Tlaltenco metro station

Pictogram of Ciudad Azteca metro station. It features the silhouette of a brick gateway. Tlaltenco
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Picture of Tlaltenco's lobby, a mezzanine with access to the main island platform. The image features a hallway and an elevator shaft.
Mezzanine, 2012
General information
LocationCanal del Acalote
Tláhuac, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°17′40″N 99°01′27″W / 19.294380°N 99.024104°W / 19.294380; -99.024104
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 12 (Observatorio – Tláhuac)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened30 October 2012 (2012-10-30)
Key dates
12 March 2014 (2014-03-12)Temporarily closed
29 November 2015 (2015-11-29)Reopened
19 September 2017 (2017-09-19)Temporarily closed
30 October 2017 (2017-10-30)Reopened
23 April 2020 (2020-04-23)Temporarily closed
28 June 2020 (2020-06-28)Reopened
3 May 2021 (2021-05-03)Temporarily closed
30 January 2024 (2024-01-30)Reopened[1]
Passengers
20230[2] Steady 0%
Rank188/195[2]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Zapotitlán
toward Observatorio
 Line 12 Tláhuac
Terminus
Location
Tlaltenco is located in Mexico City urban area
Tlaltenco
Pictogram of Ciudad Azteca metro station. It features the silhouette of a brick gateway. Tlaltenco
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map

Tlaltenco metro station[a] is a Mexico City Metro station in Tláhuac, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform, served by Line 12 (the Golden Line), between Zapotitlán and Tláhuac metro stations. Tlaltenco metro station serves the town of San Francisco Tlaltenco, from which it receives its name. The station's pictogram features a stone gateway known as La Puerta (lit. transl. "the Gateway"). The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of the Mixcoac–Tláhuac service.

The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 3,492 passengers, making it the 192nd busiest station in the network and the least busy of the line. Since it was opened, Tlaltenco metro station has had multiple incidents, including a 20-month closure in 2014 due to structural faults found in the elevated section of the line, a closure caused by the 19 September 2017 earthquake, and the subsequent collapse of the track near Olivos station in 2021.

Location

Tlaltenco is a metro station along Canal del Acalote Avenue, in the Tláhuac borough, in southeastern Mexico City. The station serves San Francisco Tlaltenco [es], a town in the borough. Within the system, the station lies between Zapotitlán and Tláhuac metro stations.[4]

Exits

There are two exists:[4]

  • Northeast: Canal del Acalote Avenue and Victoria Street, San Francisco Tlaltenco.
  • Northwest: Canal del Acalote Avenue and Zacatenco Street, San Francisco Tlaltenco.

History and construction

Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA, in association with Alstom Mexicana and Grupo Carso.[5] Tlaltenco and Tláhuac stations were built at grade, and the track goes from the street level to the overground level between the Tlaltenco–Zapotitlán interstation;[6] the Tlaltenco–Tláhuac section is 1,298 meters (4,259 ft) long, while the Tlaltenco–Zapotitlán stretch measures 1,115 meters (3,658 ft).[7]

The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of the Mixcoac–Tláhuac service.[8] The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates.[9] The pictogram represents a stone gateway located in the town.[4] Known as La Puerta de Tlaltenco (lit. transl. Tlaltenco's Gateway), the landmark was formerly used as a customs point to control the transit of goods.[3]

Incidents

Since 2010, the Superior Auditor of the Federation has audited Line 12 several times and has reported several faults – like cracks and detachments – along the line, including some inside Tlaltenco metro station and at the Tlaltenco–Tláhuac interstation.[10][11]

From 12 March 2014[12] to 29 November 2015,[13] Tlaltenco was closed due to technical and structural faults in the stretch Atlalilco–Tláhuac.[14][15] On 28 August 2017, a passenger jumped to the tracks and survived. He was in a state of intoxication and was fined $400,000 pesos.[16][17] After the 19 September 2017 earthquake damaged Line 12 tracks, Tlaltenco remained closed until 30 October 2017.[18][19] The earthquake derailed a train in the Tlaltenco–Zapotitlán overpass.[20] From 23 April to 28 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[21][22] On 3 May 2021, Tlaltenco metro station was closed after a portion of Line 12's elevated railway collapsed near Olivos station.[23]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities, the Tlaltenco metro station has been one of the least busy stations of the system's 195 stations. Except for the years when the station was closed for several months, commuters have averaged per year between 2,100 and 3,500 daily entrances. In 2019, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 1,274,784 passengers,[24] which was an increase of 155,870 passengers compared to 2018.[25] In the same year, Tlaltenco was the 192nd busiest of the system and it was the least used of the line.[24]

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
2023 0 0 188/195 NA [2]
2022 0 0 176/195 −100.00% [26]
2021 301,594 826 195/195 −61.05% [27]
2020 774,267 2,115 192/195 −39.26% [28]
2019 1,274,784 3,492 192/195 +13.93% [24]
2018 1,118,914 3,065 193/195 +24.49% [25]
2017 898,824 2,462 193/195 +3.93% [29]
2016 864,854 2,362 194/195 +1,165.65% [30]
2015 68,333 187 195/195 −54.04% [31]
2014 148,671 407 195/195 −81.02% [32]
  • View of a pedestrian bridge with two sets of staircases located each on the opposite side of the street. Also, there is an elevator shaft next to one of those stairs.
    View of the entrance in 2012
  • A stone gateway, eroded and graffitied. Several plants and bushes surround it.
    Tlaltenco's pictogram is based on the Tlaltenco's gateway

Notes

  1. ^ Estación del Metro Tlaltenco. Spanish pronunciation: [tlalˈteŋko] ⓘ. The etymology comes from the Nahuatl language, "on the edge of the ground" or "on the edge of the hills".[3]

References

  1. ^ "Reapertura de la Línea 12 del Metro: ¿Qué estaciones abren, cuándo y a qué hora?". El Financiero (in Spanish). 28 January 2024. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b "San Francisco Tlaltenco" (in Spanish). Government of Tláhuac. Archived from the original on 8 October 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Tlaltenco" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 16 November 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  5. ^ "¿Quién construyó la línea 12 del Metro?" [Who built Line 12?]. Expansión (in Spanish). 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. ^ "La Ingeniería Civil en la línea 12 del metro de la Ciudad de México" [The Civil Engineering of Mexico City's Metro Line 12]. Vector (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 September 2019.
  7. ^ "Longitud de estación a estación por línea" [Station-to-station length per line] (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Que no se te vaya el tren" [Don't let the train go]. Chilango (in Spanish). 30 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  9. ^ "12 datos de la 'La línea dorada' del Metro inaugurada este martes" [12 facts about Metro's 'Golden line' inaugurated this Tuesday] (in Spanish). Aristegui Noticias. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  10. ^ Velázquez, Alma Sofía (5 May 2021). "ASF detectó 11 mil fallas en Línea 12 del Metro" [ASF detected 11 thousand faults on Metro's Line 12]. Noticieros Televisa. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  11. ^ Robles de la Rosa, Leticia (5 May 2021). "Se han detectado 11 mil fallas en Metro Línea 12" [11 thousand faults on Metro Line 12 were detected]. Excélsior (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 7 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Línea 12 del metro cierra 12 estaciones por seis meses" [Metro Line 12 closes 12 stations for six months]. Animal Político (in Spanish). 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  13. ^ Rodea, Felipe (29 November 2015). "Mancera reabre Línea 12 del Metro" [Mancera reopens Metro's Line 12]. El Financiero (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  14. ^ "Caos en primer día de cierre en 12 estaciones de la Línea Dorada del Metro" [Chaos on the first day of closure of 12 stations in the Metro's Golden Line]. Proceso (in Spanish). Mexico City. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  15. ^ "¿Por qué el GDF cerró la Línea 12 del Metro?" [Why the Mexico City Government closed Metro Line 12] (in Spanish). Aristegui Noticias. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Hombre se arroja a las vías del Metro de estación de L12" [Man jumps onto Metro's tracks in Line 12]. Milenio (in Spanish). Mexico City. 27 August 2017. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  17. ^ "Joven se lanza a las vías del metro Tlaltenco y lo multan" [Young man jumps onto Tlaltenco metro station's tracks and is fined] (in Spanish). Regeneración.mx. 27 August 2017. Archived from the original on 7 September 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  18. ^ "Cuatro estaciones de L12 del Metro permanecerán cerradas durante 4 semanas" [Four Metro L12 stations will remain closed for 4 weeks] (in Spanish). Noticieros Televisa. 24 September 2017. Archived from the original on 14 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  19. ^ "Metro reabre tramo dañado de Línea 12" [Metro reopens the damaged section of Line 12]. El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  20. ^ Sarabia, Dalila (5 May 2021). "La columna 69 de la Línea 12, un riesgo desde el boceto que acabó en derrumbe" [Column 69 of Line 12, a risk from the sketch that ended in collapse]. Animal Político (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  21. ^ "Cierre temporal de estaciones" [Temporal closure of stations] (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  22. ^ Hernández, Eduardo (13 June 2020). "Coronavirus. Este es el plan para reabrir estaciones del Metro, Metrobús y Tren ligero" [Coronavirus. This is the plan to reopen Metro, Metrobús and Light Rail stations]. El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  23. ^ "Cierran toda la Línea 12 del Metro; RTP brindará servicio de apoyo" [All Metro Line 12 is closed; RTP will provide back-up service]. Chilango (in Spanish). 4 May 2021. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  24. ^ a b c "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  25. ^ a b "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.
  26. ^ "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.
  27. ^ "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.
  28. ^ "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.
  29. ^ "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.
  30. ^ "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.
  31. ^ "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.
  32. ^ "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.