Metro Eduardo Molina

Metro Eduardo Molina (Spanish: Estación Eduardo Molina) is a station on Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is a surface station that lies within the median of Avenida Río Consulado.[2] It serves the Colonia Malinche and Colonia 20 de Noviembre neighborhoods of Mexico City.[2] The station was opened on 19 December 1981.[4]

Eduardo Molina
STC rapid transit
LocationMexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°27′05″N 99°06′20″W
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Río Consulado
Construction
Structure typeSurface
History
Opened19 December 1981
Traffic
Passengers (2018)2,561,895[1]
Rank175/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Consulado
toward Politécnico
 Line 5 Aragón
toward Pantitlán
Location
Eduardo Molina
Location within Mexico City

Its logo represents a part of the masterpiece El Agua, Origen de la Vida (The water, origin of life) by Diego Rivera.[2] It represents two hands taking water.[2][3] The station is named in honor of Eduardo Molina, an important engineer, who solved the problem of water scarcity in the 1960s in Mexico.[2]

From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[5][6]

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. "Eduardo Molina" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Eduardo Molina » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 4 August 2011.
  4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 4 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.
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