Chapultepec is a station on the

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. It is located in the

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borough in the center of

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. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 57,873 passengers per day, making it the 14th busiest station in the network.

General information

The station logo depicts a

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(''chapulín''). The station's name comes from the

Bosque de Chapultepec Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest) in Mexico City, is one of the largest city parks in Mexico, measuring in total just over 686 hectares (1,695 acres). Centered on a rock formation called Chapultep ...

, a large nearby park that contains a hill with the same name. Chapultepec means "grasshopper hill" in

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. The station was opened on 5 September 1969 with service eastward to

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, when Chapultepec served as the western terminus of Line 1. Westward service from Chapultepec to

Juanacatlán Juanacatlán () is a town and ''municipio'' (municipality) in the central region of the Mexican state of Jalisco. Origin of name Juanacatlán gets its name from the Nahuatl word "Xonacatlan", which means ''place abundant in onions'' or ''onion p ...

started 11 April 1970. Chapultepec lies along Line 1 only. Despite no longer being a terminal and not being a transfer station for other metro lines, the station does play an important role as a bus transfer station, connecting with a vast array of microbuses that service the north of Mexico City and areas in the adjacent

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, such as Ciudad Satélite, Valle Dorado, Arboledas and Cuautitlán Izcalli. The station is also served by two

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lines of STE: One is L2 (formerly route S), which runs east from Chapultepec to Metro Velódromo along the arterial thoroughfares known as Eje 2 Sur and Eje 2A Sur and is one of two high-frequency trolleybus lines that STE calls "Zero-Emissions Corridors".''Trolleybus Magazine'' No. 296 (March–April 2011), p. 42. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452. The other is route I, which connects Chapultepec with Metro El Rosario, to the north. Chapultepec has an information desk; the station forecourt also contains a collection of retail stores, including a clothes boutique, a drugstore and a record store. The station serves the following

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San Miguel Chapultepec San Miguel Chapultepec is a colonia or neighborhood in Delegación Miguel Hidalgo in Mexico City. Its borders are: * Avenida Constituyentes and Avenida Chapultepec on the west, bordering Chapultepec Park * The Circuito Interior José Vasconce ...

, Colonia Juárez,

Colonia Condesa Condesa or La Condesa is an area in the Cuauhtémoc Borough of Mexico City, south of Zona Rosa and 4 to 5 km west of the Zócalo, the city's main square. It is immediately west of Colonia Roma, together with which it is designated as ...

and Colonia Roma Norte.

Nearby

*Headquarters of the

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*Headquarters of the

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, 225 metres tall skyscraper. *

, the closest points of interest to the station are: **

Museo de Arte Moderno The Museo de Arte Moderno (Museum of Modern Art) is located in Chapultepec park, Mexico City, Mexico. The museum is part of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura and provides exhibitions of national and international contemporary a ...

, museum of modern art. **

Chapultepec Castle Chapultepec Castle ( es, Castillo de Chapultepec) is located on top of Chapultepec Hill in Mexico City's Chapultepec park. The name ''Chapultepec'' is the Nahuatl word ''chapoltepēc'' which means "on the hill of the grasshopper". The castle has s ...

**Heroic Cadets Memorial, monument dedicated to the memory of the

Niños Héroes The ''Niños Héroes'' (Boy Heroes, or Heroic Cadets) were six Mexican military cadets who were killed in the defence of Mexico City during the Battle of Chapultepec, one of the last major battles of the Mexican–American War, on 13 September ...

. **

Chapultepec Zoo Chapultepec Zoo (Spanish: ''Zoológico de Chapultepec'') is a zoo located in Chapultepec Park; it is one of four zoos near Mexico City, and the best known Mexican zoo. It was founded July 6, 1923 by Mexican biologist Alfonso Luis Herrera using do ...

Estela de Luz The Estela de Luz (Stele of Light) is a monument in Mexico City built in 2011 to commemorate the bicentenary of Mexico's independence from Spanish rule. Its design was the winning entry in an invited competition to seek the best combination of Me ...

, monument that commemorates the bicentenary of Mexico's independence.

Exits

*East: Tampico street and Avenida Chapultepec, Colonia Roma Norte *Northeast: Circuito Interior José Vasconcelos, Colonia Juárez *West: Circuito Interior,

*Northwest: Circuito Interior, Colonia Juárez *North: Circuito Interior and

*South: Circuito Interior José Vasconcelos,

Ridership

Gallery

Image:Metro_Chapultepec_02.JPG, Entry sign to the station Image:Metro_Chapultepec_Platforms.jpg, Station platforms

References

External links

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Chapultepec Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" (Chapultepec Forest) in Mexico City, is one of the largest city parks in Mexico, measuring in total just over 686 hectares (1,695 acres). Centered on a rock formation called Chapultep ...

Railway stations opened in 1969 1969 establishments in Mexico Mexico City Metro stations in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City Mexico City Metro stations located underground