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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Centro Médico Metro Station

Centro Médico (Spanish: Estación Centro Médico) is an underground metro station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. It is a transfer station for both Lines 3 and 9.

General information

The station logo represents the caduceus, a variant of the Rod of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine. Its name refers to the Centro Médico Siglo XXI general hospital, located above the metro station. The station opened along Line 3 on 7 June 1980 when Centro Médico served briefly as the southern terminus of that line. Line 3 service then extended further southward toward Zapata a year later by 25 August 1980. The Centro Médico Siglo XXI was almost destroyed by the 1985 earthquake. The station served as the western terminus of Line 9 (which went east towards Pantitlán) starting on 26 August 1987. Westward service on Line 9 toward Tacubaya started a year later on 29 August 1988.

The station is directly connected to the main entrance of Centro Médico by a set of escalators. This metro station has facilities for the handicapped, a cultural display, and an information desk.

Centro Médico serves the Roma Sur, Doctores and Buenos Aires neighbourhoods. It is located at the intersection of Avenida Cuauhtemoc and Eje 3 Sur Baja California, just a block north of Viaducto Miguel Alemán, an important east-west highway. The southern exits at the Line 3 end of the station are close to the historic Panteón Francés (French Cemetery) in which important civil and military Mexican figures are buried.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 3)
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
2023 5,238,788 14,352 89/195 +6.65%
2022 4,912,204 13,458 89/195 +32.94%
2021 3,695,180 10,123 81/195 −13.25%
2020 4,259,395 11,637 83/195 −42.41%
2019 7,395,505 20,261 88/195 −6.66%
2018 7,923,555 21,708 78/195 +1.40%
2017 7,814,324 21,409 75/195 −1.28%
2016 7,915,565 21,627 82/195 +1.51%
2015 7,797,999 21,364 81/195 −0.71%
2014 7,853,706 21,517 80/195 −5.43%
Annual passenger ridership (Line 9)
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
2023 4,696,710 12,867 100/195 +8.38%
2022 4,333,424 11,872 99/195 +29.43%
2021 3,348,060 9,172 95/195 +15.39%
2020 2,901,629 7,927 121/195 −43.59%
2019 5,143,782 14,092 126/195 −2.76%
2018 5,289,525 14,491 123/195 +4.97%
2017 5,039,274 13,806 123/195 −3.19%
2016 5,205,246 14,221 122/195 +2.73%
2015 5,066,899 13,881 121/195 +1.51%
2014 4,991,549 13,675 116/195 −0.82%