Hidalgo metro station

Hidalgo is a station on Line 2 and Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro system.^[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, west of the city center, on Hidalgo Avenue and serves the Colonia Tabacalera, Colonia Guerrero, and Colonia Centro districts.^[2]

Hidalgo
STC rapid transit
Entrance to Metro Hidalgo
General information
Location	Cuauhtémoc Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°26′14″N 99°08′50″W
Line(s)	(Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña) (Indios Verdes - Universidad)
Platforms	4 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Hidalgo Hidalgo Hidalgo
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Partial
History
Opened	14 September 1970 20 November 1970
Passengers
2023	Total: 14,674,254 8,294,412[1] 4,131,864[1]  18.11%
Rank	21/195[1] 110/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Revolución toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 Bellas Artes toward Tasqueña Guerrero toward Indios Verdes Line 3 Juárez toward Universidad
Route map Legend Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo/Tenochtitlan Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard This diagram: view talk edit 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 Hidalgo Location within Mexico City Area map

General information

Metro Hidalgo's name and logo evoke Miguel Hidalgo, the chief instigator of the Mexican War of Independence of 1810, after whom the nearby avenue is named.^[2][3] The station's icon depicts the profile of Hidalgo.

Metro Hidalgo was opened along Line 2 on 14 September 1970.^[4] Service along Line 3 started on 20 November 1970.^[4]

The station also connects with trolleybus Line "LL", which runs between this metro station and the Colonia San Felipe de Jesús district.^[5] The station has an information desk, facilities for the handicapped, and a cultural display.^[2]

The station is also close to Paseo de la Reforma, an important avenue that crosses downtown Mexico City and leads to Chapultepec Park.^[6] Some of the station exits are located on the west end of the Alameda Central, a large ornamental park.^[2][7][8] On the east end of the Alameda stands the Palacio de Bellas Artes.^[9] On the west end, near Metro Hidalgo, is the Museo Mural Diego Rivera.^[10]

The nearby shrine to Saint Jude becomes a place of pilgrimage the 28th of each month.^[11][12]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 2)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	10,542,390	28,883	21/195	+27.10%	[1]
2022	8,294,412	22,724	31/195	+51.52%	[1]
2021	5,473,990	14,997	42/195	−1.74%	[13]
2020	5,570,805	15,220	49/195	−44.11%	[14]
2019	9,967,554	27,308	50/195	−0.64%	[15]
2018	10,031,672	27,484	50/195	−1.59%	[16]
2017	10,193,908	27,928	48/195	−10.28%	[17]
2016	11,362,462	31,044	41/195	−14.57%	[18]
2015	13,299,542	36,437	28/195	+3.40%	[19]
2014	12,862,130	35,238	29/195	−2.00%	[20]

Annual passenger ridership (Line 3)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	4,131,864	11,320	110/195	+0.05%	[1]
2022	4,129,943	11,314	106/195	+60.14%	[1]
2021	2,578,964	7,065	122/195	−23.15%	[13]
2020	3,355,950	9,169	109/195	−47.39%	[14]
2019	6,378,926	17,476	103/195	−4.12%	[15]
2018	6,653,075	18,227	99/195	+2.42%	[16]
2017	6,495,781	17,796	99/195	−4.94%	[17]
2016	6,833,493	18,670	96/195	−0.57%	[18]
2015	6,872,627	18,829	96/195	+0.86%	[19]
2014	6,813,719	18,667	99/195	−9.20%	[20]

Nearby

• Alameda Central, public urban park.
• Museo Nacional de San Carlos, art museum devoted to European art.

Exits

Line 2

• South: Paseo de la Reforma and Basilio Vadillo street, Colonia Tabacalera
• North: Avenida Hidalgo and Héroes street, Colonia Tabacalera
• Southeast: Balderas street and Paseo de la Reforma, Colonia Tabacalera
• South: Eje 1 Poniente Rosales, Colonia Guerrero
• North: Eje 1 Poniente Guerrero, Colonia Guerrero

Line 3

• Southeast: Avenida Hidalgo and Balderas street, Colonia Centro
• Northeast: Paseo de la Reforma and Avenida Hidalgo, Colonia Centro
• East: Avenida Hidalgo, Colonia Centro

Gallery

• 
  Line 2 platforms
• 
  Line 3 platforms
• 
  Graffiti art decorating a passageway in Metro Hidalgo by "danielms"
• 
  Graffiti art decorating a passageway in Metro Hidalgo by "parkone"
• 
  Templo de San Hipólito (Hippolytus of Rome) located on Avenida Reforma near Metro Hidalgo
• 
  View of the Centro Cultural José Martí located near Metro Hidalgo

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations