Plaza Aragón metro station[a] is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the colonias (neighborhoods) of Ignacio Allende and Valle de Santiago, 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 Ciudad Azteca and Olímpica stations. The name of the station references colloquially the nearby Multiplaza Aragón shopping center; its pictogram depicts a representation of a stand of pots from a tianguis, an open-air market. The station was opened on 30 November 2000, on the first day of service between Ciudad Azteca and Buenavista metro stations. The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates. In 2019, Plaza Aragón metro station had an average daily ridership of 19,721 passengers, making it the tenth-most used on the line.
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| Location | Carlos Hank González Avenue Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico Mexico | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°31′42″N 99°01′48″W / 19.528447°N 99.030118°W | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Government of Mexico City | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) | ||||||||||
| Line(s) |  (Ciudad Azteca – Buenavista) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Status | In service | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 30 November 2000 | ||||||||||
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| 2023 | 5,922,318[1]  5.78% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 77/195 | ||||||||||
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Location
editPlaza Aragón 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 colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Ignacio Allende and Valle de Santiago. Within the system, the station lies between Ciudad Azteca and Olímpica metro stations.[2]
Exits
editThere are two exits:[2]
- North: Carlos Hank González Avenue and Ignacio Zaragoza Street, Ignacio Allende.
- South: Carlos Hank González Avenue and Cegor Avenue, Valle de Santiago.
History and construction
editLine B of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA;[3] Plaza Aragón 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 Plaza Aragón–Ciudad Azteca section is 574 meters (1,883 ft) long, while the opposite section towards Olímpica metro station measures 709 meters (2,326 ft).[5] The station is accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, 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] The station's pictogram features the silhouette of a stand of pots from a tianguis, an open-air market;[2] the name references the colloquial denomination for the Multiplaza Aragón shopping center, Mexico's busiest shopping mall as of 2018.[7]
Ridership
editAccording 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 19,300 and 20,600 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station ridership was 7,198,356 passengers in 2019,[8] which was a decrease of 229,729 passengers compared to 2018.[9] Also in 2019, Plaza Aragón metro station was the 90th busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's tenth-most used.[8]
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| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2023 | 5,922,318 | 16,225 | 77/195 | +5.78% | [1] |
| 2022 | 5,598,573 | 15,338 | 72/195 | +26.87% | [1] |
| 2021 | 4,412,715 | 12,089 | 65/195 | −6.39% | [10] |
| 2020 | 4,713,938 | 12,876 | 67/195 | −34.51% | [11] |
| 2019 | 7,198,356 | 19,721 | 90/195 | −3.09% | [8] |
| 2018 | 7,428,085 | 20,350 | 88/195 | +5.11% | [9] |
| 2017 | 7,067,177 | 19,362 | 90/195 | −5.98% | [12] |
| 2016 | 7,516,552 | 20,537 | 88/195 | +1.78% | [13] |
| 2015 | 7,384,811 | 20,232 | 86/195 | −1.05% | [14] |
| 2014 | 7,463,033 | 20,446 | 87/195 | −7.31% | [15] |
Notes
edit- ^ Estación del Metro Plaza Aragón. Mexican Spanish pronunciation: [ˈplasa (a)ɾaˈɣon] . The name of the station literally means "Aragon Plaza" in Spanish.
References
edit- ^ a b c "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.
- ^ a b c d "Plaza Aragón" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ventura, Pamela (31 January 2019). "Los 5 malls más visitados en CDMX en 2018" [The 5 most visited malls in Mexico City in 2018]. El Financiero (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
External links
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