Hospital General metro station (Mexico City)

Hospital General is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro.^[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.^[2]

Hospital General
STC rapid transit
General information
Location	Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°24′49″N 99°09′14″W
Line(s)	(Indios Verdes - Universidad)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Hospital General
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Partial
History
Opened	20 November 1970; 54 years ago (1970-11-20)
Passengers
2023	5,642,524[1]  11.18%
Rank	80/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Niños Héroes toward Indios Verdes Line 3 Centro Médico toward Universidad
Route map Legend Ticomán workshops Indios Verdes Deportivo 18 de Marzo Potrero La Raza Tlatelolco Guerrero Hidalgo Juárez Balderas Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX Hospital General Centro Médico Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia Eugenia División del Norte Zapata Coyoacán Viveros / Derechos Humanos Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Copilco Universidad This diagram: view talk edit
Location Hospital General Location within Mexico City Area map

General information

This station transfers to the "S" trolleybus line, which runs between ISSSTE Zaragoza and Chapultepec.^[2][4]

Hospital General serves passengers in the Colonias (neighborhoods) of Doctores and Roma.^[2] The station opened on 20 November 1970 when it served as the southern terminus of Line 3.^[5] Service southward towards Centro Médico started 10 years later on 7 June 1980.^[5]

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  Entrance to Metro Hospital General, almost completely obscured by sidewalk vendors
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  Hospital General de Mexico for which the station is named

Name and iconography

The station logo represents the symbol of International Red Cross.^[2][3] Its name refers to the General Hospital of Mexico, which is located above the station.^[2]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	5,642,524	15,458	80/195	+11.18%	[1]
2022	5,075,058	13,904	87/195	+48.31%	[1]
2021	3,421,978	9,375	91/195	−16.17%	[6]
2020	4,082,080	11,153	89/195	−45.42%	[7]
2019	7,478,953	20,490	87/195	−5.12%	[8]
2018	7,882,229	21,595	81/195	−1.90%	[9]
2017	8,035,005	22,013	73/195	−4.91%	[10]
2016	8,449,620	23,086	73/195	−1.36%	[11]
2015	8,566,280	23,469	66/195	−2.82%	[12]
2014	8,815,281	24,151	62/195	−1.00%	[13]