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Gómez Farías (Mexican Spanish pronunciation (help·info)) is a station of the Mexico City Metro in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms served by Line 1 (the Pink Line) between Boulevard Puerto Aéreo and Zaragoza stations. It serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Federal and Gómez Farías; the station receives its name from the latter, which in turn is named after Valentín Gómez Farías, the 7th president of Mexico (he served intermittently from 1833 to 1847). The pictogram depicts a representation of the Mexican Constitution of 1857, which was promoted by Gómez Farías during his tenure as the president of Congress. Gómez Farías station opened on 4 September 1969 with service westward toward Chapultepec and eastward toward Zaragoza. The facilities are partially accessible for people with disabilities as it has escalators. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 28,385 passengers, making it the 48th busiest station in the network and the 11th busiest of the line. Starting 11 July 2022, the station will remain closed for at least eight months for modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.[2]

Gómez Farías
STC rapid transit
Station platform, 2009
General information
Location	Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19.416472°N 99.09035°W / 19.416472; -99.09035
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Observatorio – Pantitlán)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Gómez Farías stop (temporary)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Disabled access	Partial
Other information
Status	Out of service
History
Opened	4 September 1969
Key dates
11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)	Temporarily closed
Passengers
2021	7,337,725[1]  3.93%
Rank	22/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Boulevard Puerto Aéreo toward Observatorio Line 1 Zaragoza 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
Gómez Farías Location within Mexico City
Area map

Location

Gómez Farías is a metro station located along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City.[3] The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Federal and Gómez Farías. Within the system, the station lies between Boulevard Puerto Aéreo and Zaragoza.[3]

Exits

There are two exits:[3]

• North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Relaciones Exteriores Street, Federal.
• South: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and 31 Street, Gómez Farías.

History and construction

Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro and Cometro, the last one a subsidiary of Empresas ICA.[4] Its first section opened on 4 September 1969, operating from Chapultepec to Zaragoza stations.[5] Gómez Farías is an underground station;[6] the Gómez Farías–Zaragoza tunnel is 762 meters (2,500 ft) long, while the Gómez Farías–Boulevard Puerto Aéreo section measures 611 meters (2,005 ft).[7] The station's pictogram features a silhouette of a representation of the Mexican Constitution of 1857, which was promoted by Valentín Gómez Farías during his tenure as the president of Congress.[3]

It has a partially disabled-accessible service with escalators.[3] The station will be closed in 2022 for modernization work on the tunnel and technical equipment of the line.[8]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities, between 2011 and 2021, commuters averaged between 20,100 and 42,300 daily entrances. In 2019, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 10,360,851 passengers,[9] which was a decrease of 1,800,444 passengers compared to 2018.[10] In the same year, Gómez Farías was the 48th busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's 11th busiest.[9]

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2021	7,337,725	20,103	22/195	−3.93%	[1]
2020	7,637,970	20,868	24/195	−26.28%	[11]
2019	10,360,851	28,385	48/195	−14.80%	[9]
2018	12,161,295	33,318	32/195	+1.87%	[10]
2017	11,938,118	32,707	33/195	−15.75%	[12]
2016	14,170,037	38,715	23/195	−6.34%	[13]
2015	15,129,911	41,451	20/195	−1.44%	[14]
2014	15,350,466	42,056	20/195	+0.58%	[15]
2013	15,262,126	41,814	21/195	+11.49%	[16]
2012	13,689,263	37,402	26/195	−11.28%	[17]
2011	15,429,736	42,273	19/175	–	[18]

References

External links

• Media related to Gómez Farías (station) at Wikimedia Commons
• "Metro Gómez Farías". At the Official Guide to Mexico City.

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