Tláhuac metro station
{{Short description|Mexico City Metro station}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox station
| name = File:Metro Tláhuac pictogram.svg Tláhuac
| symbol = mcm
| symbol_location = mexicocity
| style = Mexico City Metro
| style2 = 12
| image_upright =
| type = STC rapid transit
| owned = Government of Mexico City
| operator = Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
| image = Estación del STC Metro.jpg
| image_caption = Tláhuac station, 2017
| alt = Picture of Tláhuac station as seen from the street.
| address = San Rafael Atlixco Avenue
| borough = Tláhuac, Mexico City
| country = Mexico
| other = {{plainlist|
- File:Movilidad Integrada (logo) Órgano Regulador de Transporte (CETRAM).svg Tláhuac
- File:Movilidad Integrada (logo) Red de Transporte de Pasajeros.svg Routes: 141, 148, 149
}}
| coordinates = {{coord|19|17|11|N|99|00|51|W|display=inline,title|region:MX-DIF}}
| structure = At grade
| platform = 2 island platforms
| accessible = Yes
| bicycle = Bicycle parking-only
| tracks = 3
| status = In service
| opened = {{Start date|2012|10|30|df=y}}
| years1 = {{End date|2014|03|12|df=y}}
| events1 = Temporarily closed
| years2 = {{Start date|2015|11|29|df=y}}
| events2 = Reopened
| years3 = {{End date|2017|09|19|df=y}}
| events3 = Temporarily closed
| years4 = {{Start date|2017|10|30|df=y}}
| events4 = Reopened
| years5 = {{End date|2021|05|03|df=y}}
| events5 = Temporarily closed
| years6 = {{Start date|2024|01|30|df=y}}
| line = {{rint|mexicocity|12}} (Observatorio – Tláhuac)
| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Mexico City Metro
|line12=12|left12=Tlaltenco|right12=}}
| mapframe = yes
| mapframe-zoom = 14
| mapframe-caption = Area map
| map_type = Mexico City urban area
| map_caption = Location within Mexico City
| map_state = collapsed
| route_map = {{Mexico City Metro Line 12}}
| pass_year = 2023
| pass_percent = 0
}}
Tláhuac metro station{{efn|{{lang|es|Estación del Metro Tláhuac}}. Spanish pronunciation: {{IPA|es|ˈtlawak||Es-mx-Tláhuac.wav}}. The etymology comes from the Nahuatl language. There are different interpretations for "Tláhuac", including "land that emerges", "land where it is cultivated or sown", "place where the Tlatoani sings",{{cite web|url=https://www.capitalmexico.com.mx/metropolitano/delegaciones-significado-nombres-personajes-historicos-16-demarcaciones-palabras-nahuatl/|language=es|title=¿Qué significan los nombres de las delegaciones?
|date=27 November 2017|work=Capital México|access-date=12 September 2020|trans-title=What's the meaning of the boroughs? |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203064932/http://www.capitalmexico.com.mx/metropolitano/delegaciones-significado-nombres-personajes-historicos-16-demarcaciones-palabras-nahuatl/ |archive-date=3 December 2017}} among others.}} is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the colonia of El Triángulo, Tláhuac, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with two island platforms that serves as the southern terminus of Line 12 (the Golden Line). The station's pictogram features the glyph of Tláhuac. It is followed by Tlaltenco station, in the same borough. The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of the service Tláhuac–Mixcoac.
Since it was planned, Tláhuac metro station has had multiple conflicts and incidents, including protests from the previous owners of the land lots, a {{nowrap|20-month}} closure in 2014 due to structural faults found in the elevated section of the line, and the subsequent collapse of the track near Olivos station. The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates. Additionally, there is a bicycle parking station, an Internet café, and a bus terminal. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 56,831 passengers, making it the 14th busiest station in the network and the busiest of the line.
Location
Tláhuac is a metro station along San Rafael Atlixco Avenue, in the colonia (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhood") of El Triángulo, in the Tláhuac borough, in southeastern Mexico City. Within the system, Tlaltenco is the next station.{{Cite web|url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-12-2/tlahuac|title=Tláhuac|language=es|publisher=Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro|access-date=10 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809235727/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/la-red/linea-12-2/tlahuac|archive-date=9 August 2020}}
Tláhuac is serviced by a bus terminal, whose tender process for its construction started in September 2010 and required an investment of 280 million pesos. Although the bus terminal was built along with the station, the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM), a type of transport hub, was officially opened until January 2014. The delay was caused by a conflict between the representatives of 108 concessionary transport routes.{{cite web|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2014/01/09/937361|title=Inauguran dos Cetram en Tláhuac y Periférico oriente|work=Excélsior|first=Francisco|last=Pazos|language=es|date=9 January 2014|access-date=15 September 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916194531/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2014/01/09/937361|archive-date=16 September 2020|trans-title=Two CETRAMs are opened in Tláhuac and Periférico Oriente}} The area is serviced by Routes 141, 148, and 149 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network.{{cite web|url=https://www.rtp.cdmx.gob.mx/red-de-rutas|title=Red de Rutas|language=es|trans-title=Routes network|publisher=Red de Transporte de Pasajeros|access-date=30 October 2021}}
=Exits=
History and construction
To build Tláhuac metro station and Line 12's rail yard,{{cite web|url=https://www.razon.com.mx/ciudad/publican-decreto-de-expropiacion-de-predio-por-linea-12-del-metro/|title=Publican decreto de expropiación de predio por Línea 12 del Metro|author=Notimex|date=10 December 2010|access-date=14 October 2020|work=La Razón|language=es|trans-title=Decree of expropriation of property for Metro Line 12 is published|archive-date=3 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703204905/https://www.razon.com.mx/ciudad/publican-decreto-de-expropiacion-de-predio-por-linea-12-del-metro/}} the Government of Mexico City expropriated a place called Terromotitla in November 2008,{{cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2008/11/13/index.php?section=capital&article=041n1cap|language=es|title=Expropian predio para la línea 12 del Metro; opositores bloquean vía| work=La Jornada |first1=Laura |last1=Gómez |first2=Ángel |last2=Bolaños |first3=Mirna |last3=Servín |first4=Alejandro |last4=Cruz |date=13 November 2008|access-date=14 October 2020|trans-title=Lot is expropriated for Metro Line 12; opposers block road|archive-date=16 November 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116081541/http://www.jornada.com.mx/2008/11/13/index.php?section=capital&article=041n1cap}} and 126 parcels of the ejido San Francisco Tlaltenco in April 2009.{{cite web|url=https://www.jornada.com.mx/2009/04/04/capital/029n1cap|title=Desalojan predios en Tláhuac para comenzar obras de la línea 12 del Metro|first1=Alejandro|first2=Josefina|last1=Cruz|last2=Quintero|language=es|work=La Jornada|date=4 April 2009|access-date=14 October 2020|trans-title=Lots evicted in Tláhuac to start construction works on Metro Line 12|archive-date=3 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703173620/https://www.jornada.com.mx/2009/04/04/capital/029n1cap}} According to the then-General Director of the Metro, Francisco Bojórquez, all the parcels were legally purchased at 600 pesos per square meter. However, both expropriations were protested by ejidatarios, who considered them to have been illegally acquired.
Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA in association with Alstom Mexicana and Grupo Carso.{{cite web|url=https://expansion.mx/negocios/2014/03/11/quien-construyo-la-linea-12-del-metro|title=¿Quién construyó la línea 12 del Metro?|language=es|date=11 March 2014|access-date=2 July 2020|work=Expansión|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702195451/https://expansion.mx/negocios/2014/03/11/quien-construyo-la-linea-12-del-metro|archive-date=2 July 2020|trans-title=Who built Line 12?}} The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of the Mixcoac–Tláhuac service.{{cite web|url=https://www.chilango.com/ciudad/hoy-inicia-operaciones-la-l12/|title=Que no se te vaya el tren|date=30 October 2020|work=Chilango|language=es|access-date=2 July 2020|archive-date=2 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702195703/https://www.chilango.com/ciudad/hoy-inicia-operaciones-la-l12/|trans-title=Don't let the train go}} The pictogram of the station references the glyph of the borough. Tláhuac station was built at grade;{{cite web|url=http://www.revistavector.com.mx/2019/04/02/la-ingenieria-civil-en-la-linea-12-del-metro-de-la-ciudad-de-mexico/|title=La Ingeniería Civil en la línea 12 del metro de la Ciudad de México|work=Vector|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190913172854/http://www.revistavector.com.mx/2019/04/02/la-ingenieria-civil-en-la-linea-12-del-metro-de-la-ciudad-de-mexico/|archive-date=13 September 2019|trans-title=The Civil Engineering of Mexico City's Metro Line 12}} the Tláhuac–Tlaltenco interstation is {{convert|1298|m|ft|sp=us}} long.{{cite web|url=https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/longitud-de-estacion|title=Longitud de estación a estación por línea|language=es|trans-title=Station-to-station length per line|publisher=Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro|access-date=12 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504063646/https://metro.cdmx.gob.mx/longitud-de-estacion|archive-date=4 May 2021}} The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates;{{cite web|url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/3010/mexico/12-datos-de-la-la-linea-dorada-inaugurada-este-martes/|title=12 datos de la 'La línea dorada' del Metro inaugurada este martes|language=es|publisher=Aristegui Noticias|date=30 October 2012|access-date=26 May 2020|trans-title=12 facts about Metro's 'Golden line' inaugurated this Tuesday|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105014447/http://aristeguinoticias.com/3010/mexico/12-datos-de-la-la-linea-dorada-inaugurada-este-martes/|archive-date=5 November 2012}} there is also a bicycle parking station and an Internet café.
=Incidents=
Since 2010, the Superior Auditor of the Federation has audited Line 12 several times and has reported several faults—like cracks and detachments—along the line, including some inside the Tláhuac metro station, the Tlaltenco–Tláhuac interstation, and at Tláhuac's rail yard.{{cite web|url=https://www.televisa.com/noticias/asf-detecta-11-mil-fallas-en-linea-12-del-metro/|language=es|title=ASF detectó 11 mil fallas en Línea 12 del Metro|first=Alma Sofía|last=Velázquez|work=Noticieros Televisa|date=5 May 2021|access-date=26 May 2021|trans-title=ASF detected 11 thousand faults on Metro's Line 12|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506023647/https://www.televisa.com/noticias/asf-detecta-11-mil-fallas-en-linea-12-del-metro/|archive-date=6 May 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/se-han-detectado-11-mil-fallas-en-metro-linea-12/1447047|title=Se han detectado 11 mil fallas en Metro Línea 12|trans-title=11 thousand faults on Metro Line 12 were detected|first=Leticia|last=Robles de la Rosa|date=5 May 2021|work=Excélsior|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507073344/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/se-han-detectado-11-mil-fallas-en-metro-linea-12/1447047|archive-date=7 May 2021}}
From 12 March 2014{{cite web|url=https://www.animalpolitico.com/2014/03/linea-12-del-metro-cierra-12-estaciones-por-seis-meses/|title=Línea 12 del metro cierra 12 estaciones por seis meses|date=11 March 2014|language=es|publisher=Animal Político|access-date=3 July 2020|trans-title=Metro Line 12 closes 12 stations for six months|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170724042141/http://www.animalpolitico.com/2014/03/linea-12-del-metro-cierra-12-estaciones-por-seis-meses/|archive-date=24 July 2017}} to 29 November 2015,{{cite web|url=https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/gdf-reabre-linea-12|title=Mancera reabre Línea 12 del Metro|language=es|first=Felipe|last=Rodea|work=El Financiero|date=29 November 2015|access-date=3 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704012222/https://www.elfinanciero.com.mx/nacional/gdf-reabre-linea-12|archive-date=4 July 2020|trans-title=Mancera reopens Metro's Line 12}} Tláhuac was closed due to technical and structural faults in the Atlalilco–Tláhuac stretch.{{cite web|url=https://www.proceso.com.mx/367061/caos-en-primer-dia-de-cierre-de-12-estaciones-de-la-linea-dorada-del-sct-metro|location=Mexico City|work=Proceso|language=es|date=12 March 2012|title=Caos en primer día de cierre en 12 estaciones de la Línea Dorada del Metro|access-date=3 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704012357/https://www.proceso.com.mx/367061/caos-en-primer-dia-de-cierre-de-12-estaciones-de-la-linea-dorada-del-sct-metro|archive-date=4 July 2020|trans-title=Chaos on the first day of closure of 12 stations in the Metro's Golden Line}}{{cite web|url=https://aristeguinoticias.com/1103/mexico/por-que-el-gdf-cerro-la-linea-12-del-metro/|date=11 March 2014|publisher=Aristegui Noticias|language=es|title=¿Por qué el GDF cerró la Línea 12 del Metro?|access-date=3 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190528203753/https://aristeguinoticias.com/1103/mexico/por-que-el-gdf-cerro-la-linea-12-del-metro/|archive-date=28 May 2019|trans-title=Why Mexico City's Government closed Metro Line 12}} After the 19 September 2017 earthquake damaged the Line 12 tracks, Tláhuac remained closed until 30 October 2017.{{cite web|url=https://noticieros.televisa.com/ultimas-noticias/suspenden-cuatro-estaciones-linea-12-metro/|title=Cuatro estaciones de L12 del Metro permanecerán cerradas durante 4 semanas|date=24 September 2017|language=es|publisher=Noticieros Televisa|access-date=3 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414104824/https://noticieros.televisa.com/ultimas-noticias/suspenden-cuatro-estaciones-linea-12-metro/|archive-date=14 April 2020|trans-title=Four Metro L12 stations will remain closed for 4 weeks}}{{cite web|url=https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/cdmx/metro-reabre-tramo-danado-de-linea-12/|title=Metro reabre tramo dañado de Línea 12|date=30 October 2017|language=es|work=El Heraldo de México|access-date=3 July 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303211433/https://heraldodemexico.com.mx/cdmx/metro-reabre-tramo-danado-de-linea-12/|archive-date=3 March 2018|trans-title=Metro reopens the damaged section of Line 12}} The earthquake damaged a CETRAM's elevated walkway, which separated {{convert|5|cm|sp=us}} from the stairs and had subsidence of {{convert|10|cm|sp=us}} from the lobby.{{cite web|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2017/09/20/1189627|title=Grietas y fracturas en Línea 12 dejan sin servicio 6 estaciones|language=es|first=Jonás|last=López|date=20 September 2017|access-date=26 May 2021|work=Excélsior|trans-title=Cracks and fractures on Line 12 leave 6 stations without service|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715105431/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/2017/09/20/1189627|archive-date=15 July 2020}} On 13 September 2020, a sixteen-year-old woman gave birth inside the station, the second of the year in the network.{{cite web|url=https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/nace-bebe-en-estacion-tlahuac-del-metro/1405542|title=Nace bebé en estación Tláhuac del Metro|language=es|access-date=15 October 2020|first=Jonás|last=López|date=13 September 2020|work=Excélsior|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917211629/https://www.excelsior.com.mx/comunidad/nace-bebe-en-estacion-tlahuac-del-metro/1405542|archive-date=17 September 2020|trans-title=Baby is born in Tláhuac metro station}}
On 3 May 2021, Tláhuac metro station was closed after a portion of Line 12's elevated railway collapsed near Olivos station.{{cite web|url=https://www.chilango.com/noticias/cierran-linea-12-del-metro/|title=Cierran toda la Línea 12 del Metro; RTP brindará servicio de apoyo|work=Chilango|trans-title=All Metro Line 12 is closed; RTP will provide back-up service|date=4 May 2021|access-date=26 May 2021|language=es|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210504103500/https://www.chilango.com/noticias/cierran-linea-12-del-metro/|archive-date=4 May 2021}} Since then, the city has provided public and private transportation from Tláhuac to Atlalilco, Tasqueña and Universidad metro stations.{{cite web|url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/comunidad/linea-12-metro-cdmx-suman-camiones-ado-transporte-emergente|title=CdMx suma camiones ADO a transporte emergente por accidente en L12 del Metro|trans-title=Mexico City adds ADO buses to emergency transportation due to accident in L12 of the Metro|language=es|date=5 May 2021|access-date=5 May 2021|work=Milenio|location=Mexico City|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505190605/https://www.milenio.com/politica/comunidad/linea-12-metro-cdmx-suman-camiones-ado-transporte-emergente|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://siete24.mx/mexico/usuarios-buscan-rutas-por-suspension-de-l12/|title=Usuarios buscan rutas por suspensión de L12|trans-title=Riders look for routes after Line 12 suspension|language=es|work=Siete24|location=Mexico City|first=Israel|last=Lorenzana|date=5 May 2021|access-date=26 May 2021|archive-date=5 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505161913/https://siete24.mx/mexico/usuarios-buscan-rutas-por-suspension-de-l12/|url-status=live}} On 26 May 2021, the Mexico City Metrobús started a free, temporary route from Tláhuac to Atlalilco station.{{cite web|url=https://www.reforma.com/corre-metrobus-emergente-en-tlahuac/ar2190610|title=Corre Metrobús emergente en Tláhuac|work=Reforma|first=Amallely|last=Morales|date=26 May 2021|access-date=26 May 2021|url-access=subscription|language=es|trans-title=Emergent Metrobús route runs along Tláhuac}} On 21 June 2021, an alternate route toward Coyuya metro station was started.{{cite web|url=https://www.milenio.com/politica/linea-12-inicia-servicio-metrobus-ruta-tlahuac-metro-coyuya|title=Metrobús inicia servicio en nueva ruta temporal Tláhuac–Metro Coyuya|location=Mexico City|work=Milenio|date=21 June 2021|access-date=22 June 2021|trans-title=Metrobús starts service in new temporary route Tláhuac–Metro Coyuya}}
The Tláhuac station was reopened on January 30th, 2024.{{cite web|publisher=El Financiero|title=Así fue la reapertura de la Línea 12: pasajeros contentos; comerciantes y víctimas, inconformes|lang=es|url=https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/metropoli/fotos-asi-fue-la-reapertura-de-la-linea-12-pasajeros-contentos-comerciantes-y-victimas-inconformes/}}
=Ridership=
According to the data provided by the authorities, the Tláhuac metro station has been one of the busiest stations of the system's 195 stations. Except for the years when the station was closed for several months, commuters have averaged per year between 34,000 and 57,000 daily entrances. In 2019, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 20,743,670 passengers, an increase of 2,118,568 passengers compared to 2018. In the same year, Tláhuac was the 14th busiest of the system and it was the busiest of the line.
Gallery
File:Alcaldía Tláhuac.png|alt=Picture of a shield depicting algae growing in a lake.|The shield of Tláhuac served as the inspiration for the station's pictogram.
Notes
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Further reading
- {{cite web |last=Martínez |first=Baruc |date=14 February 2018 |publication-date=June 2005 |title=El significado de Tláhuac |trans-title=The meaning of Tláhuac |url=https://nosotrosmx.com/2018/02/14/el-significado-de-tlahuac/ |magazine=Nosotros |volume=81 |language=es}}
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Estación Tláhuac (Metro de México)}}
- {{cite web|url=https://mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx/venues/metro-tlahuac/|title=Metro Tláhuac|publisher=At the Official Guide to Mexico City}}
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