Autobuses del Norte metro station is a Mexico City Metro station in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with two side platforms, served by Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Instituto del Petróleo and La Raza stations. Autobuses del Norte station serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Ampliación Panamericana and Capultitlan. The station's pictogram features the front of an intercity bus, and its name is on account of its proximity to Mexico City's Northern Bus Terminal. Autobuses del Norte metro station was opened on 30 August 1982, on the first day of the Politécnico–Pantitlán service. The station is partially accessible. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 22,685 passengers, making it the 68th busiest station in the network and the third busiest of the line.

Location

Autobuses del Norte is a metro station located along Eje Central (in the section formerly known as 100 Metros Avenue), Gustavo A. Madero, northern Mexico City. The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Ampliación Panamericana and Capultitlan. Within the system, the station lies between Instituto del Petróleo and La Raza stations. Autobuses del Norte station serves the Northern Bus Terminal (Mexico City), the largest bus terminal in the country. The northern bus station's destinations include Acapulco, Guadalajara, Matamoros, Monterrey, San Miguel de Allende, and Tijuana, among others. The area is also serviced by Line 1 (formerly Line A) of the trolleybus system, by Route 15-A of the city's public bus system, and by Routes 23 and 103 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network.

Exits

There are four exits:

History and construction

Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA, and its last section was opened on 30 August 1982, operating from Pantitlán to Politécnico stations. Autobuses del Norte metro station is located at grade; the Autobuses del Norte–Instituto del Petróleo interstation is 1067 m long, while the Autobuses del Norte–La Raza section measures 975 m. The station's pictogram represents the front view of an intercity bus. The station is partially accessible to people with disabilities. In June 2006, Metro authorities replaced the railroad switches; in 2008, they had maintenance work done on the station's roof.

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, and before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 22,400 and 24,800 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 8,280,147 passengers in 2019, which was a decrease of 77,106 passengers compared to 2018. Also in 2019, Autobuses del Norte metro station was the 68th busiest station of the system's 195 stations and it was the third busiest on Line 5.

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