Salto del Agua metro station

Salto del Agua is a metro (subway) station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the center of Mexico City. Since 9 July 2022,[2] the Line 1 station has remained closed modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.[3] The Line 1 station was reopened in September 13, 2024.[4]

Salto del Agua
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Part of the corridor connecting the platforms for lines 1 and 8.
General information
LocationCentro, Cuauhtémoc
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°25′37″N 99°08′32″W / 19.426813°N 99.142213°W / 19.426813; -99.142213
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 1 (Observatorio - Pantitlán)
Mexico City Metro Line 8 (Garibaldi / Lagunilla - Constitución de 1917)
PlatformsMexico City Metro Line 1 2 side platforms
Mexico City Metro Line 8 2 side platforms; 1 island platform
Tracks4
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusIn service
History
OpenedMexico City Metro Line 1 4 September 1969
Mexico City Metro Line 8 20 July 1994
Key dates
9 July 2022 (2022-07-09)Mexico City Metro Line 1 Temporarily closed
13 September 2024 (2024-09-13)Mexico City Metro Line 1 Reopened
Passengers
2023Total: 8,132,745
Mexico City Metro Line 1 0[1]
Mexico City Metro Line 8 8,132,745[1]Decrease 6.25%
RankMexico City Metro Line 1 188/195[1]
Mexico City Metro Line 8 41/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Balderas Line 1 Isabel la Católica
toward Pantitlán
San Juan de Letrán Line 8 Doctores
Location
Salto del Agua is located in Mexico City
Salto del Agua
Salto del Agua
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map

Name and iconography

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Its logo represents the Salto del Agua fountain. This fountain is at the end of the old Chapultepec Aqueduct, also known as the Belen aqueduct. This aqueduct ran from what is now Chapultepec Park, following Chapultepec Avenue and Arcos de Belen (Arches of Belen) Streets ending at this fountain. It lies on the border of the historic center, Colonia Doctores and Colonia Obrera. Contrary to popular belief, this fountain is not the original but rather a reproduction. The original fountain had deteriorated significantly, so architect Guillermo Ruiz was tasked with its reproduction, using the original engraved stone epigraphs as a model. What is left of the original fountain is in the National Museum of the Viceregal Period in Tepotzotlán.[5]

General information

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Salto del Agua is a transfer station and contains a cultural display. It also has two kinds of architecture, one from Line 1 of the Metro, and the other, more modern style, of Line 8. Line 8 exits connect with Eje Central, which is filled in this zone with bookstores, boutiques, electronics shops, and street traders, locally known as vendedores ambulantes or "ambulantaje".

Metro Salto del Agua also transfers to trolleybus line "A", which runs the full length of Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas and more, from Metro Autobuses del Norte and Metro Tasqueña – the city's main north and south intercity bus stations.

Inside the station is a mural entitled The Three Workers by artist Jason Schell.

Ridership

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Annual passenger ridership (Line 1)
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
2022 0 0 188/195 −100.00% [1]
2021 4,369,643 11,971 67/195 −9.29% [6]
2020 4,817,210 13,161 62/195 −35.62% [7]
2019 7,482,564 20,500 86/195 0.34% [8]
2018 7,457,088 20,430 87/195 −2.65% [9]
2017 7,660,338 20,987 83/195 −11.79% [10]
2016 8,684,401 23,727 65/195 −2.70% [11]
2015 8,925,514 24,453 61/195 −2.46% [12]
2014 9,151,061 25,071 60/195 −4.19% [13]
Annual passenger ridership (Line 8)
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
2023 8,132,745 22,281 41/195 32.61% [1]
2022 6,132,781 16,802 60 /195 97.92% [1]
2021 3,098,577 8,489 106/195 5.12% [6]
2020 2,947,538 8,053 118/195 −45.96% [7]
2019 5,454,216 14,943 120/195 −2.65% [8]
2018 5,602,459 15,349 118/195 −6.05% [9]
2017 5,963,274 16,337 110/195 −11.13% [10]
2016 6,709,999 18,333 100/195 0.65% [11]
2015 6,666,917 18,265 99/195 −3.68% [12]
2014 6,921,771 18,963 95/195 −1.08% [13]

Exits

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Line 1

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  • North: Avenida Arcos de Belén, Centro
  • South: Avenida Arcos de Belén, Centro

Line 8

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Afluencia de estación por línea 2023" [Station traffic per line 2023] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Línea 1 del Metro cerrará 9 y 10 de julio por preparativos para modernización". Expansión (in Spanish). 7 July 2022. Retrieved 9 July 2022.
  3. ^ "La L1 del Metro de CDMX cerrará de Pantitlán a Salto del Agua, desde el 11 de julio". La Lista (in Spanish). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  4. ^ "Reabren tramo de la línea 1 del Metro de la CDMX". máspormás (in Mexican Spanish). September 13, 2024. Retrieved September 13, 2024.
  5. ^ Prado Nuñez, Ricardo (1965). Catalogo de Monumentos Escultoricos y Conmemorativos del Distrito Federal (in Spanish). p. 20.
  6. ^ a b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. ^ a b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  11. ^ a b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  12. ^ a b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  13. ^ a b "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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