Misterios metro station

Misterios metro station^[a] is a Mexico City Metro station within the limits of Gustavo A. Madero and Cuauhtémoc in Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms, serving Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between La Raza and Valle Gómez metro stations. two side platforms metro station was inaugurated on 1 July 1982, providing northwestward service toward La Raza and eastward service toward Pantitlán metro station.

Misterios
STC rapid transit
Station sign, 2006
General information
Location	Río Consulado Avenue and Constantino Street Cuauhtémoc and Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°27′48″N 99°07′51″W
Owned by	Government of Mexico City
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Politécnico – Pantitlán)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Misterios Route: 200 Trolleybus Line 5: Río Consulado Route: 20-A
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	1 July 1982; 43 years ago (1982-07-01)
Key dates
23 April 2020; 5 years ago (2020-04-23)	Temporarily closed
15 June 2020; 5 years ago (2020-06-15)	Reopened
Passengers
2023	2,518,389[1]  7.28%
Rank	142/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station La Raza toward Politécnico Line 5 Valle Gómez toward Pantitlán
Route map Legend Politécnico Instituto del Petróleo Autobuses del Norte La Raza Misterios Valle Gómez Consulado Eduardo Molina Aragón Oceanía Terminal Aérea Hangares Pantitlán This diagram: view talk edit
Location Misterios Location within Mexico City Area map

The station services the colonias (neighborhoods) of Peralvillo and Vallejo, along Avenida Río Consulado. The station is named after the nearby Calzada de los Misterios, an avenue with multiple hermitages depicting the Mysteries of the Rosary. The station's pictogram features one of them. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 8,092 passengers, ranking it the 164th busiest station in the network and the seventh busiest of the line.

Location and layout

The platforms are below Avenida Río Consulado (pictured)

Misterios is an underground metro station along Avenida Río Consulado, in northeastern Mexico City.^[2][3] It serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Vallejo, in Gustavo A. Madero, and Peralvillo, in Cuauhtémoc. Misterios metro station has two exits that lead to Avenida Río Consulado and Calle Constantino. The northern exit goes to Colonia Vallejo and the southern one is at Colonia Peralvillo.^[2]

Within the system, the station lies between La Raza and Valle Gómez.^[2] The area is serviced by Route 20-A of the city's public bus system^[4] by Route 200 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network,^[5] Line 7 of the Metrobús system at Misterios bus station, a few blocks away,^[6] and by Line 4 (formerly Line G) of the trolleybus system.^[7]

History and construction

Misterios' pictogram is based on one of the Mysteries of the Rosary located on Calzada de los Misterios (Joyful Mystery: The Annunciation pictured)

Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA. It opened on 19 December 1981.^[8][9] The next section, where Misterios station is located, opened on 1 July 1982, the first day of service for the western expansion from Consulado to La Raza metro station.^[10]

The tunnel between Valle Gómez and Misterios stations is 969 meters (3,179 ft) long.^[11][12] During construction, workers uncovered part of a road that connected Tenochtitlan with the Tepeyac hill. The road was built with materials dating back to the Mesoamerican Postclassic Period.^[13] The opposite side towards La Raza station emerges to the grade level and is 892 meters (2,927 ft).^[11]

The station is named after the nearby Calzada de los Misterios [es], an avenue in Mexico City that connects the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe with Paseo de la Reforma. Calzada de los Misterios has fifteen hermitages, built in the 17th century, which reference and illustrate the Mysteries of the Rosary. The station's pictogram represents one of these hermitages.^[2][14][15]

Originally, Line 8 (which runs from downtown Mexico City to Constitución de 1917 station in Iztapalapa) was planned to extend from Pantitlán in eastern Mexico City to Indios Verdes station, with a stop at Misterios.^[16] However, the project was canceled due to potential structural issues it would have caused near the Zócalo area, as it was intended to interchange with Line 2 at Zócalo station. The plan for Line 8 was later modified to run from Indios Verdes to Constitución de 1917 station, still stopping at Misterios. But its construction did not progress beyond Garibaldi / Lagunilla metro station, which has served as its provisional terminal since 1994.^[17][18]

Incidents

A train's railway coupler broke on 21 April 2020 near the station.^[19][20] From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.^[21][22] In the Misterios–Valle Gómez tunnel, a train window was ejected and caused a short circuit on 21 February 2021.^[23] A train window was ejected in the tunnel between Valle Gómez, causing a short circuit on station 21 February 2021.^[24]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 8,000 and 8,400 daily entrances between 2014 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 2,953,802 passengers in 2019,^[25] marking a decrease of 107,804 passengers compared to 2018.^[26] In 2019 specifically, Misterios metro station ranked as the 164th busiest station out of the system's 195 stations and was the seventh busiest on the line out of thirteen stations.^[25]

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	2,518,389	6,899	142/195	+7.28%	[1]
2022	2,347,498	6,431	145/195	+38.37%	[1]
2021	1,696,494	4,647	149/195	+15.32%	[27]
2020	1,471,058	4,019	170/195	−50.20%	[28]
2019	2,953,802	8,092	164/195	−3.52%	[25]
2018	3,061,616	8,387	163/195	+2.05%	[26]
2017	3,000,250	8,219	163/195	+0.51%	[29]
2016	2,985,039	8,155	165/195	−0.67%	[30]
2015	3,005,192	8,233	152/195	−1.46%	[31]
2014	3,049,586	8,355	151/195	−0.43%	[32]
Historical annual passenger ridership
2009	2,690,958	7,372	138/175	—	[33]

Gallery

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  The station platforms in 2022

Notes

1. Estación del Metro Misterios. Spanish pronunciation: [misˈteɾjos] ^ⓘ. The name of the station literally means "Mysteries" in Spanish.