Parque de los Venados metro station

Coordinates: 19°22′14″N 99°09′31″W / 19.370662°N 99.158716°W / 19.370662; -99.158716
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Parque de los Venados
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Entrance to the station, March 2021
General information
LocationEje 7 Sur Municipio Libre
Santa Cruz Atoyac, Benito Juárez
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°22′14″N 99°09′31″W / 19.370662°N 99.158716°W / 19.370662; -99.158716
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 12 (Observatorio - Tláhuac)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Bicycle facilitiesYes
AccessibleYes[1]
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened30 October 2012 (2012-10-30)
Key dates
3 May 2021 (2021-05-03)Temporarily closed
15 January 2023 (2023-01-15)Reopened[2]
Passengers
20220[3] Decrease 100%
Rank176/195[3]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Zapata
toward Observatorio
 Line 12 Eje Central
toward Tláhuac
Location
Parque de los Venados is located in Mexico City
Parque de los Venados
Parque de los Venados
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map

Parque de los Venados is a station on Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.[4][5] The station is located between Zapata and Eje Central. It was opened on 30 October 2012 as a part of the first stretch of Line 12 between Mixcoac and Tláhuac and it is built underground.[4]

Name and pictogram[edit]

The station's name originates from a nearby park, commonly known as Parque de los Venados (Park of the Deer) on account of the deer statues located there, but which was originally named Parque Francisco Villa in honor of the eponymous Mexican revolutionary leader. The station's pictogram depicts two deers, representing the aforementioned statues located at the adjacent park.[6]

General information[edit]

The station is located south of the city center, at the intersection between Eje 7 Sur Municipio Libre and Calle Uxmal in the Benito Juárez municipality. The municipality's seat is just next to the station and two of the station entrances are located in the plaza next to the government building.

During the line's construction, the remains of people believed to be of the Aztecs were found at the station site.[7]

Museo de la Radio[edit]

The Parque de los Venados station features the Museo de la Radio (Radio Museum), inaugurated in October 2018. The museum features more than ten thousand items related to the radio its culture and history, ranging from audiovisual material and memorabilia to a letter from Porfirio Díaz.[8][9]

Ridership[edit]

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
2022 0 0 176/195 −100.00% [3]
2021 567,984 1,556 190/195 −73.54% [10]
2020 2,146,646 5,865 148/195 −49.48% [11]
2019 4,249,439 11,642 144/195 +1.75% [12]
2018 4,176,515 11,442 144/195 +6.62% [13]
2017 3,917,164 10,731 146/195 +8.53% [14]
2016 3,609,186 9,861 150/195 +19.43% [15]
2015 3,021,968 8,279 150/195 +5.54% [16]
2014 2,863,417 7,844 156/195 −1.45% [17]
2013 2,905,622 7,960 164/195 +732.39% [18]
2012 349,070 953 191/195 – [19]

Entrances[edit]

  • Northwest: Eje 7 Sur Municipio Libre and Uxmal street, Santa Cruz Atoyac
  • Southwest: Eje 7 Sur Municipio Libre and Uxmal street, Col. Residencial Emperadores
  • Northeast: Eje 7 Sur Municipio Libre and Uxmal street, Santa Cruz Atoyac

References[edit]

  1. ^ "12 datos de la 'La línea dorada' del Metro inaugurada este martes" (in Spanish). Aristegui Noticias. 30 October 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ^ Navarrete, Shelma (15 January 2023). "A 20 meses del desplome de la Línea 12, reabren tramo Mixcoac-Atlalilco". Expansión (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Afluencia de estación por línea 2022" [Station traffic per line 2022] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2023. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  4. ^ a b Schwandl, Robert. "UrbanRail.Net > Central America > Mexico > Ciudad de Mexico Metro". Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  5. ^ "Line 12 of the metro (subway) of Mexico City". Concretos Moctezuma.
  6. ^ "Parque de los Venados". Metro CDMX (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Aztec Remains Found in Mexico City Subway Dig". Latinos Post. 3 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Museo de la Radio". Metro CDMX (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  9. ^ Pérez, Luis. "Inauguran Museo de la Radio en Metro Parque de los Venados". Excélsior (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "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.
  18. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2013" [Station traffic per line 2013] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2014. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  19. ^ "Afluencia de estación por línea 2012" [Station traffic per line 2012] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

External links[edit]

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