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Viaducto
Viaducto
STC rapid transit
	View of Metro Viaducto from Calzada de Tlalpan
General information
Location	Calzada de Tlalpan; Mexico City; Mexico
Coordinates	19°24′03″N 99°08′13″W / 19.400808°N 99.136891°W
Line(s)	(Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	No
History
Opened	1 August 1970
Passengers
2023	4,290,859 0.52%
Rank	108/195
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Viaducto is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.^[2]^[3] It is located in the border of Benito Juárez and Iztacalco boroughs of Mexico City, south of the city centre on Calzada de Tlalpan.^[2] 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.^[2]^[3]^[4] The station was opened on 1 August 1970.^[5]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	4,290,859	11,755	108/195	−0.52%	^[1]
2022	4,313,392	11,817	100/195	+31.21%	^[1]
2021	3,287,377	9,006	97/195	−22.77%	^[6]
2020	4,256,619	11,630	84/195	−43.58%	^[7]
2019	7,543,940	20,668	85/195	−2.20%	^[8]
2018	7,713,645	21,133	85/195	+1.61%	^[9]
2017	7,591,103	20,797	84/195	−0.08%	^[10]
2016	7,597,169	20,757	87/195	−1.48%	^[11]
2015	7,711,654	21,127	83/195	−2.43%	^[12]
2014	7,903,530	21,653	79/195	−8.06%	^[13]

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.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]

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

References

^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Viaducto" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ ^a ^b Archambault, Richard (2011-03-07). "Viaducto » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ Legorreta, Jorge (16 October 2002). "Viaducto y Periférico, creaciones urbanísticas de Carlos Contreras". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 July 2011.
^ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ Tiempo Real magazine (September 18, 2012). "El Metro de la Ciudad de México, como escenario de eventos trágicos, y muy trágicos". Sin Embargo. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
^ "La tragedia olvidada" (in Spanish). El Universal. Archived from the original on June 4, 2014. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
^ González, Juan Pablo (December 30, 2010). "Escenas impactantes en el Metro capitalino". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2014.
^ Gutiérrez Rodríguez, Claudia Jazmín; et al. (September 28, 2013). ""CRÓNICA": El Metro del DF; 44 años de su nacimiento, 38 años de la tragedia que "nunca" existió" (in Spanish). Klika. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014.