San Cosme metro station

San Cosme is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.^[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc municipality of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, on Avenue Ribera de San Cosme a few blocks before it becomes Calzada México-Tacuba.^[2] The southern exit leads to Colonia San Rafael while the Northern one leads to Colonia Santa María la Ribera.^[2] It is two blocks from the Mercado de San Cosme. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 22,891 passengers per day.^[4]

San Cosme
STC rapid transit
General information
Location	Avenida Ribera de San Cosme Miguel Hidalgo Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°26′30″N 99°09′40″W
Line(s)	(Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
History
Opened	14 September 1970
Passengers
2023	6,458,313[1]  13.21%
Rank	67/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Normal toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 Revolución toward Tasqueña
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
Location San Cosme Location within Mexico City Area map

Name and pictogram

The station name comes from the Ribera de San Cosme avenue, on which the station is located. The former name of the road was Calzada de San Cosme and a stream used to run along the way before the desiccation of Lake Texcoco, hence the name "ribera".^[2][5]

The station pictogram depicts a balcony from the nearby colonial building known as La Casa de los Mascarones that currently houses the National Autonomous University of Mexico Foreign Languages School.^[2][3]

General information

The station was opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.^[6]

The station serves the Colonia San Rafael and Colonia Santa María la Ribera neighborhoods.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	6,458,313	17,694	67/195	+13.21%	[1]
2022	5,704,555	15,628	70/195	+67.42%	[1]
2021	3,407,301	9,335	92/195	−21.03%	[7]
2020	4,314,737	11,788	82/195	−48.36%	[8]
2019	8,355,454	22,891	66/195	+1.14%	[4]
2018	8,261,419	22,634	72/195	−4.99%	[9]
2017	8,694,990	23,821	62/195	−7.68%	[10]
2016	9,417,922	25,732	55/195	−10.08%	[11]
2015	10,473,114	28,693	48/195	−2.39%	[12]
2014	10,729,878	29,396	46/195	+4.59%	[13]

Exits

• North: Avenida Ribera de San Cosme and Rosas Moreno street, Colonia San Rafael
• South: Avenida Ribera de San Cosme and Naranjo street, Colonia Santa María la Ribera

Gallery

• 
  Detail of the Casa de los Mascarones balcony

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations