Plaza Aragón metro station is a

station Station may refer to: Agriculture * Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production * Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle ** Cattle statio ...

of the

Mexico City Metro The Mexico City Metro () is a rapid transit system that serves Greater Mexico City, the metropolitan area of Mexico City, including some municipalities in the State of Mexico. Operated by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC), it is the Lis ...

in the ''colonias'' (neighborhoods) of Ignacio Allende and Valle de Santiago, in

Ecatepec de Morelos Ecatepec (), officially Ecatepec de Morelos, is a municipality in the State of Mexico situated in the north of the Greater Mexico City urban area. The municipal seat is San Cristóbal Ecatepec. The city of Ecatepec is co-extensive with the mun ...

State of Mexico The State of Mexico, officially just Mexico, is one of the 32 federal entities of the United Mexican States. Colloquially known as Edomex (from , the abbreviation of , and ), to distinguish it from the name of the whole country, it is the mo ...

, in the metropolitan area of Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one

island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...

served by Line B (the Green-and-Gray Line), between Ciudad Azteca and Olímpica stations. The name of the station references

colloquially Colloquialism (also called ''colloquial language'', ''colloquial speech'', ''everyday language'', or ''general parlance'') is the linguistic style used for casual and informal communication. It is the most common form of speech in conversation am ...

the nearby

Multiplaza Aragón Multiplaza Aragón is a shopping center in Ecatepec, in Greater Mexico City, opened in 1978. As of 2018, it had the highest number of visitors of any shopping center in the metropolitan area, 2.8 million visitors per month. As of 2023, the shoppi ...

shopping center; its

pictogram A pictogram (also pictogramme, pictograph, or simply picto) is a graphical symbol that conveys meaning through its visual resemblance to a physical object. Pictograms are used in systems of writing and visual communication. A pictography is a wri ...

depicts a representation of a stand of pots from a , an open-air market. The station was opened on 30 November 2000, on the first day of service between Ciudad Azteca and

Buenavista metro station Buenavista is a station on the Mexico City Metro, in the Colonia Buenavista neighborhood of the Cuauhtémoc borough. It is the southwestern terminal station of Line B (the green-on-silver line, Buenavista-Ciudad Azteca). It also offers connec ...

s. The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators,

tactile paving Tactile paving (also called tenji blocks, truncated domes, detectable warnings, tactile tiles, tactile ground surface indicators, tactile walking surface indicators, or detectable warning surfaces) is a system of textured ground surface indicat ...

s and

braille Braille ( , ) is a Tactile alphabet, tactile writing system used by blindness, blind or visually impaired people. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displays that connect to computers and smartphone device ...

signage plates. In 2019, Plaza Aragón metro station had an average daily ridership of 19,721 passengers, making it the tenth-most used on the line.

Location

Plaza Aragón is a

metro station A metro station or subway station is a train station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the syste ...

along Carlos Hank González Avenue (also known as Central Avenue), in

, a municipality bordering

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

. The station serves the ''colonias'' (

Mexican Spanish Mexican Spanish () is the variety of dialects and sociolects of the Spanish language spoken in Mexico and its bordering regions. Mexico has the largest number of Spanish speakers, more than double any other country in the world. Spanish is spo ...

for "neighborhoods") of Ignacio Allende and Valle de Santiago. Within the system, the station lies between Ciudad Azteca and Olímpica metro stations.

Exits

There are two exits: *North: Carlos Hank González Avenue and Ignacio Zaragoza Street, Ignacio Allende. *South: Carlos Hank González Avenue and Cegor Avenue, Valle de Santiago.

History and construction

Line B of the Mexico City Metro was built by

Empresas ICA Empresas ICA is a construction company that was founded on 4 July 1947, by Mexican civil engineer Bernardo Quintana Arrioja. The company has built multiple landmarks, buildings, and facilities in Mexico, including the Estadio Azteca, the modern ...

; Plaza Aragón metro station opened on 30 November 2000, on the first day of the Ciudad Azteca– Buenavista service. The station was built at-grade level; the Plaza Aragón–Ciudad Azteca section is long, while the opposite section towards Olímpica metro station measures . The station is accessible to people with disabilities as there are

elevator An elevator (American English) or lift (Commonwealth English) is a machine that vertically transports people or freight between levels. They are typically powered by electric motors that drive traction cables and counterweight systems suc ...

s and

signage plates. The pedestrian bridges that connect the access to the station are adapted for bicycles as a

bicycle lane Bike lanes (US) or cycle lanes (UK) are types of bikeways (cycleways) with lanes on the roadway for cyclists only. In the United Kingdom, an on-road cycle-lane can be firmly restricted to cycles (marked with a solid white line, entry by motor ...

was built in 2015 on the adjacent

median strip A median strip, central reservation, roadway median, or traffic median is the reserved area that separates opposing lanes of traffic on divided roadways such as divided highways, dual carriageways, controlled-access highway, freeways, and moto ...

. The station's

features the silhouette of a stand of pots from a , an open-air market; the name references the

colloquial Colloquialism (also called ''colloquial language'', ''colloquial speech'', ''everyday language'', or ''general parlance'') is the linguistic style used for casual and informal communication. It is the most common form of speech in conversation amo ...

denomination for the

shopping center, Mexico's busiest shopping mall as of 2018.

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, and before the

impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport The COVID-19 pandemic had a large impact on public transport. Many countries advised that public transport should only be used when essential; passenger numbers fell drastically, and services were reduced. Provision of a reasonable service for t ...

, commuters averaged per year between 19,300 and 20,600 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station ridership was 7,198,356 passengers in 2019, which was a decrease of 229,729 passengers compared to 2018. Also in 2019, Plaza Aragón metro station was the 90th busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's tenth-most used.

Notes

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Plaza Aragon Accessible Mexico City Metro stations Mexico City Metro Line B stations Mexico City Metro stations in Ecatepec de Morelos Railway stations in Mexico opened in 2000