Nopalera metro station

Nopalera
STC rapid transit
Station platform, 2012
General information
Location	Tláhuac Avenue Tláhuac, Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°18′00″N 99°02′46″W / 19.299970°N 99.046049°W / 19.299970; -99.046049
Owned by	Government of Mexico City
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Observatorio – Tláhuac)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Route: 162
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
Bicycle facilities	Bicycle parking-only
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	30 October 2012 (2012-10-30)
Previous names	Francisco Villa (planned)
Key dates
12 March 2014 (2014-03-12)	Temporarily closed
29 November 2015 (2015-11-29)	Reopened
19 September 2017 (2017-09-19)	Temporarily closed
30 October 2017 (2017-10-30)	Reopened
3 May 2021 (2021-05-03)	Temporarily closed
30 January 2024 (2024-01-30)	Reopened[1]
Passengers
2023	0[2]  0%
Rank	188/195[2]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Olivos toward Observatorio Line 12 Zapotitlán toward Tláhuac
Route map Legend Tláhuac yard Tláhuac Tlaltenco Zapotitlán Nopalera Olivos Tezonco Periférico Oriente Calle 11 Lomas Estrella San Andrés Tomatlán Culhuacán Atlalilco Mexicaltzingo Ermita Eje Central Parque de los Venados Zapata Hospital 20 de Noviembre Insurgentes Sur Mixcoac Operational Under construction Valentín Campa Álvaro Obregón Observatorio This diagram: view talk edit
Location Nopalera Location within Mexico City Area map

Nopalera metro station^[a] is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the colonia (neighborhood) of Miguel Hidalgo and the barrio of Santa Ana Zapotitlán, in Tláhuac, Mexico City. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, served by Line 12 (the Golden Line), between Olivos and Zapotitlán metro stations. The name of the station alludes to the numerous pig and poultry farms that used to occupy the area, and to the nopal cactuses that used to grow on their fields. Similarly, the pictogram for the station depicts the outline of a flowering nopal. The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of service between Tláhuac and Mixcoac metro stations.

The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates and there is a bicycle parking station. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 22,491 passengers, making it the 5th busiest station on the line. Since it was opened, Nopalera metro station has had multiple incidents, including a 20-month closure in 2014 due to structural faults found in the elevated section of the line, a closure caused by the 19 September 2017 earthquake that affected the station's track columns, and the subsequent collapse of the track near Olivos station in 2021.

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