultural display, an Internet café, and a health module. Outside, the station is serviced by a transportation hub connecting multiple local bus routes. It was closed from 2022 to 2023 due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment. In 2024, Zaragoza metro station had an average daily ridership of 19,640 passengers, ranking it the 50th busiest station in the network.

Location and layout

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Within the system, the station lies between Gómez Farías and Pantitlán stations.<ref name="metro">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Inside the station, there is a cultural display, an Internet café, and a health module.<ref name=metro /> The area receives service from the adjacent {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (CETRAM), the stop's transportation hub, which connects to various transit routes,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> including Routes 162B, 163, 163A, 163B, 164, 166, and 167 of the {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} bus network.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Zaragoza metro station has two exits that connect to Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza. The northern exit is located in a building adjacent to the transportation hub in Colonia 4 Árboles, while the southern exit is near Calle 65 in Colonia Puebla.<ref name=metro /> The station offers an accessible service for people with disabilities with elevators, wheelchair ramps, tactile pavings and braille signage plates.<ref name=metro />

History and construction

Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro, and Cometro, the latter being a subsidiary of Empresas ICA.<ref name=ingenet1>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its first section, where Zaragoza metro station is located, was inaugurated on 4 September 1969, operating from Zaragoza to Chapultepec station, and opened to the general public the following day.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The line's workshops are found in the tunnel following Zaragoza.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On 22 August 1984, Pantitlán station was opened eastward to connect Lines 1 and 5.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The workshop's location indirectly benefited the line's operations as it allowed trains to depart to either station every 90 seconds.<ref name=ingenet1 /> The tunnel between Zaragoza and Gómez Farías spans Template:Convert, while the section towards Pantitlán measures Template:Convert.<ref name=long>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The station was closed on 11 July 2022 for modernization work on the tunnel and technical equipment of the line.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> After fifteen months of renovations, authorities reopened Zaragoza station on 29 October 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Excélsior reported in July 2024 that all the modernized stations had leaks of varying dimensions, including water filtration on the train boarding platforms at Zaragoza station. Authorities had previously stated that these leaks would be sealed during the 2022 modernization works.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Landmarks

The Instituto de Capacitacion y Desarrollo Zaragoza, located near the station, trains system personnel using full-scale replicas and models of the facilities and equipment. Known as Expometro, it is open to the general public for guided tours.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ridership

Template:Stack According to the data provided by the authorities, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 46,400 and 56,400 daily entrances between 2015 and 2019. The station had a ridership of 7,188,568 passengers in 2024 following its reopening. In the same year, Zaragoza metro station ranked as the 50th busiest station out of the system's 195 stations.<ref name=passnrank22-present/>

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Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2024	7,188,568	19,640	50/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2023	1,098,718	3,010	176/195	Template:Change	<ref name=passnrank22-present/>
2022	6,018,927	16,490	64/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	8,708,578	23,859	19/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	10,007,100	27,341	17/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	16,963,437	46,475	18/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	18,168,605	49,777	16/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	18,655,391	51,110	15/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	19,093,141	52,167	16/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	20,570,498	56,357	15/195	Template:Change	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Gallery

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  Line 1 exit to the Zaragoza workshops.
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  The equestrian statue of Zaragoza near the station inspired the design of the station's pictogram.

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