Juárez metro station

This article is about the Mexico City Metro station. For the Guadalajara light rail station, see Juárez light rail station.

Juárez
STC rapid transit
Entrance to Metro Juarez on Balderas Street
General information
Location	Balderas street Centro, Cuauhtémoc Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°25′59″N 99°08′52″W
Line(s)	(Indios Verdes - Universidad)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Juárez Juárez
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	20 November 1970
Passengers
2023	5,009,931[1]  15.14%
Rank	93/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Hidalgo toward Indios Verdes Line 3 Balderas toward Universidad
Route map 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 Juárez Location within Mexico City Area map

Juárez is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro.^[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.^[2]

Name and iconography

The station logo depicts the bust of Benito Juárez (1806-1872), a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as the president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, then 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872 as constitutional president.^[2][3] This station's name, along with Metro Guelatao,^[4] refers to the Mexican politician and is located close to Juárez Avenue. The station opened on 20 November 1970, and has facilities for the handicapped.^[2][5]

General information

Juárez serves the Centro neighborhood, near the downtown area of the city.^[2] It is located on Balderas Avenue,^[2] and the walk from the station to the important Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas Avenue has many specialty stores.^[6]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	5,009,931	13,725	93/195	+15.14%	[1]
2022	4,351,149	11,920	98/195	+47.16%	[1]
2021	2,956,795	8,100	111/195	−15.48%	[7]
2020	3,498,216	9,557	107/195	−44.65%	[8]
2019	6,320,737	17,317	105/195	−1.25%	[9]
2018	6,400,618	17,535	102/195	−1.46%	[10]
2017	6,495,647	17,796	100/195	−5.04%	[11]
2016	6,840,125	18,688	94/195	+0.80%	[12]
2015	6,786,145	18,592	97/195	−3.57%	[13]
2014	7,037,722	19,281	93/195	−4.87%	[14]

Nearby

• Teatro Metropólitan, theatre.
• Museo de Arte Popular, popular art museum.
• Newspaper Milenio headquarters.

Exits

• East: Balderas Street and Art. 123 Street, Centro
• West: Balderas Street and Independencia Avenue, Centro

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2023" [Station traffic per line 2023] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
2. "Juárez" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
3. Archambault, Richard. "Juárez » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
4. "Guelatao" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
6. The area south of the station on Balderas is home to the Mercado de Artesanias de la Ciudadela. See: "Mercado de Artesanias" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Mexico City Markets". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Mercado Artesanal de la Ciudadela - Mexico City Shopping". Fodor's Travel Guides. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
7. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
8. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
9. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
10. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
11. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
12. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
13. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
14. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.