Eduardo Molina metro station[a] is a
Mexico City Metrostation within the limits of
Gustavo A. Madero and
Venustiano Carranza, in
Mexico City. It is an
at-grade station with one
island platform, served by
Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between
Consulado and
Aragón stations. Eduardo Molina station serves the
colonias (neighborhoods) of 20 de Noviembre and Malinche. The station is named after Eduardo Molina Arévalo, an engineer who helped to solve the problem of
water scarcityin the Valley of Mexico in the mid-20th century, and its
pictogram represents two hands holding water, as featured on the mural El agua, origen de la vida (
lit. transl.Water, Origin of Life), painted by Mexican muralist
Diego Rivera in the
Cárcamo de Dolores, in
Chapultepec, Mexico City. Eduardo Molina metro station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the Consulado–
Pantitlán service. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 6,811 passengers, making it the 176th busiest station in the network and the ninth busiest of the line.
North: Río Consulado Avenue and Norte 86 Street, Malinche, Gustavo A. Madero.
South: Río Consulado Avenue, 20 de Noviembre, Venustiano Carranza.
History and construction
Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of
Empresas ICA,[7] and its first section was opened on 19 December 1981, operating from
Pantitlán to Consulado stations.[8] Eduardo Molina is an
at-grade station;[9] the Eduardo Molina–Aragón interstation is 860 meters (2,820 ft) long, while the Eduardo Molina–Consulado section measures 815 meters (2,674 ft).[10] The station is named after
Eduardo Molina Arévalo [
es],[2] a Mexican engineer who helped to solve the problem of
water scarcity in the Valley of Mexico in the mid-20th century through the
Lerma River system,[11][12] and the station's
pictogram features two hands holding water, a reference to a fragment of the mural El agua, origen de la vida (
lit. transl.Water, Origin of Life),[2] painted by
Diego Rivera inside the main building of the
Cárcamo de Dolores, a hydraulic
sump structure in
Chapultepec, Mexico City.[13][14]
Incidents
After the
2015 Oceanía station train crash, Eduardo Molina metro station was temporarily closed for repairs.[15] On 31 July 2018, three
railroad cars uncoupled while a train was traveling at the Consulado–Eduardo Molina interstation, with no injuries reported. When the incident was reviewed, authorities found that the nuts that kept the cars together were damaged.[16] From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[17][18]
Ridership
According 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 6,800 and 8,000 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 2,486,165 passengers in 2019,[19] which was a decrease of 75,730 passengers compared to 2018.[20] Also in 2019, Eduardo Molina metro station was the 176th busiest station of the system's 195 stations and it was the line's ninth busiest.[19]
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