Insurgentes Sur metro station

Insurgentes Sur is a station on Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.[3] The station is located between Mixcoac and Hospital 20 de Noviembre. It was opened on 30 October 2012 as part of the first stretch of Line 12 between Mixcoac and Tláhuac.[3] It is built underground.

Not to be confused with Insurgentes metro station.
Insurgentes Sur
STC rapid transit
Station as of May 2018
LocationEje 7 Sur Félix Cuevas
Colonia del Valle, Benito Juárez
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19.373581°N 99.178762°W / 19.373581; -99.178762
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Félix Cuevas
Construction
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesYes
Disabled accessYes[1]
History
Opened30 October 2012
Passengers
201912,976,044[2]  6.5%
Rank25/195[2]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Mixcoac
Terminus
 Line 12 Hospital 20 de Noviembre
toward Tláhuac
Location
Insurgentes Sur
Location within Mexico City

General information

The station is located south of the city center, at the intersection between Avenida de los Insurgentes, Eje 7 Sur Extremadura, and Eje 7 Félix Cuevas, in the Benito Juárez borough. The station, thus, receives its name from being at the southern section of the Avenida de los Insurgentes.

The icon for the station depicts Miguel Hidalgo and José Morelos, two of the main rebel leaders during the Mexican War of Independence.[4]

The stations serves the following neighborhoods: Colonia del Valle, Tlacoquemecatl del Valle, Extremadura Insurgentes, and San José Insurgentes.

In the initial Line 12 plans, the station was to be named Extremadura, due to its location at the intersection of Avenida de los Insurgentes Sur and Eje 7 Sur, which receives the name of Félix Cuevas to the east of Avenida de los Insurgentes, and Extremadura to the west of the Insurgentes avenue.[5]

Ridership
Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % Change Ref.
201912,976,04435,55125/195+6.51%[2]
201812,182,84933,37831/195–[6]

Station layout
Street Level
B1 Mezzanine
Line 12 platforms Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ← toward Mixcoac (Mixcoac)
Eastbound → toward Tláhuac (Hospital 20 de Noviembre) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Nearby

Exits
  • Entrance to the station after its opening in 2012
  • Station platforms

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 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  3. Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Central America > Mexico > Ciudad de Mexico Metro". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
  4. "Insurgentes Sur". Sistema de Transporte Colectivo de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  5. Plan Maestro del Metro y Trenes Ligeros. Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. 1996. p. 90.
  6. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
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