Mixcoac metro station

19°22′33″N 99°11′15″W / 19.375891°N 99.187531°W / 19.375891; -99.187531Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)Line(s) (El Rosario - Barranca del Muerto)
(Observatorio - Tláhuac)Platforms4 side platformsTracks4ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundPlatform levels2ParkingnoBicycle facilitiesyesAccessibleyes^[1]Other informationStatusIn serviceHistoryOpened 19 December 1985
30 October 2012Key dates3 May 2021 (2021-05-03) Temporarily closed15 January 2023 (2023-01-15) Reopened^[2]Passengers2023Total: 9,972,488
6,688,293^[3]
3,284,195^[3]  27.09%Rank 66/195^[3]
126/195^[3] Services

Preceding station	Mexico City Metro			Following station
San Antonio toward El Rosario		Line 7		Barranca del Muerto Terminus
Valentín Campa (2024–2025) toward Observatorio		Line 12		Insurgentes Sur toward Tláhuac

Route map

Legend El Rosario workshops El Rosario Aquiles Serdán Camarones Refinería Tacuba San Joaquín Polanco Auditorio Constituyentes Tacubaya San Pedro de los Pinos San Antonio Mixcoac Barranca del Muerto This diagram: view talk edit Legend Tláhuac yard Tláhuac Tlaltenco Zapotitlán Nopalera Olivos Tezonco Periférico Oriente Calle 11 Lomas Estrella San Andrés Tomatlán Culhuacán Atlalilco Mexicaltzingo Ermita Eje Central Parque de los Venados Zapata Hospital 20 de Noviembre Insurgentes Sur Mixcoac Operational Under construction Valentín Campa Álvaro Obregón Observatorio This diagram: view talk edit

Location
Mixcoac Location within Mexico City
Area map

Mixcoac is a station on Line 7 and Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.^[4] The station serves both lines as a transfer station and as the northwestern terminus of Line 12.^[4] In 2019, the station had an average total ridership of 54,963 passengers per day.^[5]

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]

General information

The station runs deep under Avenida Revolución, a main thoroughfare in Mexico City.^[8][9] It serves the Mixcoac area of the city.^[8] 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.

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".^[8][9]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 7)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	6,688,293	18,324	66/195	−14.77%	[3]
2022	7,847,048	16,322	36/195	+31.71%	[3]
2021	5,957,730	16,322	35/195	+22.39%	[10]
2020	4,867,903	13,300	61/195	−39.71%	[11]
2019	8,073,781	22,119	74/195	−4.67%	[5]
2018	8,469,708	23,204	67/195	+1.87%	[12]
2017	8,314,411	22,779	66/195	−0.50%	[13]
2016	8,356,587	22,832	77/195	+1.17%	[14]
2015	8,260,339	22,631	75/195	+6.51%	[15]
2014	7,755,298	21,247	84/195	−6.67%	[16]

Annual passenger ridership (Line 12)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	3,284,195	8,997	126/195	NA	[3]
2022	0	0	176/195	−100.00%	[3]
2021	693,814	1,900	186/195	−76.21%	[10]
2020	2,916,713	7,969	120/195	−51.03%	[11]
2019	5,956,326	16,318	111/195	+3.15%	[5]
2018	5,774,280	7,844	113/195	+4.83%	[12]
2017	5,508,039	15,090	116/195	+11.81%	[13]
2016	4,926,393	13,460	126/195	+15.10%	[14]
2015	4,280,100	11,726	130/195	+5.77%	[15]
2014	4,046,498	11,086	132/195	+4.09%	[16]

Metro Museum

Mixcoac station houses the Museo del Metro (Metro Museum), a museum dedicated to the history and culture of the Mexico City Metro.^[17]

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

• Southeast: Av. Patriotismo and Donatelo street, Col. Insurgentes Mixcoac
• Northeast: Empresa street and Av. Revolución, Col. San Juan

Gallery

• 
  Entrance to the Museo del Metro
• 
  Entry sign for Mixcoac station (newer and former versions)

References

External links

• Media related to Mixcoac (station) at Wikimedia Commons
• "Metro Museum" [Museum of the Metro]. Atlas Obscura.