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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Calzada de Tlalpan Benito Juárez Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°23′15″N 99°08′20″W / 19.38753°N 99.138994°W | ||||||||||
Line(s) | ( Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña) | ||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1 August 1970 | ||||||||||
Passengers | |||||||||||
2022 | 2,926,908 [1] 41.79% | ||||||||||
Rank | 104/195 [1] | ||||||||||
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Villa de Cortés is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. [2] [3] It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City, directly south of the city center on Calzada de Tlalpan. [2] It is a surface station.
The station logo depicts a helmet of the type used by the Spanish conquerors ( conquistadores) who, led by Hernán Cortés, invaded the Aztec empire in the 16th century. [2] The name of this station comes from the area in which it is now located, which was known as the Villa de Cortés in colonial times. [2] The metro station opened on August 1, 1970. [4]
Metro Villa de Cortés provides a transfer with trolleybus Line "M", which runs between this station and the INFONAVIT Iztacalco neighbourhood. [5]
Annual passenger ridership | |||||
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Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
2022 | 4,149,960 | 11,369 | 104/195 | +41.79% | [1] |
2021 | 2,926,908 | 8,018 | 113/195 | −1.54% | [6] |
2020 | 2,972,566 | 8,121 | 117/195 | −53.13% | [7] |
2019 | 6,341,507 | 17,373 | 104/195 | +2.90% | [8] |
2018 | 6,162,928 | 16,884 | 108/195 | −4.86% | [9] |
2017 | 6,477,842 | 17,747 | 101/195 | −4.34% | [10] |
2016 | 6,772,031 | 18,502 | 97/195 | −1.59% | [11] |
2015 | 6,881,406 | 18,853 | 95/195 | −1.34% | [12] |
2014 | 6,974,986 | 19,109 | 94/195 | −0.79% | [13] |
2013 | 7,030,335 | 19,261 | 97/195 | −10.67% | [14] |
2012 | 7,869,692 | 21,501 | 83/195 | −11.53% | [15] |
2011 | 8,894,871 | 24,369 | 74/175 | +56.96% | [16] |
2010 | 5,667,042 | 15,526 | 100/175 | – | [17] |