Guelatao metro station is a

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station in the

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borough of

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. It is an at-grade station that serves Line A (the Purple Line) between Tepalcates and Peñón Viejo stations. The station services the '' colonias'' (neighborhoods) of Ejército de Oriente and Voceadores. The station's

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depicts the sculpture on top of the Museo Cabeza de Juárez, found near the station, which in turn depicts the head of

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, the 26th

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, who was born in the town of San Pablo Guelatao, Guelatao Municipality,

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. Guelatao metro station opened on 12 August 1991 with service westward toward Pantitlán station and eastward toward La Paz metro station. In 2019, the station had an average daily entrance of 21,639 passengers.

Location

Guelatao is a

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along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, in eastern

. The station serves the ''colonias'' (

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for "neighborhoods") of Ejército de Oriente and Voceadores in

. Within the system, the station lies between Tepalcates and Peñón Viejo metro stations. The area is serviced by Route 9-D of the city's public bus system and by Routes 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, and 167 of the

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network.

Exits

There are two exits: *North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and General Miguel Lira y Ortega Street, Voceadores. *South: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Batallón de la Zacapoaxtla Street, Ejército de Oriente.

History and construction

Line A of the Mexico City Metro was built by

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. The line was opened on 12 August 1991, operating westward towards Pantitlán station and eastward towards La Paz station, located in the municipality of the same name of the State of Mexico. Guelatao is an at-grade station; the Guelatao–Tepalcates section is long, while the Guelatao–Peñón Viejo section measures , the longest of the system. The station's

features the sculpture found on top of the Museo Cabeza de Juárez, a nearby museum, which in turn depicts the head of

, the

from 1858 to 1872. Juárez himself was born in the town of San Pablo Guelatao, in Guelatao Municipality,

. The word means "enchanted lagoon" in Zapotec.

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, commuters have averaged per year between 10,500 and 24,300 daily entrances in the last decade, In 2019, before the

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, the station's ridership totaled 7,898,506 passengers, which was an increase of 1,046,065 passengers compared to 2018. In the same year, Guelatao metro station was the 78th busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's fourth busiest.

Gallery

File:Juarez de acero - panoramio.jpg, alt=Picture of a colossal head., The sculpture on top of the Museo Cabeza de Juárez served as the inspiration for the station's pictogram.

Notes

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Guelatao 1991 establishments in Mexico Cultural depictions of Benito Juárez Mexico City Metro Line A stations Mexico City Metro stations in Iztapalapa Railway stations opened in 1991