San Cosme metro station

San Cosme is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc municipality of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, on Avenue Ribera de San Cosme a few blocks before it becomes Calzada México-Tacuba.[2] The southern exit leads to Colonia San Rafael while the Northern one leads to Colonia Santa María la Ribera.[2] It is two blocks from the Mercado de San Cosme. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 22,892 passengers per day.[1]

San Cosme
STC rapid transit
LocationAvenida Ribera de San Cosme
Miguel Hidalgo
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°26′30″N 99°09′40″W
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened14 September 1970
Passengers
20198,355,454[1]  1.1%
Rank66/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Normal
toward Cuatro Caminos
 Line 2 Revolución
toward Tasqueña
Location
San Cosme
Location within Mexico City Central

Name and pictogram

The station name comes from the Ribera de San Cosme avenue, on which the station is located. The former name of the road was Calzada de San Cosme and a stream used to run along the way before the desiccation of Lake Texcoco, hence the name "ribera".[2][4]

The station pictogram depicts a balcony from the nearby colonial building known as La Casa de los Mascarones that currently houses the National Autonomous University of Mexico Foreign Languages School.[2][3]

General information

The station was opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.[5]

The station serves the Colonia San Rafael and Colonia Santa María la Ribera neighborhoods.

Ridership
Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % Change Ref.
20198,355,45422,89266/195+1.14%[1]
20188,261,41922,63472/195–[6]

Entrances
  • Detail of the Casa de los Mascarones balcony

See also

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  2. "San Cosme" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "San Cosme » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  4. "San Cosme" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  6. "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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