Culhuacán metro station

Culhuacán is a station on Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.[3] The station is located between Atlalilco and San Andrés Tomatlán. It was opened on 30 October 2012 as a part of the first stretch of Line 12 between Mixcoac and Tláhuac.[3]

Culhuacán
STC rapid transit
The platforms
Coordinates19.337001°N 99.108990°W / 19.337001; -99.108990
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Disabled accessyes[1]
History
Opened30 October 2012
Passengers
20185,277,511[2]
Rank124/195[2]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Atlalilco
toward Mixcoac
 Line 12 San Andrés Tomatlán
toward Tláhuac
Location
Culhuacán
Location within Mexico City

The station is located south of the city center, at the intersection between Avenida Tlahuac and Calzada Taxqueña. It is above the ground.

The station is named after the pueblo of Culhuacán, which was an important prehispanic city and is now a designated "Barrio Mágico" within the borough of Iztapalapa. The station's icon depicts the Aztec glyph for Culhuacán.[4]

References
  1. "12 datos de la 'La línea dorada' del Metro inaugurada este martes" (in Spanish). Aristegui Noticias. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. "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.
  3. Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Central America > Mexico > Ciudad de Mexico Metro". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. "Culhuacán". Sistema de Transporte Colectivo de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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