Romero Rubio metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the borough of Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an elevated station with two side platforms serving Line B (the Green-and-Gray Line), between Oceanía and Ricardo Flores Magón metro stations. The station was opened on 15 December 1999, providing northward service toward Villa de Aragón and southwestward service toward Buenavista metro station. The station services the colonias (neighborhoods) of Moctezuma and Romero Rubio, along Avenida Oceanía. Additionally, it has been serving the Encuentro Oceanía shopping center since 2021. The station's name references the colonia of the same name, named after Manuel Romero Rubio, who served as Secretary of the Interior from 1884 to 1895. The station's pictogram depicts the silhouette of his bust. The station facilities offer partial accessibility for people with disabilities, featuring tactile pavings and braille signage plates. In 2019, Romero Rubio station had an average daily ridership of 8,014 passengers, ranking it the 167th busiest station in the network and the 16th most used station on its line. The station area has experienced subsidence issues.

Location and layout

Romero Rubio is an elevated metro station situated along Avenida Oceanía in the Venustiano Carranza borough, in northeastern Mexico City. The station serves two Colonias ("neighborhoods"), Moctezuma and Romero Rubio. The station's pictogram features the silhouette of Manuel Romero Rubio, the country's Secretary of the Interior between 1884 and 1895. Romero Rubio metro station has two exits. The northern exit is at the corner of Avenida del Peñón and Calle Oriente 158 in Colonia Moctezuma and the southern one is at Calle Marruecos in Colonia Romero Rubio. The station offers a partially disabled-accessible service with tactile pavings and braille signage plates. The Encuentro Oceanía shopping center, which opened in 2021, is adjacent to the station and was the first major shopping center to open in the borough. Metro authorities considered adding elevators and wheelchair ramps in response to the construction of Encuentro Oceanía. Within the system, the station lies between Oceanía and Ricardo Flores Magón metro stations. The area is serviced by Routes 10-B and 18 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros bus network.

History and construction

Line B of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA. Its first section opened on 15 December 1999, running from Buenavista to Villa de Aragón station. The section between Romero Rubio and Oceanía spans 809 m in length, while the segment between Romero Rubio and Ricardo Flores Magón measures 908 m.

Incidents

From 23 April to 28 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. Romero Rubio metro station has experienced subsidence issues. Israel Zamarrón from El Sol de México reported that the station was experiencing sinking and vibrations due to trains and heavy vehicles passing beneath it. In July 2022, commuters noted that the station's header was uneven. The system authorities inspected the station and confirmed that it was not at risk, stating that it is under continuous monitoring. From January to September 2024, overnight repairs were conducted on the line's elevated stations, including Romero Rubio, to realign and regrade the tracks.

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 7,800 and 9,500 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 2,925,132 passengers in 2019, marking an increase of 62,023 passengers compared to 2018. In 2019 specifically, Romero Rubio metro station ranked as the 167th busiest station out of the system's 195 stations and the 16th most used station on its line.