Metro Misterios

Misterios (Spanish pronunciation; Spanish for "Mysteries") is a station of the Mexico City Metro in Cuauhtémoc and Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. It is an underground station with 2 side platforms, served by Line 5 (the Yellow line), between La Raza and Valle Gómez stations. Misterios station serves the colonias Peralvillo and Vallejo.

Misterios
STC rapid transit
Station sign, 2006
Location	Río Consulado Avenue and Constantino street Cuauhtémoc and Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°27′48″N 99°07′51″W
Line(s)	Line 5
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Misterios
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	1 July 1982
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	2,953,802[1]
Rank	164/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station La Raza toward Politécnico Line 5 Valle Gómez toward Pantitlán
Route map Politécnico Instituto del Petróleo Autobuses del Norte La Raza Misterios Valle Gómez Consulado Eduardo Molina Aragón Oceanía Terminal Aérea Hangares Pantitlán Pantitlán yard
Location
Misterios Location within Mexico City

The station receives its name from the Calzada de los Misterios, an avenue in Mexico City with many hermitages that reference the Mysteries of the Rosary; the station's pictogram features one of those hermitages. Misterios station was opened on 1 July 1982, on the first day of the La Raza–Pantitlán service.

Location

Misterios is below the Río Consolado Avenue

Misterios is a metro station located on Río Consulado Avenue, northern Mexico City.[2] The station serves the colonias Peralvillo, in Cuauhtémoc,[3] and Vallejo, in Gustavo A. Madero.[4] Within the system, the station lies between La Raza and Valle Gómez.[2]

The Misterios Metrobús station (Line 7) services the area.[5]

Exits

• North: Río Consulado Norte Avenue and Constantino street, colonia Vallejo.[2]
• South: Río Consulado Sur Avenue and Constantino street, colonia Peralvillo.[2]

History and construction

Misterios' pictogram is based on one of the Mysteries of the Rosary located in Calzada de los Misterios (Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation pictured)

Line 5 of Mexico City Metro was built by Grupo ICA (es);[6] between the Valle Gómez and Misterios stations, it was found a road that connected Tenochtitlan with the Tepeyac hill. The road was built with materials dated from the Mesoamerican Postclassic Period.[7] Misterios is an underground station that was opened on 1 July 1982,[8] on the first day of the La Raza–Pantitlán service.[9]

The station is named after the Calzada de los Misterios (es),[2] an avenue in Mexico City that connects the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the Paseo de la Reforma avenue, and it features 15 hermitages built in the 17th century that reference the Mysteries of the Rosary;[10][11] the station's pictogram represents one of those hermitages.[2]

Incidents

From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.[12][13]

Ridership

In 2019, Misterios station had an overall ridership of 2,953,802 passengers,[1] which was a decrease of 107,804 passengers compared to 2018.[14] In the same year, Misterios was the 164th busiest station in the system, out of a total of 195 stations, and it was the 7th busiest on Line 5.[1]

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	Ref.
2019	2,953,802	8,092	164/195	[1]
2018	3,061,616	8,387	163/195	[14]
2017	3,000,250	8,219	163/195	[15]
2016	2,985,039	8,155	165/195	[16]
2015	3,005,192	8,233	152/195	[17]
2014	3,049,586	8,355	151/195	[18]
2013	3,062,814	8,391	160/195	[19]
2012	3,224,980	8,811	145/195	[20]
2011	3,678,301	10,077	140/175	[21]
2010	2,816,043	7,715	140/175	[22]

References

1. "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.
2. "Misterios" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
3. "Colonia Peralvillo, Código Postal 06220, Cuauhtémoc, Distrito Federal" (in Spanish). Heraldo. Archived from the original on 1 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
4. "Colonia Vallejo, Código Postal 07870, Gustavo A. Madero, Distrito Federal" (in Spanish). Heraldo. Archived from the original on 2 March 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
5. "Línea 7: significado de estaciones" (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
6. "Línea 5, Ciudad de México" (in Spanish). iNGENET Infraestructura. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
7. Sánchez Vázquez, Ma. de Jesús; Mena Cruz, Alberto; Carballal Staedtler, Margarita (2010). "Investigación Arqueológica en la Construcción del Metro" (PDF) (in Spanish). Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
8. "Misterios Metro Station (Mexico City, 1982)". Structurae.net. Archived from the original on 11 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
9. Transporte: Seis años de esfuerzo conjunto (in Spanish). I. Government of the Federal District Department. 1987. p. 17.
10. "La icónica Calzada de los Misterios". El Universal (in Spanish). 12 March 2017. Archived from the original on 15 June 2019. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
11. Fierro, Kevin A. (2008). The Mexico City Metro --User's Guide, Cultural & Historical Tour. p. 58. ISBN 978-0-6152-0611-0.
12. "Cierre temporal de estaciones" (PDF) (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
13. Hernández, Eduardo (13 June 2020). "Coronavirus. Este es el plan para reabrir estaciones del Metro, Metrobús y Tren ligero". El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
14. "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.
15. "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.
16. "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.
17. "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.
18. "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.
19. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2013" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2014. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
20. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2012" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
21. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2011" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2012. Archived from the original on 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
22. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2010" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2011. Archived from the original on 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

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