Potrero metro station[a] is a station of the Mexico City Metro built along Insurgentes Norte Avenue in the colonias (neighborhoods) of Capultitlan and Guadalupe Insurgentes, in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform served by Line 3 (the Olive Line) between Deportivo 18 de Marzo and La Raza stations. The station and its surrounding area are named this way because there used to be a hippodrome during the Porfiriato era (1876–1911) and its pictogram features the silhouette of a head of a horse behind a fence. The station was opened on 1 December 1979, on the first day of service between Indios Verdes and Hospital General metro stations.
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Location | Insurgentes Norte Avenue Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°28′37″N 99°07′56″W / 19.47691°N 99.132171°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Government of Mexico City | ||||||||||
Operated by | Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) | ||||||||||
Line(s) | (Indios Verdes – Universidad) | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Accessible | Partial | ||||||||||
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Status | In service | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 December 1979 | ||||||||||
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2023 | 4,565,663[1] 6.41% | ||||||||||
Rank | 103/195[1] | ||||||||||
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In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 17,308 passengers, making it the 106th busiest station in the network and the third-least used in the line. The facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as it is equipped with access ramps.
Location and layout
editPotrero is a metro station located along Insurgentes Norte Avenue, in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City.[2] The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhood") of Capultitlan and Guadalupe Insurgentes. Within the system, it is found between Deportivo 18 de Marzo and La Raza stations.[2]
Potrero metro station is serviced by a transport hub called Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM),[3] whose size is 6,614 square meters (71,190 sq ft).[4] From there, commuters can ride different routes and transport methods, including Routes 25 and 104 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP) system and Route 15-C of the public bus system.[5][6] It is serviced by Line 1 of the Metrobús service at Potrero bus station.[7]
Exits
editThere are four exits:[2]
- Northeast: Insurgentes Norte Avenue and Victoria Avenue, Guadalupe Insurgentes.
- Northwest: Insurgentes Norte Avenue and Poniente 116, Capultitlan.
- Southeast: Insurgentes Norte Avenue and Excélsior Street, Guadalupe Insurgentes.
- Northwest: Insurgentes Norte Avenue and Poniente 112, Capultitlan.
History and construction
editLine 3 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro, and Cometro, the latter a subsidiary of Empresas ICA;[8] Potrero metro station opened on 1 December 1979, on the first day of the Indios Verdes–Hospital General service.[9] The station was built at grade level. The Potrero–La Raza stretch goes from the street level to the underground one[10] and its length is 1,106 meters (3,629 ft). Northbound, the Deportivo 18 de Marzo–Potrero section is 966 m (3,169 ft) long.[11] Horse, mammoth, fish and bird remains were found during its construction.[12]
Potrero station has a partially disabled-accessible service with access ramps.[2] The station's pictogram features the silhouette of a head of a horse behind a fence. The station and its surrounding area are named this way because there used to be a hippodrome during the Porfiriato era (1876–1911; Ex Hipódromo de Peralvillo in modern times); its paddocks were found in its northern zone.[2]
Incidents
editOn 14 December 2018, a private vehicle crashed into the Insurgentes Norte and Victoria entrance's walls after it was impacted by a public bus with no injuries reported.[13] On 19 July 2021, a man was stabbed and killed in the CETRAM's corridors in an apparent robbery.[14] On 7 January 2023, two trains crashed inside the Potrero–La Raza interstation tunnel while both were going toward Indios Verdes metro station; one person was killed and 106 resulted injured.[15]
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 17,100 and 21,700 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 6,317,545 passengers in 2019,[16] which was an increase of 48,482 passengers compared to 2018.[17] Also in 2019, Potrero metro station was the 106th busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's third-least used.[16]
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Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
2023 | 4,565,663 | 12,508 | 103/195 | +6.41% | [1] |
2022 | 4,290,556 | 11,754 | 101/195 | +43.08% | [1] |
2021 | 2,998,686 | 8,215 | 108/195 | −17.00% | [18] |
2020 | 3,612,909 | 9,871 | 103/195 | −42.81% | [19] |
2019 | 6,317,545 | 17,308 | 106/195 | +0.77% | [16] |
2018 | 6,269,063 | 17,175 | 106/195 | −2.37% | [17] |
2017 | 6,421,265 | 17,592 | 104/195 | −8.06% | [20] |
2016 | 6,984,359 | 19,082 | 93/195 | −5.42% | [21] |
2015 | 7,384,471 | 20,231 | 87/195 | +2.79% | [22] |
2014 | 7,184,004 | 19,682 | 92/195 | −9.20% | [23] |
Notes
edit- ^ Estación del Metro Potrero. Spanish pronunciation: [poˈtɾeɾo] . The name of the station literally means "Paddlock" in Spanish.
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c d e "Potrero" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
- ^ Romero Sánchez, Gabriela; González Alvarado, Rocío (28 August 2016). "Busca gobierno convertir paradero de Indios Verdes en un Cetram" [Government aims to convert Indios Verdes bus stop into a CETRAM]. La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ Domínguez Prieto, Olivia (2010). Trovadores posmodernos: músicos en el Sistema de Transporte Colectivo metro (in Spanish). National Autonomous University of Mexico. p. 83. ISBN 978-607-02-1451-6.
- ^ "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Red de corredores" [Route network] (in Spanish). Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Línea 1: significado de estaciones" [Line 1: meaning of stations] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Archived from the original on 10 September 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "Línea 3, Ciudad de México" [Line 3, Mexico City] (in Spanish). iNGENET Infraestructura. 20 July 2009. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
- ^ Transporte: Seis años de esfuerzo conjunto (in Spanish). Vol. I. Government of the Federal District Department. 1987. p. 17. Archived from the original on 29 October 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
- ^ Mora, Karla (10 July 2019). "Por mantenimiento, cerrarán 4 estaciones de la Línea 3 del Metro" [4 metro stations on Line 3 will be closed for maintenance]. La Razón (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
- ^ "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 Vázquez, Ma. de Jesús; Mena Cruz, Alberto; Carballal Staedtler, Margarita (2010). "Investigación Arqueológica en la Construcción del Metro" [Archaeological Research in the Construction of the Metro] (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Automovilista destruye entrada de la estación del Metro Potrero (VIDEO)" [Motorist destroys entrance of Potrero metro station (VIDEO)]. Reporte Índigo (in Spanish). 14 December 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ "Asesinan a hombre afuera de la estación del Metro Potrero; no hay detenidos" [Man murdered outside Potrero metro station; there are no detainees]. Reporte Índigo (in Spanish). 19 July 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
- ^ Ferri, Pablo (8 January 2022). "El Gobierno de Ciudad de México eleva el número de heridos del accidente del metro a 106" [Mexico City government raises number of injured in subway accident to 106]. El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
- ^ 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. 2022. 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
edit- Media related to Potrero (station) at Wikimedia Commons
- The dictionary definition of potrero at Wiktionary
- "Metro Potrero". At the Official Guide to Mexico City.