Mexico City metro station
Mixcoac
is a station on
Line 7
and
Line 12
of the
Mexico City Metro
.
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The station serves both lines as a transfer station and as the northwestern terminus of Line 12.
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In 2019, the station had an average total ridership of 54,963 passengers per day.
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History
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The station opened on 19 December 1985 as part of the third stage of
Line 7
.
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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.
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General information
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The station runs deep under Avenida Revolucion, a main thoroughfare in
Mexico City
.
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It serves the
Mixcoac
area of the city.
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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 Revolucion, Avenida Patriotismo, Eje 7 Sur Extremadura and Calle Empresa.
Metro Mixcoac serves the following neighborhoods: Santa Maria Nonoalco,
Mixcoac
,
San Juan
and
Insurgentes Mixcoac
.
Name and pictogram
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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".
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Ridership
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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%
|
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|
2016
|
8,356,587
|
22,832
|
77/195
|
+1.17%
|
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|
2015
|
8,260,339
|
22,631
|
75/195
|
+6.51%
|
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|
2014
|
7,755,298
|
21,247
|
84/195
|
?6.67%
|
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|
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%
|
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2015
|
4,280,100
|
11,726
|
130/195
|
+5.77%
|
[15]
|
2014
|
4,046,498
|
11,086
|
132/195
|
+4.09%
|
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Metro Museum
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Mixcoac station houses the Museo del Metro (Metro Museum), a museum dedicated to the history and culture of the Mexico City Metro.
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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
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Line 7
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- East: Av. Revolucion between Extremadura street and Empresa street,
Mixcoac
- West: Av. Revolucion between Andrea del Sarto street and Benvenuto Cellini street, Col. Santa Maria Nonoalco
Line 12
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Gallery
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References
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