Eduardo Molina metro station

"Eduardo Molina Station" redirects here. For the BRT stations, see Eduardo Molina (Mexico City Metrobús) and Deportivo Eduardo Molina (Mexico City Metrobús).
Pictogram of Eduardo Molina metro station. It features the silhouette of two hands holding water. Eduardo Molina
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Picture of a sign indicating one of the entrances to Eduardo Molina station.
Station sign, 2012
General information
LocationRío Consulado Avenue
Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°27′05″N 99°06′20″W / 19.451378°N 99.105434°W / 19.451378; -99.105434
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 5 (Politécnico – Pantitlán)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened19 December 1981 (1981-12-19)
Key dates
23 April 2020 (2020-04-23)Temporarily closed
15 June 2020 (2020-06-15)Reopened
Passengers
20231,873,834[1] Increase 16.5%
Rank153/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Consulado
toward Politécnico
 Line 5 Aragón
toward Pantitlán
Location
Eduardo Molina is located in Mexico City
Eduardo Molina
Pictogram of Eduardo Molina metro station. It features the silhouette of two hands holding water. Eduardo Molina
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map and exits

Eduardo Molina metro station[a] is a Mexico City Metro station within the limits of Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, in Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform, served by Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Consulado and Aragón stations. Eduardo Molina station serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of 20 de Noviembre and Malinche. The station is named after Eduardo Molina Arévalo, an engineer who helped to solve the problem of water scarcity in the Valley of Mexico in the mid-20th century, and its pictogram represents two hands holding water, as featured on the mural El agua, origen de la vida (lit. transl. Water, Origin of Life), painted by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera in the Cárcamo de Dolores, in Chapultepec, Mexico City. Eduardo Molina metro station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the Consulado–Pantitlán service. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 6,811 passengers, making it the 176th busiest station in the network and the ninth busiest of the line.

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