Tepalcates metro station

Tepalcates is a station on the Line A of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Iztapalapa municipality, to the east of downtown Mexico City.[2] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 19,326 passengers per day.[1]

Tepalcates
STC rapid transit
Platform of Tepalcates
LocationIztapalapa
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°23′29″N 99°02′47″W
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Tepalcates
Construction
Structure typeSurface
History
Opened12 August 1991
Passengers
20197,054,067[1]  11.7%
Rank92/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Canal de San Juan
toward Pantitlán
 Line A Guelatao
toward La Paz
Location
Tepalcates
Location within Mexico City

Name and pictogram

The station takes its name from the nearby estate Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates. The name has its roots in the Nahuatl word "teplacatl" used to refer to any pot or vessel made out of clay or mud. The pictogram depicts the side view of a pre-Hispanic pottery bowl of the types made in Puebla and Tlaxcala.[2]

General information

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

Metro Tepalcates connects with the bus rapid transit stop of the same name of the Mexico City Metrobús Line 2; this stop is the eastern terminus of Line 2.

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. Due to the design of the station, it has an island platform where passengers can take trains in both eastbound and westbound directions.

Ridership
Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % Change Ref.
20197,054,06719,32692/195+11.71%[1]
20186,314,51017,300104/195–[5]

Exits
  • North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and General Baca Calderón street, Colonia Juan Escutia
  • South: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Avenida Telecomunicaciones, Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates

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

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  2. "Tepalcates" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Tepalcates » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  5. "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.
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