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Múzquiz metro station

Coordinates: 19°30′06″N 99°02′31″W / 19.501629°N 99.042048°W / 19.501629; -99.042048
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Múzquiz
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Picture of a sign indicating one of the entrances to Múzquiz station.
Station sign, 2011
General information
LocationCarlos Hank González Avenue
Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico
Mexico
Coordinates19°30′06″N 99°02′31″W / 19.501629°N 99.042048°W / 19.501629; -99.042048
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line B (Ciudad Azteca – Buenavista)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessiblePartial
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened30 November 2000
Passengers
20229,077,067[1] Decrease 4.41%
Rank33/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Ecatepec
toward Ciudad Azteca
 Line B Río de los Remedios
toward Buenavista
Location
Múzquiz is located in Mexico City urban area
Múzquiz
Múzquiz
Location within Greater Mexico City
Map
Area map

Múzquiz metro station[a] is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the colonia (neighborhood) of Valle de Aragón 3a. Sección, in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, in the metropolitan area of Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform served by Line B (the Green-and-Gray Line), between Ecatepec and Río de los Remedios stations. The name of the station references the nearby colonia of Melchor Múzquiz, which in turn was named after Melchor de Eca y Múzquiz, the fifth president of Mexico; its pictogram depicts a representation of his bust. The station was opened on 30 November 2000, on the first day of service between Ciudad Azteca and Buenavista stations. The facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are tactile pavings and braille signage plates. In 2019, Múzquiz metro station had an average daily ridership of 30,812 passengers, making it the third-most used on the line.

Location

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An at-grade station along an avenue and partly below an overpass.
Múzquiz station lies along the intersection of the avenues Carlos Hank González (below) and Valle del Guadiana (the overpass).

Múzquiz is a metro station along Carlos Hank González Avenue (also known as Central Avenue), in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, a municipality bordering Mexico City. The station serves the colonia (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhood") of Valle de Aragón 3a. Sección. Within the system, the station lies between Ecatepec and Río de los Remedios stations.[2]

Exits

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There are four exits:[2]

  • North: Carlos Hank González Avenue and Valle del Guadiana Avenue, Valle de Aragón 3a. Sección.
  • Northeast: Carlos Hank González Avenue and Valle del Henares Avenue, Valle de Aragón 3a. Sección.
  • South: Carlos Hank González Avenue and Valle del Guadiana Avenue, Valle de Aragón 3a. Sección.
  • Southeast: Carlos Hank González Avenue and Valle del Guadiana Avenue, Valle de Aragón 3a. Sección.

History and construction

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Line B of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA;[3] Múzquiz metro station opened on 30 November 2000, on the first day of the Ciudad Azteca–Buenavista service.[4] The station was built at-grade level;[3] the Múzquiz–Ecatepec section is 1,485 meters (4,872 ft) long, while the opposite section towards Río de los Remedios metro station measures 1,155 meters (3,789 ft).[5] The station is partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are tactile pavings and braille signage plates.[2] The pedestrian bridges that connect the access to the station are adapted for bicycles as a bicycle lane was built in 2015 on the adjacent median strip.[6][7] The station's pictogram features the silhouette of a portrait of Melchor de Eca y Múzquiz, the fifth president of Mexico, and is named after him because of the nearby colonia of Melchor Múzquiz.[2]

Ridership

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According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, and before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 30,200 and 34,800 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 11,246,650 passengers in 2019,[8] which was an increase of 42,414 passengers compared to 2018.[9] Also in 2019, Múzquiz metro station was the 39th busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's third-most used, after Buenavista and Ciudad Azteca stations.[8]

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
2023 8,676,623 23,771 33/195 −4.41% [1]
2022 9,077,067 24,868 23/195 +26.02% [1]
2021 7,202,836 19,733 24/195 +54.55% [10]
2020 4,660,458 12,733 70/195 −58.56% [11]
2019 11,246,650 30,812 39/195 +0.38% [8]
2018 11,204,236 30,696 39/195 +1.50% [9]
2017 11,039,075 30,244 41/195 −7.85% [12]
2016 11,979,577 32,731 35/195 −0.10% [13]
2015 11,991,588 32,853 34/195 −0.72% [14]
2014 12,078,962 33,093 34/195 −5.02% [15]

Notes

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  1. ^ Estación del Metro Múzquiz. Mexican Spanish pronunciation: ['mus.kis] ⓘ.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Afluencia de estación por línea 2023" [Station traffic per line 2023] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Múzquiz" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 18 July 2022. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Línea B, Ciudad de México" [Line B, Mexico City] (in Spanish). iNGENET Infraestructura. 20 July 2009. Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  4. ^ Grajeada, Ella (27 November 2000). "Abrirán en tres días la línea 'B'". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 21 May 2021. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Longitud de estación a estación por línea" [Station-to-station length per line] (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Accede con tu bici y recorre la ciclopista de la Línea B del Metro" [Access with your bike and ride along the Metro Line B bike lane]. El Sol de México (in Spanish). Notimex. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  7. ^ Sánchez, Aurelio (13 October 2021). "La Ciclopista Ecatepec-Nezahualcóyotl, en Avenida Central, se encuentra abandonada" [The Ecatepec-Nezahualcóyotl bicycle lane on Central Avenue is abandoned]. La Prensa (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  8. ^ a b c "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.
  9. ^ a b "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.
  10. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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.
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