Moctezuma metro station

Moctezuma is a station on Line 1 the Mexico City Metro.^[2][3] It is located in the Colonia Moctezuma and Colonia Balbuena neighborhoods of the Venustiano Carranza borough, to the northeast of the centre of Mexico City.^[2]

Moctezuma
STC rapid transit
Entrance and sign for Moctezuma, 2020
General information
Location	Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza Venustiano Carranza Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19.427218°N 99.110305°W / 19.427218; -99.110305
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Observatorio - Pantitlán)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Moctezuma Moctezuma
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	4 September 1969
Key dates
11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)	Temporarily closed
29 October 2023 (2023-10-29)	Reopened
Passengers
2023	700,729[1]  77.4%
Rank	183/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station San Lázaro toward Observatorio Line 1 Balbuena 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 Moctezuma Location within Mexico City Area map

The station logo portrays a stylised drawing of the feathered headdress of Moctezuma II Xocoyotzin, the penultimate Aztec emperor, for whom the station is named.^[2][3] The station also boasts a display containing a reproduction of the feathered headdress, the original of which is currently held by the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna, Austria. The station was opened on 4 September 1969.^[4]

This station runs under Avenida Ignacio Zaragoza.^[2] Back when trolleybus line "F" was still running this metro station connected with it, and the trolleybus ran between Nueva Atzacoalco neighbourhood, north of the city, and Villa Coapa, south of the city.^[5][6] From July 2022 to October 2023, the station was closed due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.^[7][8]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	700,729	1,919	183/195	−77.40%	[1]
2022	3,100,000	8,493	127/195	−30.90%	[9]
2021	4,486,218	12,291	63/195	−5.85%	[10]
2020	4,764,721	13,018	63/195	−40.81%	[11]
2019	8,050,035	22,054	75/195	−5.41%	[12]
2018	8,510,790	23,317	64/195	+9.13%	[13]
2017	7,798,657	21,366	77/195	−8.76%	[14]
2016	8,547,315	23,353	70/195	−7.23%	[15]
2015	9,213,638	25,242	56/195	−4.44%	[16]
2014	9,642,142	26,416	54/195	−15.94%	[17]