Ecatepec metro station

Ecatepec (until August 25, 2008, called Tecnológico)^[2][3][4] is a station on Line B of the Mexico City Metro system.^[2][5] It is in the Ecatepec de Morelos city in the State of Mexico adjacent to Mexico City.^[2] The station opened on November 30, 2000, under its original name, Metro Tecnológico.^[2][6] The station's icon was the emblem of the Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Ecatepec, whose facilities are located nearby.^[7] On 23 July 2008, Francisco Bojórquez Hernández, director of the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro, and José Luis Gutiérrez Cureño, Ecatepec's municipal president, established an agreement to improve the security, quality, and efficacy of the services at the station.^[3] As part of their agreement, they decided to change the name and iconography of the station. On August 25, 2008, Metro Tecnológico was renamed Metro Ecatepec, after the neighborhood where it is located.^[2][3] The updated station logo shows a Mexica based icon of Ehecatépetl a mountain whose top is the god of wind Ehecatl.^[2]

Ecatepec
STC rapid transit
General information
Location	Ecatepec, State of Mexico Mexico
Coordinates	19°30′55″N 99°02′10″W
Line(s)	(Ciudad Azteca - Buenavista)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
History
Opened	30 November 2000
Previous names	Tecnológico
Passengers
2023	7,760,621[1]  6.25%
Rank	47/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Olímpica toward Ciudad Azteca Line B Múzquiz toward Buenavista
Route map Legend Ciudad Azteca workshops Ciudad Azteca Plaza Aragón Olímpica Ecatepec Múzquiz Río de los Remedios Impulsora Nezahualcóyotl State of Mexico Mexico City Villa de Aragón Bosque de Aragón Deportivo Oceanía Oceanía Romero Rubio Ricardo Flores Magón San Lázaro Morelos Tepito Lagunilla Garibaldi / Lagunilla Guerrero Buenavista This diagram: view talk edit
Location Ecatepec Location within Greater Mexico City Area map

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	7,760,621	21,261	47/195	+6.25%	[1]
2022	7,303,818	20,010	44/195	+50.48%	[1]
2021	4,853,732	13,297	54/195	+7.70%	[8]
2020	4,506,517	12,312	75/195	−53.73%	[9]
2019	9,740,169	26,685	53/195	−1.89%	[10]
2018	9,927,920	27,199	51/195	+3.06%	[11]
2017	9,633,286	26,392	50/195	−7.37%	[12]
2016	10,399,823	28,414	48/195	−0.02%	[13]
2015	10,401,816	28,498	49/195	+2.60%	[14]
2014	10,138,694	27,777	50/195	−3.02%	[15]