Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia metro station

Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
General information
LocationColonia Narvarte, Benito Juárez
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°23′44″N 99°09′23″W / 19.395586°N 99.156268°W / 19.395586; -99.156268
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 3 (Indios Verdes - Universidad)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessiblePartial
History
Opened25 August 1980
Previous namesEtiopía
Passengers
20237,755,607[1] Increase 15.49%
Rank48/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Centro Médico
toward Indios Verdes
 Line 3 Eugenia
toward Universidad
Location
Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia is located in Mexico City
Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map

Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia (Spanish pronunciationⓘ; formerly Etiopía) is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City.

General information

The station logo depicts the head of a lion, a symbol of Ethiopia. Its name comes from the Plaza Etiopía, a traffic circle at the same location before the construction of the subway station. The traffic circle was named to show Mexico's support for an independent Ethiopia after the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. There is a corresponding Mexico Square in the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa.[2] Mexico Square is also a station on the Addis Ababa Light Rail.

Metro Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia is underneath the intersection of Avenida Xola, Avenida Cuauhtemoc, Cumbres de Maltrata street and Diagonal de San Antonio. It serves Narvarte neighbourhood.

On March 27, 2009, the station name was changed to Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia (Ethiopia / Transparency Square),[3] as the Instituto Federal de Acceso a la Información Publica (Federal Institute of Public Information Access) is near the station, and so it would fit the name of the closest Metrobús station.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
2023 7,755,607 21,248 48/195 +15.49% [1]
2022 6,715,640 18,399 52/195 +43.09% [1]
2021 4,693,331 12,858 56/195 −23.28% [4]
2020 6,117,488 16,714 42/195 −43.80% [5]
2019 10,885,701 29,823 43/195 −1.99% [6]
2018 11,106,302 30,428 41/195 +1.97% [7]
2017 10,892,033 29,841 43/195 −1.48% [8]
2016 11,055,480 30,206 44/195 +1.56% [9]
2015 10,885,672 29,823 45/195 −0.33% [10]
2014 10,921,783 29,992 43/195 −3.82% [11]

Exits

  • Entrance to Metro Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
    Entrance to Metro Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
  • Intersection under which the station is located.
    Intersection under which the station is located.
  • Plaque about Haile Selassie visit placed originally at Ethiopia Square in 1954 now at the station facilities.
    Plaque about Haile Selassie visit placed originally at Ethiopia Square in 1954 now at the station facilities.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "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. ^ Vestal, Theodore M. (2011). The Lion of Judah in the New World Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia and the Shaping of Americans' Attitudes Toward Africa. Westport: ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9780313386213.
  3. ^ Robles, Johana (March 27, 2009). "Cambian nombre a estaciones del Metro Etiopía y Viveros". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "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.
  9. ^ "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.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.