Culhuacán metro station

Location
	Culhuacán Location within Mexico City
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Culhuacán
Culhuacán
STC rapid transit
	The station
General information
Coordinates	19°20′13″N 99°06′32″W / 19.337001°N 99.108990°W
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Observatorio - Tláhuac)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Accessible	yes
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	30 October 2012
Key dates
12 March 2014	Temporarily closed
28 October 2015	Reopened
3 May 2021	Temporarily closed
15 July 2023	Reopened
Passengers
2023	1,484,572
Rank	169/195
Services
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Location
Location
	Culhuacán Location within Mexico City
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Culhuacán is a station on Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.^[3] The station is located between Atlalilco and San Andrés Tomatlán. It was opened on 30 October 2012 as a part of the first stretch of Line 12 between Mixcoac and Tláhuac.^[3]

The station is located south of the city center, at the intersection between Avenida Tlahuac and Calzada Taxqueña. It is above the ground.

The station is named after the pueblo of Culhuacán, which was an important prehispanic city and is now a designated "Barrio Mágico" within the borough of Iztapalapa. The station's icon depicts the Aztec glyph for Culhuacán.^[4]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	1,484,572	4,067	169/195	NA	^[2]
2022	0	0	176/195	−100.00%	^[2]
2021	1,179,625	3,231	166/195	−68.40%	^[5]
2020	3,733,417	10,200	100/195	−33.14%	^[6]
2019	5,583,585	15,297	118/195	+5.80%	^[7]
2018	5,277,511	14,458	124/195	+11.09%	^[8]
2017	4,750,865	13,016	128/195	+10.22%	^[9]
2016	4,310,520	11,777	139/195	+630.65%	^[10]
2015	589,953	1,616	188/195	−26.12%	^[11]
2014	798,544	2,187	191/195	−80.51%	^[12]

References

^ "12 datos de la 'La línea dorada' del Metro inaugurada este martes" (in Spanish). Aristegui Noticias. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
^ ^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 Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Central America > Mexico > Ciudad de Mexico Metro". Retrieved 16 January 2015.
^ "Culhuacán". Sistema de Transporte Colectivo de la Ciudad de México. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
^ "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 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.
^ "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 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.