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Observatorio metro station (Mexico City)
Mexico City metro station
Mexico City metro station
| Field | Value | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| name | [[File:Metro Observatorio pictogram.svg | 25px]] Observatorio | |
| symbol | mcm | ||
| symbol_location | mexicocity | ||
| type | STC rapid transit | ||
| style | Mexico City Metro | ||
| style2 | 1 | ||
| image | Estación Observatorio de la Línea 1 del Metro de la Ciudad de México 02.jpg | ||
| image_caption | Platforms at Observatorio station in 2025 | ||
| address | Calzada Minas de Arena | ||
| Álvaro Obregón | |||
| borough | Mexico City | ||
| country | Mexico | ||
| coordinates | |||
| other | [[File:Movilidad Integrada (logo) El Insurgente.svg | 16px]] Observatorio (under construction) | |
| [[File:Logo de la Red de Transporte de Pasajeros de la Ciudad de México.svg | 16px | link | Red de Transporte de Pasajeros]] Observatorio stop (temporary) |
| structure | At grade | ||
| Underground | |||
| lines | (Observatorio - Pantitlán) | ||
| (Observatorio - Tláhuac) | |||
| platform | 2 side platforms | ||
| tracks | 2 | ||
| status | In service | ||
| Under construction | |||
| opened | |||
| Expected – ** | |||
| rebuilt | 2023– | ||
| operator | Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) | ||
| services | |||
| other_services_header | Future services | ||
| other_services | |||
| map_type | Mexico Mexico City | ||
| mapframe | yes | ||
| mapframe-zoom | 14 | ||
| mapframe-caption | Area map | ||
| map_state | collapsed | ||
| route_map | |||
| passengers | 1,335,100 | ||
| pass_year | 2025 | ||
| pass_rank | 187/195 |
Álvaro Obregón
Underground (Observatorio - Tláhuac) Under construction *Expected * – ** | mapframe-zoom = 14 | mapframe-caption = Area map
Observatorio is a metro station on Mexico City Metro Line 1. It is located in the Álvaro Obregón borough of Mexico City, west of the city centre. When operational it is the western terminus of Line 1. Before its shutdown for reconstruction, the station had an average ridership of 72,296 passengers per day, making it the eighth busiest station in the network.
The station will become the terminal station of Line 12. The station will also connect with Observatorio railway station of the El Insurgente commuter rail system. Since 9 November 2023, part of the Line has remained closed for modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment. Observatorio metro station was mostly demolished by December 2023, and it was reconstructed to facilitate the access between the Line 1, Line 12 and the El Insurgente stations.
Name and iconography
The station logo represents the stylised dome of an astronomical observatory. It is named after Observatorio Astronómico Nacional, an observatory that was built by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México at the top of a hill near the station. However, due to the light pollution that came as a consequence of urban growth hardly any observations were done in the observatory, and thus it was transformed into a planetarium. Previously on the site was a colonial palace that belonged to the city's Bishop.
General information
This station is one of the most important metro terminus in the city. It serves Mexico City's western bus depot, which connects with areas of western Mexico such as México state, Michoacán, Jalisco, Querétaro and others.
The Observatorio Mexico City Metro station is the 1st station of Line 1 and the Mexico City Metro system. Service at this station began on 10 June 1972. This Mexico City Metro train station is at ground level. The trains take passengers to Tacubaya, Juanacatlán, Chapultepec, Sevilla, Insurgentes, Cuáuhtemoc, Balderas, Salto del Agua, Isabel la Catolica, Pino Suárez, Merced, Candelaria, San Lazaro, Moctezuma, Balbuena, Boulevard Puerto Aéreo, Gómez Farías, Zaragoza, and Pantitlán Mexico City Metro stations.
Originally Line 9 had its plans to end here, even pictograms in Line 1 showed this station as a transfer station for Line 9. But for an unknown reason the station was not built and the Line 9 finished at Tacubaya.
In 2017, Toluca-Mexico City commuter rail started test trains and will enter full service by 2025.
Ridership
| Annual passenger ridership | Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,335,100 | 3,657 | 187/195 | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | 0 | 0 | 189/195 | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | 11,559,632 | 31,670 | 17/195 | url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/operacion/mas-informacion/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea | language=es | title=Afluencia de estación por línea (2022–presente) | publisher=Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro | year=2025 | access-date=8 February 2025 | archive-date=8 February 2025 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250208224853/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/operacion/mas-informacion/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea | trans-title=Station traffic by line (2022–present)}} | ||
| 2022 | 13,057,993 | 35,775 | 14/195 | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | 12,178,741 | 33,366 | 8/195 | url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-estacion-por-linea_2021 | language=es | title=Afluencia de estación por línea 2021 | publisher=Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro | year=2022 | access-date=7 March 2022 | archive-date=7 March 2022 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307203941/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-estacion-por-linea_2021 | trans-title=Station traffic per line 2021}} | ||
| 2020 | 13,343,431 | 36,457 | 9/195 | url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluenciadeestacionporlinea2020 | language=es | title=Afluencia de estación por línea 2020 | publisher=Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro | year=2021 | access-date=21 June 2021 | archive-date=21 June 2021 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621220125/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluenciadeestacionporlinea2020 | trans-title=Station traffic per line 2020}} | ||
| 2019 | 26,388,110 | 72,296 | 9/195 | url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2019 | language=es | title=Afluencia de estación por línea 2019 | publisher=Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro | year=2020 | access-date=3 May 2020 | archive-date=8 April 2020 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200408025317/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2019 | trans-title=Station traffic per line 2019}} | ||
| 2018 | 26,970,170 | 73,890 | 9/195 | url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2018 | language=es | title=Afluencia de estación por línea 2018 | publisher=Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro | year=2019 | access-date=7 April 2020 | archive-date=6 June 2019 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190606150059/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2018 | trans-title=Station traffic per line 2018}} | ||
| 2017 | 26,764,337 | 73,326 | 8/195 | url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2017 | language=es | title=Afluencia de estación por línea 2017 | publisher=Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro | year=2019 | access-date=3 May 2020 | archive-date=3 May 2020 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503211908/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2017 | trans-title=Station traffic per line 2017}} | ||
| 2016 | 27,732,577 | 75,772 | 8/195 | url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2016 | language=es | title=Afluencia de estación por línea 2016 | publisher=Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro | year=2017 | access-date=3 May 2020 | archive-date=3 May 2020 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200503212130/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/afluencia-de-estacion-por-linea-2016 | trans-title=Station traffic per line 2016}} |
Future
Observatorio will be the eastern terminus for El Insurgente commuter rail when the line commences regular service, projected to begin its service in 2025.
As of March 2021, an extension of Line 12 to Observatorio is under construction, which will connect it with Line 1. The new Line 12 station is expected to open by 2021.
As of 2018, the connection from Line 9 Tacubaya station towards Observatorio is planned, but a completion date has not been announced. This would make Observatorio, together with Tacubaya, Chabacano and Pantitlán, the only transfer stations in the Mexico City Metro network to have connections with three lines, in this case Line 1, Line 9 and Line 12.
In October 2020, Mexico City's government announced a project to renovate the Observatorio area and to build a terminal that will allow users to transfer between metro, commuter rail and other public transportation services. It has been projected to be used by a million people every day and will be the most important complex of this type in Latin America. Works are expected to be finished by the end of 2025.
Exits
- Northeast: Av. Minas de Arena, Col. Pino Suárez
- Northwest: Av. Minas de Arena, Col. Pino Suárez
- Southeast: Real del Monte street, Col. Pino Suárez
- Southwest: Real del Monte street, Col. Pino Suárez
Gallery
Notes
References
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