Agrícola Oriental metro station

Metro Agrícola Oriental is a metro station on Line A of the Mexico City Metro system.[2][3] It is located in the Iztacalco municipality. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 11,317 passengers per day, making it the least used station in Line A.[1]

Agrícola Oriental
STC rapid transit
LocationCalzada Ignacio Zaragoza
Agrícola Oriental, Iztacalco
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°24′17″N 99°04′12″W
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeSurface
History
Opened12 August 1991
Passengers
20194,130,829[1]  5%
Rank146/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Pantitlán
Terminus
 Line A Canal de San Juan
toward La Paz
Location
Agrícola Oriental
Location within Mexico City

Name and pictogram

The station is named for the neighborhood it lies on: the colonia Agrícola Oriental, a mixed use neighborhood in eastern Mexico City. The name "agrícola" translates to agricultural; therefore, the station's pictogram depicts two spikes of wheat.[2]

General information

The station opened on 12 August 1991 along with the other stations on Line A.[4]

As every Line A station, except for Pantitlán, it is an at grade station in the median of Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza with the entrances on both sides of the road connecting to the station through two pedestrian bridges. The station is near the intersection of Calle 1 in Colonia Agrícola Oriental of Iztacalco borough.[2] It lies to the east of the Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez.[5]

From 23 April to 25 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[6][7]

Ridership
Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % Change Ref.
20194,130,82911,317146/195+5.01%[1]
20183,933,65210,777149/195–[8]

Exits
  • North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Calle 1, Colonia Agrícola Oriental
  • South: Eje 5 Oriente Avenida Central and Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, Colonia Agrícola Oriental

Station layout
G Street Level Exits/Entrances
G
Platforms		 Westbound ← toward Pantitlán (Pantitlán)
Island platform, doors will open on the left
Eastbound → toward La Paz (Canal de San Juan)→
  • Entry sign

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. "Agrícola Oriental" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Agrícola Oriental » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  4. Janberg, Nicolas. "Agrícola Oriental Metro Station (1991) - Structurae". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  5. "Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  6. "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  7. Hernández, Eduardo (13 June 2020). "Coronavirus. Este es el plan para reabrir estaciones del Metro, Metrobús y Tren ligero". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.