Popotla metro station

Popotla is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Popotla neighborhood of the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, northwest of the city center, on the Calzada México-Tacuba.^[2][3] In 2019 the station had an average ridership of 10,000 passengers per day, making it the least used station on Line 2.^[4]

Popotla
STC rapid transit
Station entrance sign, 22 December 2006
General information
Location	Calzada México-Tacuba Popotla, Miguel Hidalgo Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°27′08″N 99°10′29″W
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
Platforms	2 side platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	14 September 1970; 54 years ago (1970-09-14)
Passengers
2023	2,804,236[1]  12.85%
Rank	136/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Cuitláhuac toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 Colegio Militar 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 Popotla Location within Mexico City Area map

Name and pictogram

The name of the station comes from the neighborhood it serves: Popotla. The logo depicts an ahuehuete tree, referring to the Árbol de la Noche Triste – the "tree of the sad night" – where Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés stopped his retreat from Tenochtitlán and cried after being defeated by Cuitláhuac in the Battle of Noche Triste.^[2][3] The actual tree survived until the 20th century, when it was destroyed by a fire. There is a commemorative plaque on the site where the tree used to be.

General information

The station was opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.^[5] Metro Popotla serves the neighborhood of the same name.

From 23 April to 24 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.^[6][7]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	2,804,236	7,682	136/195	+12.85%	[1]
2022	2,484,958	6,808	140/195	+78.75%	[1]
2021	1,390,202	3,808	159/195	−3.38%	[8]
2020	1,438,795	3,931	172/195	−60.58%	[9]
2019	3,650,212	10,000	154/195	−0.80%	[4]
2018	3,679,693	10,081	153/195	+0.20%	[10]
2017	3,672,167	10,060	150/195	−2.49%	[11]
2016	3,766,005	10,289	147/195	−2.36%	[12]
2015	3,857,093	10,567	135/195	+3.41%	[13]
2014	3,729,954	10,219	136/195	−5.92%	[14]

Nearby

• Universidad del Ejército y Fuerza Aérea, university of the Mexican Army and the Air Force

Entrances

• North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Callejón de la Zanja, Popotla
• North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Colegio Militar street, Popotla

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations