Metro Eduardo Molina

Eduardo Molina (Spanish pronunciation) is a station of the Mexico City Metro in Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is a surface station with 1 island platform, served by Line 5 (the Yellow line), between Consulado and Aragón stations. Eduardo Molina station serves the colonias 20 de Noviembre and Malinche. The station is named after Eduardo Molina Arévalo, an engineer who helped to solve the problem of water scarcity in the Valley of Mexico in the mid-20th century, and its pictogram represents two hands taking water, as featured on the mural El agua, origen de la vida (lit.transl. Water, Origin of Life), painted by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera in the Cárcamo de Dolores, in Chapultepec, Mexico City. Eduardo Molina station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the Consulado–Pantitlán service.

Eduardo Molina
STC rapid transit
Station sign, 2012
Location	Río Consulado Avenue, Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°27′05″N 99°06′20″W
Line(s)	Line 5
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Río Consulado
Construction
Structure type	Surface
History
Opened	19 December 1981
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	2,486,165[1]
Rank	176/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station Consulado toward Politécnico Line 5 Aragón 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
Eduardo Molina Location within Mexico City

Location

Eduardo Molina station (pictured) is next to the Río Consolado Avenue

Eduardo Molina is a metro station located on Río Consulado Avenue, northeastern Mexico City.[2] The station serves the colonias 20 de Noviembre, in Venustiano Carranza,[3] and Malinche, in Gustavo A. Madero.[4] Within the system, the station lies between Consulado and Aragón.[2]

The Río Consulado Metrobús station (Line 5) services the area.[2]

Exits

• North: Río Consulado Avenue and Norte 86 street, colonia Malinche.[2]
• South: Río Consulado Avenue, colonia 20 de Noviembre.[2]

History and construction

Eduardo Molina station's pictogram features a fragment of the mural El agua, origen de la vida (detail pictured) by Diego Rivera

Line 5 of Mexico City Metro was built by Grupo ICA (es),[5] and its first section was opened on 19 December 1981, operating from Pantitlán to Consulado stations.[6] Eduardo Molina is at the street level;[7] the station is named after Eduardo Molina Arévalo (es),[2] a Mexican engineer who helped to solve the problem of water scarcity in the Valley of Mexico in the mid-20th century through the Lerma River system,[8][9] and the station's pictogram features two hands holding water, a reference to a fragment of the mural El agua, origen de la vida (lit.transl. Water, Origin of Life),[2] painted by Diego Rivera inside the main building of the Cárcamo de Dolores, a hydraulic structure in Chapultepec, Mexico City.[10][11]

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, Eduardo Molina station had an overall ridership of 2,486,165 passengers,[1] which was a decrease of 75,730 passengers compared to 2018.[14] In the same year, Eduardo Molina was the 176th busiest station in the system, out of a total of 195 stations, and it was the 9th busiest on Line 5.[1]

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	Ref.
2019	2,486,165	6,811	176/195	[1]
2018	2,561,895	7,018	175/195	[14]
2017	2,437,928	6,979	173/195	[15]
2016	2,558,663	7,010	174/195	[16]
2015	2,666,483	7,305	160/195	[17]
2014	2,704,567	7,409	159/195	[18]
2013	2,915,243	7,986	167/195	[19]
2012	2,778,187	7,590	152/195	[20]
2011	3,129,424	8,573	146/175	[21]
2010	2,287,814	6,267	155/175	[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. "Eduardo Molina" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 5 July 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
3. "Colonia 20 de Noviembre, Código Postal 15300, Venustiano Carranza, Distrito Federal" (in Spanish). Heraldo. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
4. "Colonia La Malinche, Código Postal 077899, Gustavo A. Madero, Distrito Federal" (in Spanish). Heraldo. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
5. "Línea 5, Ciudad de México" (in Spanish). iNGENET Infraestructura. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
6. "Baia, Baia, Tacubaya... Las estaciones del metro MÁS y MENOS utilizadas en CDMX" (in Spanish). Nacion 321. 4 September 2019. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
7. "Eduardo Molina Metro Station (Mexico City, 1981)". Structurae.net. Archived from the original on 24 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
8. Mejía, Ximena (30 May 2015). "Cárcamo de Lerma, un culto al agua en el DF". Excélsior (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
9. López Munguía, Agustín (2006). "El metro, los alimentos y la biotecnología" (PDF) (in Spanish). Dirección General de Divulgación de la Ciencia. National Autonomous University of Mexico. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
10. "Cárcamo de Dolores, fusión de arte y urbanismo" (in Spanish). Comisión Nacional del Agua. Government of Mexico. 8 November 2017. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
11. "Mexico City with Kids: Museo del Carcamo de Dolores". Kiddiemundo. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
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.

External links

• Monzón, Jorge Arturo. "Photos 1-12 of 12: Eduardo Molina". world.nycsubway.org. Retrieved 28 August 2011.