Villa de Cortés metro station

Villa de Cortés
STC rapid transit
Overhead station sign and street beyond, 2008
General information
Location	Calzada de Tlalpan Benito Juárez Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°23′15″N 99°08′20″W
Line(s)	(Cuatro Caminos - Tasqueña)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1 August 1970
Passengers
2023	4,739,634[1]  14.21%
Rank	99/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Xola toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 Nativitas toward Tasqueña
Route map Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo/Tenochtitlan Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard This diagram: view talk edit
Location Villa de Cortés Location within Mexico City Area map

Villa de Cortés is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.^[2][3] It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City, directly south of the city center on Calzada de Tlalpan.^[2] It is a surface station.

General information

The station logo depicts a helmet of the type used by the Spanish conquerors (conquistadores) who, led by Hernán Cortés, invaded the Aztec empire in the 16th century.^[2] The name of this station comes from the area in which it is now located, which was known as the Villa de Cortés in colonial times.^[2] The metro station opened on August 1, 1970.^[4]

Metro Villa de Cortés provides a transfer with trolleybus Line "M", which runs between this station and the INFONAVIT Iztacalco neighbourhood.^[5]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	4,739,634	12,985	99/195	+14.21%	[1]
2022	4,149,960	11,369	104/195	+41.79%	[1]
2021	2,926,908	8,018	113/195	−1.54%	[6]
2020	2,972,566	8,121	117/195	−53.13%	[7]
2019	6,341,507	17,373	104/195	+2.90%	[8]
2018	6,162,928	16,884	108/195	−4.86%	[9]
2017	6,477,842	17,747	101/195	−4.34%	[10]
2016	6,772,031	18,502	97/195	−1.59%	[11]
2015	6,881,406	18,853	95/195	−1.34%	[12]
2014	6,974,986	19,109	94/195	−0.79%	[13]

Exits

• East: Calzada de Tlalpan and Plaza Victoria, Villa de Cortés
• West: Calzada de Tlalpan between Guipúzcoa street and Ahorro Postal street, Colonia Niños Héroes de Churubusco

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations

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. "Villa de Cortés" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
3. Archambault, Richard. "Villa de Cortés - Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 18 August 2011.
4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 18 August 2011.
5. "Servicios.- Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del D.F.: Línea:  M  LINEA M CIRCUITO VILLA DE CORTÉS" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 18 August 2011.
6. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
7. "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.
8. "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.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "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.
13. "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.

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