The station is named after the Consulado River, which runs below Río Consulado Avenue, and its pictogram depicts a water duct, representing the ducted part of the river. Consulado station opened on 29 August 1981 with service northward toward Martín Carrera station and southward toward Candelaria station on Line 4. Southeast service on Line 5 toward Pantitlán metro station started on 19 December 1981. In 2019, the station had an overall average daily ridership of 9,337 passengers, making it one of the least-used stations in the network.
East: Congreso de la Unión Avenue and Oriente 87 Street, 20 de Noviembre (Line 4).
West: Congreso de la Unión Avenue and Oriente 85 Street, Mártires de Río Blanco (Line 4).
North: Río Consulado Avenue and Norte 64-A Street, 7 de Noviembre (Line 5).
South: Río Consulado Avenue and Cuarzo Street, Felipe Ángeles (Line 5).
History and construction
Line 4 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA;[6] Consulado Line 4 opened on 29 August 1981, on the first day of the then Martín Carrera–Candelaria service. It is an elevated station;[7] the interstation stretch between Consulado and Bondojito is 892 meters (2,927 ft) long; the Consulado–Canal del Norte section is 884 m (2,900 ft) long.[8]
Line 5 was built by Empresas ICA;[9] Consulado Line 5 opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the service toward Pantitlán station.[10] Northwestern service toward La Raza station started on 1 July 1982.[11] The station was built at-grade level;[7] the Consulado–Valle Gómez interstation is 679 m (2,228 ft) long, while the Consulado–Eduardo Molina section measures 815 m (2,674 ft).[8]
The passenger transfer tunnel that connects both lines is around 400 m (1,300 ft) long.[12] The station's pictogram depicts a water duct, representing the ducted part of the Consulado River, which runs under the station.[2] Inside the Line 5 station, there are four cultural showcases.[2]
Incidents
According to the system authorities, the Consulado–Valle Gómez section is a common zone of copper wire thefts, which potentially can create fires in the tracks.[13] On 31 July 2018, three railroad cars uncoupled while a train was traveling at the Consulado–Eduardo Molina interstation, with no injuries reported. When the incident was reviewed, authorities found that the nuts that kept the cars together were damaged.[14] After the collapse of the elevated railway near Olivos station on Line 12 in May 2021, users reported the structural damage to other elevated stations, including Consulado station.[15]Mayor of Mexico City, Claudia Sheinbaum, said that the reports would be examined accordingly.[16]
Ridership
According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, Consulado metro station has been one of the least busy stations of the system's 195 stations. Before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, between 2013 and 2019, commuters averaged per year between 4,300 and 4,600 daily entrances on Line 4 and between 4,800 and 5,200 daily entrances on Line 5. In 2019, the station's ridership totaled 3,408,299 passengers. For Line 4, the ridership was 1,608,777 passengers (4,407 per day), which was a decrease of 15,947 passengers compared to 2018. For Line 5, the station had a ridership of 1,799,522 passengers (4,930 per day), which was a decrease of 6,517 passengers compared to 2018.[17][18]
In 2019, the Line 4 station was the 190th busiest of the system and the line's second least used. The Line 5 station was the 187th busiest in the system and the line's third least used.[17]
^The Mexico City Metro system counts the entries from interchange stations separately. When counted individually, 1,131,202 passengers accessed through Line 4, while 1,686,931 passengers did it through Line 5.[1]
^Estación del Metro Consulado. Spanish pronunciation: [kon.suˈla.ðo]ⓘ. The name of the station literally means "Consulate" in Spanish.
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^"Línea 4, Ciudad de México" [Line 4, Mexico City] (in Spanish). iNGENET Infraestructura. 20 July 2009. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
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