Barranca del Muerto metro station

Barranca del Muerto
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Station platforms
General information
LocationAvenida Revolución
Los Alpes, Álvaro Obregón
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°21′38″N 99°11′25″W / 19.360648°N 99.190149°W / 19.360648; -99.190149
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 7 (El Rosario - Barranca del Muerto)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessiblePartial
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened19 December 1985
Passengers
20238,739,839[1] Increase 21.47%
Rank20/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Mixcoac
toward El Rosario
 Line 7 Terminus
Location
Barranca del Muerto is located in Mexico City
Barranca del Muerto
Barranca del Muerto
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map

Barranca del Muerto is the southern terminus of Line 7 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Álvaro Obregón borough. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 45,703 passengers per day, making it the busiest station in Line 7.[2]

Name and pictogram

The metro station is named after Avenida Barranca del Muerto, which was once a big depression, and is the same length as the actual avenue (barranca means gully or ravine). During the Mexican Revolution (1910–1921) this was a place where revolutionary soldiers dropped many corpses. Eagles and buzzards flew nearby, smelling rotten flesh. Popular imagination refers to the dead people's souls and ghosts restlessly promenading near that big hole. Thus, Barranca del Muerto means "Canyon of the Dead".[3]

The station's pictogram depicts two eagles, although some say buzzards.[3]

History

Metro Barranca del Muerto was opened on 19 December 1985, together with the whole 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long extension stretch of Line 7 from Tacubaya.[4]

This station was supposed to be a provisional terminal. According to original plans, Line 7 would be extended south and reach as far as San Jerónimo. Nevertheless, such plans never materialized, and Barranca del Muerto has been Line 7 southern terminus since.[5]

Recently, in 2017, mayors from the Álvaro Obregón and Magdalena Contreras municipalities, have asked Mexico City's government to pick up the project again and continue with the southern expansion of the line to San Jerónimo, that would benefit around 500,000 inhabitants of both municipalities.[6]

General information

Metro Barranca del Muerto is located at the intersection of Avenida Revolución and Avenida Barranca del Muerto, on the border of the Álvaro Obregón and Benito Juárez municipalities.[3]

The station has two separate platforms, one used for arriving trains and another one for departing trains. The exit is at the middle of the platforms. There are two exits located at the intersection of Avenida Revolución (which leads further to San Ángel), Macedonio Alcala, and Calle Alfonso Caso.

South of Barranca del Muerto, there is a Saturday market at the famous San Jacinto square (Bazar de los sábados de San Jacinto) where artists sell paintings, plants and other handcrafts.[7][8]

Metro Barranca del Muerto, like many stations in the Metro network, has a cyber center, where users can access the internet through a computer; the service is free. The station also has a cultural display and the sculptural mural Visión del Mictlán by Luis Y. Aragón, which is located right outside the east access to the station.[3]

The station serves the Guadalupe Inn and Los Alpes neighborhoods.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
2023 10,616,212 29,085 20/195 +21.47% [1]
2022 8,739,839 23,944 27/195 +19.21% [9]
2021 7,331,623 20,086 23/195 −11.01% [10]
2020 8,238,512 22,509 21/195 −50.61% [11]
2019 16,681,529 45,702 19/195 +3.71% [12]
2018 16,085,373 44,069 19/195 +6.68% [13]
2017 15,078,243 41,310 21/195 +3.93% [14]
2016 14,508,378 39,640 21/195 +5.94% [15]
2015 13,694,853 37,520 25/195 +3.11% [16]
2014 13,282,149 36,389 27/195 −3.77% [17]

Exits

Station layout

G Street Level Exit/Entrance
B1 Mezzanine Ticket windows/Fare control
B2 Side platform, doors will open on the left
Northbound → Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 7 toward El Rosario (Mixcoac) →
Southbound ← Mexico City Metro Mexico City Metro Line 7 termination track
Side platform, doors will open on the right
  • Entrance to the station
    Entrance to the station
  • Platforms
    Platforms

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Afluencia de estación por línea 2023" [Station traffic per line 2023] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Estaciones de mayor afluencia 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "Barranca del Muerto" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  4. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Urbanrail. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  5. ^ "El plan maestro del Metro que nunca se llevó a cabo". mxcity.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  6. ^ Suárez, Gerardo (1 March 2017). "Mercado pide ampliar L7 del Metro hasta San Jerónimo". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Bazar del Sábado - Ciudad de México". Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  8. ^ "San Ángel Saturday Bazaar and Art Fair Centro de San Ángel". Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2022" [Station traffic per line 2022] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2023. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  10. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  12. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  13. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  15. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  16. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  17. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.