Velódromo metro station

Velódromo (Spanish: Estación Velódromo) is a metro station located on Line 9 of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is named after the nearby Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome, or bicycle-racing venue, built for the 1968 Summer Olympics that were held in Mexico City.[2]

Velódromo
STC rapid transit
Eastbound platform, 30 August 2008
LocationMexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°24′31″N 99°06′11″W
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened26 August 1987
Passengers
20183,253,838[1]
Rank158/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Mixiuhca
toward Tacubaya
 Line 9 Ciudad Deportiva
toward Pantitlán
Location
Velódromo
Location within Mexico City

Velódromo is an elevated station[4] built at the portion of Line 9 that branches away from Viaducto Río de La Piedad to follow Eje 3 Sur (Avenida Morelos) when travelling west toward Metro Tacubaya. The station opened on 26 August 1987.[4] The logo for the station shows the silhouette of a bicycle racer.[2] It serves the Colonia Jardín Balbuena and the Granjas México neighborhoods.[2]

Local bus service to the station includes trolleybus line S of STE, which runs west to Metro Chapultepec along the arterial thoroughfares known as Eje 2 Sur and Eje 2A Sur and is one of two high-frequency trolleybus lines that STE calls "Zero-Emissions Corridors".[5]

From 23 April to 15 May 2020,[6] the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[7]

Nearby

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Velódromo" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Velódromo » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  4. Janberg, Nicolas. "Velódromo Metro Station (1987) - Structurae". Retrieved 18 July 2011.
  5. Trolleybus Magazine No. 296 (March–April 2011), p. 42. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
  6. Hernández, Eduardo (15 May 2020). "Reabren mañana estaciones Velódromo y Ciudad Deportiva del Metro". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  7. "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
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