Popotla metro station

Metro Popotla is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Popotla neighborhood of the Miguel Hidalgo municipality of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, on the Calzada México-Tacuba.[2][3] In 2019 the station had an average ridership of 10,001 passengers per day, making it the least used station on Line 2.[1]

Popotla
STC rapid transit
Station entrance sign, 22 December 2006
LocationCalzada México-Tacuba
Popotla, Miguel Hidalgo
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°27′08″N 99°10′29″W
Platforms2 side platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened14 September 1970
Passengers
20193,650,212 [1]  0.8%
Rank154/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Cuitláhuac
toward Cuatro Caminos
 Line 2 Colegio Militar
toward Tasqueña
Location
Popotla
Location within Mexico City Central

Name and pictogram

The name of the station comes from the neighborhood it serves: Popotla. The logo depicts an ahuehuete tree, referring to the Árbol de la Noche Triste – the "tree of the sad night" – where Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés stopped his retreat from Tenochtitlán and cried after being defeated by Cuitláhuac in the Battle of Noche Triste.[2][3] The actual tree survived until the 20th century, when it was destroyed by a fire. There is a commemorative plaque on the site where the tree used to be.

General information

The station was opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.[4] Metro Popotla serves the neighborhood of the same name.

From 23 April to 24 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[5][6]

Ridership
Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % Change Ref.
20193,650,21210,001154/195–0.80%[1]
20183,679,69310,081153/195–[7]

Nearby
  • Universidad del Ejército y Fuerza Aérea, university of the army and the air force.

Entrances
  • North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Callejón de la Zanja, Popotla
  • North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Colegio Militar street, Popotla

See also

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  2. "Popotla" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Popotla » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 16 August 2011.
  4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  5. "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  6. 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.
  7. "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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