Aculco metro station

Metro Aculco is a station along Line 8 of the metro of Mexico City.[2][3][4] It is located under the bridge where the Trabajadoras Sociales (Eje 6 Sur) passes over the Eje 3 Ote in the Colonia Pueblo Aculco neighborhood if the Iztapalapa borough of Mexico City.[2] The station's logo is a water wave in a canal.[2] In Nahuatl it means "where the water twists".[2] The name is also the name of the Aculco municipio in the State of Mexico.[2]

Aculco
STC rapid transit
Location	Mexico
Coordinates	19.374069°N 99.108095°W
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Aculco
Construction
Structure type	Surface
History
Opened	20 July 1994
Passengers
2018	3,523,188[1]
Rank	156/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station Apatlaco toward Garibaldi / Lagunilla Line 8 Escuadrón 201 toward Constitución de 1917
Route map Garibaldi / Lagunilla Bellas Artes San Juan de Letrán Salto del Agua Doctores Obrera Chabacano La Viga Santa Anita Coyuya Iztacalco Apatlaco Aculco Escuadrón 201 Atlalilco Iztapalapa Cerro de la Estrella UAM-I Constitución de 1917
Location
Aculco Location within Mexico City

History

The station was opened on 20 July 1994.[5]

Metro service at the station was interrupted on 16 December 2006 after an accident in which a passenger fell onto the tracks.[6][7] On 24 July 2007 a boy was born to a passenger at the station.[8] On 26 September 2010 a Line 8 train operator was arrested and fired for drunk driving after an incident in which he opened the doors on the opposite side of the train from the Aculco station platform.[9][10]

From 23 April to 18 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[11][12]

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. "Aculco" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
3. Archambault, Richard. "Aculco » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 30 July 2011.
4. "ESTACIÓN ACULCO". Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
6. "Cae una persona a vias en la estacion Aculco del Metro". Retrieved 30 July 2011.
7. "Cae persona a vías en la estación Aculco del Metro". El Universal (in Spanish). 16 December 2006. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
8. "Nace bebé en estación del Metro Aculco". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 31 July 2011.
9. "Detienen a conductor del Metro por ebrio" (in Spanish). Noticieros Televisa. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 30 July 2011.
10. "Conductor del Metro Ebrio". Retrieved 31 July 2011.
11. "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
12. 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.