Cuauhtémoc metro station (Mexico City)

Cuauhtémoc is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro Line 1.^[2] It is located at the northern extreme of Avenida Cuauhtémoc, in the Cuauhtémoc borough, in the center of Mexico City.^[2] From November 2023 to April 2025, the station remained closed for modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.^[3]

Cuauhtémoc
STC rapid transit
Cuauhtémoc station, 2025
General information
Location	Avenida Chapultepec Cuauhtémoc Mexico
Coordinates	19.425862°N 99.154701°W / 19.425862; -99.154701
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Observatorio - Pantitlán)
Platforms	2
Tracks	2
Connections	Cuauhtémoc Cuauhtémoc stop (temporary)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	4 September 1969; 55 years ago (1969-09-04)
Passengers
2024	0[1]  100%
Rank	189/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Insurgentes toward Observatorio Line 1 Balderas toward Pantitlán
Route map Legend Observatorio yard Observatorio Tacubaya Juanacatlán Chapultepec Sevilla Insurgentes Cuauhtémoc Balderas Salto del Agua Isabel la Católica Pino Suárez Merced Candelaria San Lázaro Moctezuma Balbuena Boulevard Puerto Aéreo Gómez Farías Zaragoza Zaragoza workshops Pantitlán This diagram: view talk edit
Location Cuauhtémoc Location within Mexico City Area map

Name and pictogram

The station logo depicts the head of an eagle.^[2] The station, avenue, and borough were all named after the Aztec Emperor Cuauhtémoc, whose name means "descending eagle" in Nahuatl.^[2] The station receives its name due to being located at the intersection of Avenida Chapultepec and Avenida Cuauhtémoc, in the limits of the Juárez, Roma Norte, Centro and Doctores neighborhoods.

General information

This metro station is located near a number of landmarks, such as the up-market Roma and Juárez neighborhoods and the elegant tree-lined boulevard that is Paseo de la Reforma.^[2] Also nearby are two museums, the Ripley's Believe It or Not! museum^[4] and the Mexico City Wax Museum.^[5]

After renovation works that began in 2022, the station was reopened on April 23, 2025.^[6]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2024	0	0	189/195	−100.00%	[1]
2023	2,563,966	7,024	141/195	−38.88%	[1]
2022	4,194,986	11,493	102/195	+3.46%	[1]
2021	4,054,718	11,108	74/195	−7.73%	[7]
2020	4,394,193	12,005	80/195	−47.13%	[8]
2019	8,311,511	22,771	67/195	+0.92%	[9]
2018	8,235,598	22,563	73/195	+5.42%	[10]
2017	7,812,188	21,403	76/195	−8.23%	[11]
2016	8,512,525	23,258	71/195	+1.94%	[12]
2015	8,350,845	22,879	71/195	+6.48%	[13]

Gallery

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  Entry sign to the station