Metro Mixcoac

Metro Mixcoac is a station on Line 7 and Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.[3] The station serves both lines as a transfer station and as the northwestern terminus of Line 12.[3] In 2019, the station had an average total ridership of 54,963 passengers per day.[2]

Mixcoac
STC rapid transit
The platforms for Line 12 just after opening in 2012.
LocationAvenida Revolución / Av. Extremadura
Benito Juárez, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19.375891°N 99.187531°W / 19.375891; -99.187531
Platforms4 side platforms
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels2
Parkingno
Bicycle facilitiesyes
Disabled accessyes[1]
History
Opened 19 December 1985
30 October 2012
Traffic
Passengers (2019) 8,073,781[2]
5,956,326[2]
Rank 74/195[2]
111/195[2]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
San Antonio
toward El Rosario
 Line 7 Barranca del Muerto
Terminus
Terminus Line 12 Insurgentes Sur
toward Tláhuac
Location
Mixcoac
Location within Mexico City

Name and pictogram

The station is named after the neighborhood of Mixcoac, where it is located. The station pictogram depicts a snake because the Nahuatl name Mixcoac means "Nest of Cloud Serpents".[4][5]

General information

The station runs deep under Avenida Revolución, a main thoroughfare in Mexico City.[4][5] It serves the Mixcoac area of the city.[4] There are two main entrances to the station: one in the west sidewalk of the aforementioned avenue and the other in a small plaza between Avenida Revolución, Avenida Patriotismo, Eje 7 Sur Extremadura and Calle Empresa.

Metro Mixcoac serves the following neighborhoods: Santa María Nonoalco, Mixcoac, San Juan and Insurgentes Mixcoac.

History

The station opened on 19 December 1985 as part of the third stage of Line 7.[6]

In 2012, with the inauguration of Line 12, Mixcoac became a transfer station, as well as the temporary terminus of the mentioned line.

An extension of Line 12 from Mixcoac to Observatorio is under construction, projected to be finished by 2020. By that time, Mixcoac will no longer work as the western terminus of Line 12.[7]

Metro Museum

Mixcoac station houses the Museo del Metro (Metro Museum), a museum dedicated to the history and culture of the Mexico City Metro.[8]

The museum has seven rooms, each one with specific items including: whiteprints, floor plans and technical drawings from the construction of the metro, a collection of photos, metro tickets from different periods and archeological objects that have been found during the excavations to build the twelve metro lines.

Exits

Line 7
  • East: Av. Revolución between Extremadura street and Empresa street, Mixcoac
  • West: Av. Revolución between Andrea del Sarto street and Benvenuto Cellini street, Col. Santa María Nonoalco

Line 12
  • Entrance to the Museo del Metro
  • Entry sign for Metro Mixcoac

References
  1. "12 datos de la 'La línea dorada' del Metro inaugurada este martes" (in Spanish). Aristegui Noticias. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Central America > Mexico > Ciudad de Mexico Metro". Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  4. "Mixcoac" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  5. Archambault, Richard. "Mixcoac » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  6. Schwandl, Robert. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 1 August 2011.
  7. "Ampliarán Línea 12 del Metro del DF". Sipse (in Spanish). February 14, 2013. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  8. "Museo del Metro" (in Spanish). Metro CDMX.
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