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Tepalcates is a station on the Line A of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Iztapalapa municipality, to the east of downtown Mexico City.[2] In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 19,326 passengers per day.[4]

Tepalcates
STC rapid transit
Platform of Tepalcates
General information
Location	Iztapalapa Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°23′29″N 99°02′47″W
Line(s)	(Pantitlán - La Paz)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Tepalcates
Construction
Structure type	At grade
History
Opened	12 August 1991
Passengers
2021	5,328,315[1]  6.88%
Rank	46/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station Canal de San Juan toward Pantitlán Line A Guelatao toward La Paz
Route map Legend Pantitlán Agrícola Oriental Canal de San Juan Tepalcates Guelatao Peñón Viejo Acatitla Santa Marta Mexico City State of Mexico Los Reyes La Paz This diagram: view talk edit
Location
Tepalcates Location within Mexico City
Area map

Name and pictogram

The station takes its name from the nearby estate Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates. The name has its roots in the Nahuatl word "teplacatl" used to refer to any pot or vessel made out of clay or mud. The pictogram depicts the side view of a pre-Hispanic pottery bowl of the types made in Puebla and Tlaxcala.[2]

General information

The station was opened on 12 August 1991 along the other nine stations of Line A.[5]

Metro Tepalcates connects with the bus rapid transit stop of the same name of the Mexico City Metrobús Line 2; this stop is the eastern terminus of Line 2.

As every Line A station, except for Pantitlán, it is an at grade station in the median of Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza with the entrances on both sides of the road connecting to the station through two pedestrian bridges. Due to the design of the station, it has an island platform where passengers can take trains in both eastbound and westbound directions.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2021	5,328,315	14,598	46/195	+6.88%	[1]
2020	4,985,092	13,620	58/195	−29.33%	[6]
2019	7,054,067	19,326	92/195	+11.71%	[4]
2018	6,314,510	17,300	104/195	+22.80%	[7]
2017	5,142,008	14,087	122/195	−17.62%	[8]
2016	6,241,923	17,054	107/195	+4.85%	[9]
2015	5,953,370	16,310	105/195	+10.27%	[10]
2014	5,399,036	14,791	112/195	+2.88%	[11]
2013	5,247,805	14,377	118/195	−16.81%	[12]
2012	6,307,928	17,234	113/195	−6.59%	[13]
2011	6,752,766	18,500	106/175	+31.31%	[14]
2010	5,142,701	14,089	106/175	–	[15]

Exits

• North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and General Esteban Baca Calderón street, Colonia Juan Escutia
• South: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Avenida Telecomunicaciones, Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exits/Entrances
G Platforms	Westbound	← toward Pantitlán (Canal de San Juan)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Eastbound	→ toward La Paz (Guelatao)→

Gallery

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  Entry sign

References

External links

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