Hangares metro station

Hangares (Spanish pronunciation ; Spanish for "Hangars"[2]) is a Mexico City Metro station in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms, served by Line 5 (the Yellow line), between Terminal Aérea and Pantitlán stations. Hangares station serves the colonia Federal, located next to the Mexico City International Airport. The station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of then Consulado–Pantitlán service. The station's pictogram features a biplane inside a hangar.

Hangares
STC rapid transit
Station sign, 2012
LocationFuerza Aérea Mexicana Avenue, Colonia Federal, Venustiano Carranza
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°25′27″N 99°05′15″W
Operated bySistema Transporte Colectivo Metro
Line(s)Line 5
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened19 December 1981
Passengers
20191,772,609[1]
Rank188/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Terminal Aérea
toward Politécnico
 Line 5 Pantitlán
Terminus
Location
Hangares
Location within Mexico City

Location

Hangares is a metro station located on Fuerza Aérea Mexicana Avenue, in the Venustiano Carranza borough, in eastern Mexico City, that serves the colonia Federal. Within the system, the station lies between Terminal Aérea and Pantitlán stations.[3] The station is located near the Mexico City International Airport.[4]

Exits
  • North: Fuerza Aérea Mexicana Avenue, colonia Federal.[3]
  • South: Correos y Telégrafos and Asistencia Pública streets, colonia Federal.[3]

Landmarks

A pedestrian bridge nicknamed "MacPuente" is near the station. People use it as an improvised observation deck to see the landing and take-off of airplanes.[5][6]

History and construction
View of the station logo

Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Grupo ICA,[7] and its first section was opened on 19 December 1981, operating from Pantitlán to Consulado stations.[8] Hangares is an underground station[9] whose station's pictogram features a biplane inside a hangar.[3] For the Terminal Aérea–Hangares interstation tunnel, slurry walls were built using the Milan method,[7] and it is 1,153 m (3,782 ft) long.[10]

Incidents

After the 2015 Oceanía station train crash, Hangares station was temporarily closed for repairs.[11] From 1 to 16 March 2020, Terminal Aérea, Hangares, and Pantitlán stations were closed due to a leak of gasoline in a surface petrol station.[12] From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[13][14]

Ridership

In 2019, Hangares had an overall ridership of 1,772,609 passengers,[1] which was a decrease of 721,611 passengers compared to 2018.[15] In the same year, Hangares was the 188th busiest of the system's 195 stations, and the line's 12th busiest.[1]

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank Ref.
20191,772,6094,856188/195[1]
20181,894,2205,189186/195[15]
20171,850,3635,069186/195[16]
20161,804,1404,929186/195[17]
20151,877,5805,144177/195[18]
20141,784,6814,889178/195[19]
20131,864,8605,109187/195[20]
20121,902,5505,198172/195[21]
20112,073,4115,680169/175[22]
20101,624,7894,451165/175[23]

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  2. Un viaje al aeropuerto / A trip to the airport. United States Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. 1979. p. 32.
  3. "Hangares" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. López, Jonás (1 March 2020). "Cierran 3 estaciones de la Línea 5 del Metro por olor a gasolina" [Closed 3 stations of Metro's Line 5 due to gasoline odor]. Excélsior (in Spanish). Mexico City. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. Bialostozky, Héctor (28 August 2019). "MacPuente: el puente peatonal en el Aeropuerto que se usa como mirador de aviones" [MacPuente: the pedestrian bridge in the Airport that is used as aircraft observation deck] (in Spanish). Local.mx. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  6. De Anda, Tamara (14 December 2017). "Excéntrica CDMX – Vuela, vuela" [Eccentric Mexico City – Fly, fly] (in Spanish). máspormás. Archived from the original on 15 December 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  7. "Línea 5, Ciudad de México" [Line 5, Mexico City] (in Spanish). iNGENET Infraestructura. 20 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  8. "Baia, Baia, Tacubaya... Las estaciones del metro MÁS y MENOS utilizadas en CDMX" [Well, well... The MOST and LEAST used stations in Mexico City] (in Spanish). Nacion 321. 4 September 2019. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  9. "Hangares Metro Station (Mexico City, 1981)". Structurae.net. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  10. Gamez Rojas, Marlen (2010). "Análisis de riesgos de incendio en el Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro" [Analysis of fire risks in the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro] (PDF) (in Spanish). Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica. Instituto Politécnico Nacional. p. 27. Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 November 2020.
  11. Alarcón, Rodrigo (5 May 2015). "RTP brindará traslado gratuito de Pantitlán a Eduardo Molina" [Red de Transporte de Pasajeros will provide free service from Pantitlán to Eduardo Molina]. Excélsior. Archived from the original on 30 October 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2020.
  12. "Reabren estaciones de L5 del Metro cerradas por fuga de gasolina" [Reopened the Metro L5's stations closed by a gasoline leak]. Milenio (in Spanish). 17 March 2017. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  13. "Cierre temporal de estaciones" [Temporal closure of stations] (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  14. Hernández, Eduardo (13 June 2020). "Coronavirus. Este es el plan para reabrir estaciones del Metro, Metrobús y Tren ligero" [Coronavirus. This is the plan to reopen Metro, Metrobús and Light Rail stations]. El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  15. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  16. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  17. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  18. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  19. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  20. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2013" [Station traffic per line 2013] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2014. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  21. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2012" [Station traffic per line 2012] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  22. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2011" [Station traffic per line 2011] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2012. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  23. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2010" [Station traffic per line 2010] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2011. Archived from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

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