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Potrero (Spanish: [poˈtɾeɾo] (listen); Spanish lit. transl. "Paddock") is a station of the Mexico City Metro built along Insurgentes Norte Avenue in the colonias (neighborhoods) of Capultitlan and Guadalupe Insurgentes, in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform served by Line 3 (the Olive Line) between Deportivo 18 de Marzo and La Raza stations. The station and its surrounding area are named this way because there used to be a hippodrome during the Porfiriato era (1876–1911) and its pictogram features the silhouette of a head of a horse behind a fence. The station was opened on 1 December 1979, on the first day of service between Indios Verdes and Hospital General stations.

Potrero
STC rapid transit
Station sign, 2006
General information
Location	Insurgentes Norte Avenue Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°28′37″N 99°07′56″W
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Indios Verdes – Universidad)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Potrero Potrero Route: 15-C Routes: 25, 104
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Disabled access	Partial
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	1 December 1979
Passengers
2021	2,998,686[1]  17%
Rank	108/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Deportivo 18 de Marzo toward Indios Verdes Line 3 La Raza toward Universidad
Route map Legend Ticomán workshops Indios Verdes Deportivo 18 de Marzo Potrero La Raza Tlatelolco Guerrero Hidalgo Juárez Balderas Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX Hospital General Centro Médico Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia Eugenia División del Norte Zapata Coyoacán Viveros / Derechos Humanos Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Copilco Universidad This diagram: view talk edit
Location
Potrero Location within Mexico City
Area map

In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 17,308 passengers, making it the 106th busiest station in the network and the third-least used in the line. The facilities are partially accessible for people with disabilities as it is equipped with access ramps.

Location and layout

Potrero is a metro station located along Insurgentes Norte Avenue, in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City.[2] The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhood") of Capultitlan and Guadalupe Insurgentes. Within the system, it is found between Deportivo 18 de Marzo and La Raza stations.[2]

Potrero is serviced by a transport hub called Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM),[3] whose size is 6,614 square meters (71,190 sq ft).[4] From there, commuters can ride different routes and transport methods, including Routes 25 and 104 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP) system and Route 15-C of the public bus system.[5][6] It is serviced by Line 1 of the Metrobús service at Potrero station.[7]

Exits

There are four exits:[2]

• Northeast: Insurgentes Norte Avenue and Victoria Avenue, Guadalupe Insurgentes.
• Northwest: Insurgentes Norte Avenue and Poniente 116, Capultitlan.
• Southeast: Insurgentes Norte Avenue and Excélsior Street, Guadalupe Insurgentes.
• Northwest: Insurgentes Norte Avenue and Poniente 112, Capultitlan.

History and construction

Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro, and Cometro, the latter a subsidiary of Empresas ICA;[8] Potrero opened on 1 December 1979, on the first day of the Indios Verdes–Hospital General service.[9] The station was built at grade level. The Potrero–La Raza stretch goes from the street level to the underground one[10] and its length is 1,106 meters (3,629 ft). Northbound, the Deportivo 18 de Marzo–Potrero section is 966 m (3,169 ft) long.[11] Horse, mammoth, fish and bird remains were found during its construction.[12]

Potrero station has a partially disabled-accessible service with access ramps.[2] The station's pictogram features the silhouette of a head of a horse behind a fence. The station and its surrounding area are named this way because there used to be a hippodrome during the Porfiriato era (1876–1911; Ex Hipódromo de Peralvillo in modern times); its paddocks were found in its northern zone.[2]

Incidents

On 14 December 2018, a private vehicle crashed into the Insurgentes Norte and Victoria entrance's walls after it was impacted by a public bus with no injuries reported.[13] On 19 July 2021, a man was stabbed and killed in the CETRAM's corridors in an apparent robbery.[14]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities, between 2011 and 2021, commuters averaged between 8,200 and 25,500 daily entrances. In 2019, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 6,317,545 passengers,[15] which was an increase of 48,482 passengers compared to 2018.[16] In the same year, Potrero was the 106th busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's third-least used.[15]

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2021	2,998,686	8,215	108/195	−17.00%	[1]
2020	3,612,909	9,871	103/195	−42.81%	[17]
2019	6,317,545	17,308	106/195	+0.77%	[15]
2018	6,269,063	17,175	106/195	−2.37%	[16]
2017	6,421,265	17,592	104/195	−8.06%	[18]
2016	6,984,359	19,082	93/195	−5.42%	[19]
2015	7,384,471	20,231	87/195	+2.79%	[20]
2014	7,184,004	19,682	92/195	−9.20%	[21]
2013	7,911,896	21,676	83/195	−15.15%	[22]
2012	9,324,029	25,475	61/195	+5.76%	[23]
2011	8,816,344	24,154	76/175	–	[24]

References

External links

• Media related to Potrero (station) at Wikimedia Commons
• The dictionary definition of potrero at Wiktionary
• "Metro Potrero". At the Official Guide to Mexico City.

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