The facilities are
accessible for people with disabilities as there are elevators,
tactile pavings and
braille signage plates and there is a
bicycle parking station. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 17,846 passengers, making it the seventh busiest station on the line. The station was closed for 20 months due to structural faults found in the line in 2014. In May 2021, a portion of the station's overhead track
collapsed while a train was on it. The track fell onto cars and pedestrians below it, killing 26 and injuring 98.
From 12 March 2014 to 29 November 2015,[11][12] Olivos station was closed due to technical and structural faults in the stretch between
Atlalilco and Tláhuac.[13][14]
After the
19 September 2017 earthquake damaged Line 12 tracks, Olivos metro station was temporarily closed,[15] but three days, later it was reopened and served as the provisional terminal station for one month.[16][17] According to the official report provided by the Metro system, steel
diaphragms were placed in the Tezonco–Olivos section, to provide further support as the
beams and
headers were affected by the earthquake.[18] The Olivos–Nopalera overpass was secured[19] as Column 69 had a flexo-compression failure at the lower end. To repair it, weight was released,
epoxy resins were injected, additional reinforcement was placed, and the column was enlarged to its maximum stress zone.[20]
On 3 May 2021, a section of the elevated line between Olivos and Tezonco metro stations
collapsed as a train traversed it. 26 people died and 98 others were injured.[21] After the 2017 earthquake, the
Superior Auditor of the Federation (Auditoría Superior de la Federación) made observations of damage to the collapsed section that were not resolved.[18]
On 26 August 2022, the line repair team began the dismantling of a girder located 200 m (660 ft) away from the collapse site (in the same interstation section) after finding that its girder could collapse even with the reinforcements that will be installed on the elevated section.[22]
Ridership
According to the data provided by the authorities, except for the years when Olivos metro station was closed for several months, commuters have averaged per year between 10,000 and 18,500 daily entrances. In 2019, before the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 6,513,862 passengers,[23] which represented an increase of 537,987 passengers compared to 2018.[24] In the same year, Olivos was the 102nd busiest of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's 7th busiest.[23]
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Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^"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.