Potrero metro station
Potrero is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Gustavo A. Madero borough, in the northern part of Mexico City.[2]
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![]() Station sign, 21 December 2008 | |||||||||||
| Location | Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°28′37″N 99°07′56″W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At grade | ||||||||||
| Disabled access | Partial | ||||||||||
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| Status | In service | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 1 December 1979 | ||||||||||
| Passengers | |||||||||||
| 2020 | 3,612,909[1] | ||||||||||
| Rank | 103/195[1] | ||||||||||
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![]() Location within Mexico City | |||||||||||
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General information
Metro Potrero stands on Avenida Insurgentes Norte and serves the Guadalupe Insurgentes and Colonia Calputitlan neighbourhoods.[2] The station opened on 1 December 1979[4]
The station also serves the Metrobús stop of the same name.
Name and iconography
The station logo depicts a colt behind a fence.[2][3] The Spanish word potrero means pasture land used for breeding horses (potros). The name of this station refers to the nearby potreros that existed in the zone in early 20th century.[2]
Ridership
| Annual passenger ridership | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2020 | 3,612,909 | 9,871 | 103/195 | −42.81% | [1] |
| 2019 | 6,317,545 | 17,308 | 106/195 | +0.77% | [5] |
| 2018 | 6,269,063 | 17,175 | 106/195 | −2.37% | [6] |
| 2017 | 6,421,265 | 17,592 | 104/195 | −8.06% | [7] |
| 2016 | 6,984,359 | 19,082 | 93/195 | −5.42% | [8] |
| 2015 | 7,384,471 | 20,231 | 87/195 | +2.79% | [9] |
| 2014 | 7,184,004 | 19,682 | 92/195 | −9.20% | [10] |
| 2013 | 7,911,896 | 21,676 | 83/195 | −15.15% | [11] |
| 2012 | 9,324,029 | 25,475 | 61/195 | +5.76% | [12] |
| 2011 | 8,816,344 | 24,154 | 76/175 | +15.37% | [13] |
| 2010 | 7,642,002 | 20,936 | 71/175 | – | [14] |
References
- "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.
- "Potrero" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- Archambault, Richard. "Potrero » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 19 August 2011.
- Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
- "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- "Afluencia de estación por línea 2013" [Station traffic per line 2013] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2014. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- "Afluencia de estación por línea 2012" [Station traffic per line 2012] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- "Afluencia de estación por línea 2011" [Station traffic per line 2011] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
- "Afluencia de estación por línea 2010" [Station traffic per line 2010] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2011. Archived from the original on 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
External links
The dictionary definition of potrero at Wiktionary
Media related to Potrero (station) at Wikimedia Commons
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