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Consulado metro station

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Pictogram of Consulado metro station. It features the silhouette of a water duct. Consulado
Mexico City Metro
Picture of the platforms at Consulado station, featuring the platforms and the tracks in the middle.
Line 4 platforms, 2006
General information
LocationRío Consulado Avenue and Congreso de la Unión Avenue
Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°27′28″N 99°06′50″W / 19.457893°N 99.113932°W / 19.457893; -99.113932
SystemMexico City Metro
OwnerGovernment of Mexico City
OperatorSistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Platforms4 side platforms (2 per line)
Tracks4 (2 per line)
Connections
Construction
Structure type
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened
  • Mexico City Metro Line 4 29 August 1981; 45 years ago (1981-08-29)
  • Mexico City Metro Line 5 19 December 1981; 44 years ago (1981-12-19)
Passengers
20252,667,795[a][b] Decrease 5.03%
Rank
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Bondojito
toward Martín Carrera
 Line 4 Canal del Norte
toward Santa Anita
Valle Gómez
toward Politécnico
 Line 5 Eduardo Molina
toward Pantitlán
Location
Consulado is located in Mexico City
Consulado
Pictogram of Consulado metro station. It features the silhouette of a water duct. Consulado
Location within Mexico City
Map
Area map and exits

Consulado metro station[c] is a transfer station on the Mexico City Metro in Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. Consulado is a combined elevated and at-grade station divided into two lines. It serves Lines 4 (Teal Line) and 5 (Yellow Line), each with two side platforms. Consulado metro station is located between Bondojito and Canal del Norte stations on Line 4, and between Valle Gómez and Eduardo Molina stations on Line 5. The stop serves the Colonias (neighborhoods) of 7 de Noviembre, 20 de Noviembre, Felipe Ángeles, and Mártires de Río Blanco. The Line 5 building is situated along Circuito Interior Avenue.

Consulado metro station opened on Line 4 on 29 August 1981 as part of the inaugurated service from Martín Carrera to Candelaria. Service on Line 5 began on 19 December 1981 as the temporary western terminal of the line. The pictogram representing Consulado metro station depicts a water duct, symbolizing the ducted part of the river of the same name that runs below the station. Inside the metro stop, there is a cultural display.

In 2025, Consulado served 2,667,795 passenger entries, making it one of the least-accessed transfer stations in the system and one of the least-used stations on either of its lines.

Location and layout

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Picture of the station in the middle of Río Consolado Avenue. Several automobiles surround the station.
Line 5 platforms (pictured) lie along Río Consolado Avenue.

Consulado is a transfer metro station, located in the Colonias (neighborhoods) of 7 de Noviembre and Mártires de Río Blanco, in Gustavo A. Madero borough, northern Mexico City, and 20 de Noviembre and Felipe Ángeles, in Venustiano Carranza borough, to the city's northeastern.[2] The stop is situated above Avenida Congreso de la Unión (Line 4), and along the median strip of Circuito Interior, in the section named Avenida Río Consulado (Line 5).[2][3]

Within the system, it is followed by Bondojito and Canal del Norte stations on Line 4 and Valle Gómez and Eduardo Molina stations on Line 5. The station has four exits. On Line 4, the eastern and western exits provide access to Avenida Congreso de la Unión at Calle Oriente 87 in Colonia 20 de Noviembre and Calle Oriente 85 in Colonia Mártires de Río Blanco, respectively. On Line 5, the northern and southern exits provide access to Calle Norte 64-A and Avenida Río Consulado in Colonia 7 de Noviembre, and Calle Cuarzo and Avenida Río Consulado in Colonia Felipe Ángeles, respectively.[2]

The area is serviced by Line 5 of the Metrobús system at Río Consulado station, a few blocks away.[4] Routes 5-A, 20-A, and 20-B of the city's public bus system and Routes 37 and 200 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network service the station's area.[5][6]

Inside Consulado metro station, there is a cultural showcase.[2] The passenger transfer tunnel that connects both lines is approximately 400 meters (1,300 ft) long.[7]

History and construction

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A picture showing the multiple routes a passenger can take to reach their destination.
Signaling as seen from the Line 4 platforms

Name and pictogram

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The station's pictogram depicts a water duct, symbolizing the section of the Consulado River [es] that runs beneath the station, which flows from Sierra de las Cruces to Lake Texcoco.[2]

Line 4

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The station was built Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA.[8] It was opened on 29 August 1981, providing service northward toward Martín Carrera station and southward toward Candelaria station station.[9]

The line's bridge between Consulado and Bondojito is 892 meters (2,927 ft) long, while the opposite section toward Canal del Norte measures 884 meters (2,900 ft).[10]

Line 5

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The station was built by Empresas ICA. It opened on 19 December 1981, as the line's western terminus station, providing eastern service toward Pantitlán station.[11][12] Northwestern service toward La Raza started on 1 July 1982.[13]

The interstation section between Consulado and Valle Gómez stations is 679 m (2,228 ft), going from the street level to the underground one. The section toward Eduardo Molina is 815 meters (2,674 ft) long.[10]

Incidents

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According to the system authorities, the section between Consulado and Valle Gómez stations is a common site of copper wire theft, which could potentially cause fires on the tracks.[14]

On 31 July 2018, three railroad cars uncoupled while a train was traveling between the Consulado and Eduardo Molina interstation, with no injuries reported. Upon investigation, authorities discovered that the nuts securing the cars were damaged.[15] Following the collapse of the elevated railway near Olivos station on Line 12 in May 2021, users reported structural damage to other elevated stations, including Consulado station.[16] Mexico City's head of government, Claudia Sheinbaum, said that the reports would be examined accordingly.[17]

Ridership

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Graphic showing daily ridership.
Daily ridership for Line 4 in 2024
Graphic showing daily ridership.
Daily ridership for Line 5 in 2024

According to official data, Line 5 records higher entries than Line 4, and both are among the least accessed in the system. Prior to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Consulado metro station recorded a total ridership of 3,408,299 passengers in 2019, averaging 9,337 daily entries.[18]

The station's total ridership for 2025 was 2,667,795 passengers, with a daily average of 7,309 entries. By line, Line 4 recorded 1,142,918 passengers, averaging 3,131 per day. Line 5 recorded 1,524,877 passengers, averaging 4,177.[1] In the same year, when considered individually among the system's 195 stations, the Line 4 station ranked 189th busiest, while the Line 5 station ranked 184th.[1]

Annual passenger ridership (Line 4)[b]
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
20251,142,9183,131189/195+0.11%[1]
20241,141,6583,119182/195+0.92%[1]
20231,131,2023,099175/195+7.21%[1]
20221,055,1402,890172/195+39.33%[1]
2021757,3182,074185/195−14.44%[19]
2020885,1052,418188/195−44.98%[20]
20191,608,7774,407190/195−0.98%[18]
20181,624,7244,451190/195+2.20%[21]
20171,589,7284,355190/195+0.22%[22]
20161,586,1824,333189/195−2.38%[23]
Annual passenger ridership (Line 5)[b]
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref.
20251,524,8774,177184/195−8.56%[1]
20241,667,5744,556174/195−1.15%[1]
20231,686,9314,621166/195+9.76%[1]
20221,536,9174,210166/195+26.61%[1]
20211,213,8633,325165/195−5.27%[19]
20201,281,4373,501178/195−28.79%[20]
20191,799,5224,930187/195−0.36%[18]
20181,806,0394,948188/195+1.67%[21]
20171,776,4274,866187/195−1.51%[22]
20161,803,6134,927187/195−3.67%[23]

Notes

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  1. ↑ The Mexico City Metro system counts the entries from interchange stations separately. Individually, Line 4 saw 1,142,918 passengers, while Line 5 recorded 1,524,877 passengers.[1]
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 The system's website counts only passenger entries into stations and does not include passengers passing through, transferring between lines, or exiting the station. The data here is limited to the most recent ten years to avoid excessive listings; earlier figures can be found in this page's history or on the Mexico City Metro website. To calculate the average daily ridership, the annual total is divided by 365 days (366 in leap years), with decimals omitted from the result. Each station per line is ranked individually, as the system counts transfer stations separately. The percentage change is calculated automatically using the data from the current year and the previous year.
  3. ↑ Estación del Metro Consulado. Spanish pronunciation: [konsuˈlaðo] ⓘ. The name of the station literally means "Consulate" in Spanish.

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Afluencia de estación por línea (2022–presente)" [Station traffic by line (2022–present)] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2025. Archived from the original on 8 February 2025. Retrieved 8 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Consulado" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 23 February 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Metro CDMX: ¿Cuáles son las líneas que circulan por arriba como la Línea 12, es peligroso usarlas?" [Metro CDMX: Like Line 12, which lines are elevated; is it dangerous to ride them?]. El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 4 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "L5: mapas de barrio" [L5: neighborhood maps] (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Archived from the original on 8 April 2019. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "Red de corredores" [Route network]. Organismo Regulador de Transporte (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Archived from the original on 6 November 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "Transbordos en el Metro ¿una opción para ejercitarte?" [Metro transfer, a workout option?]. Milenio (in Spanish). 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 17 January 2019. Retrieved 28 May 2020.
  8. ↑ "Línea 4, Ciudad de México" [Line 4, Mexico City] (in Spanish). iNGENET Infraestructura. 20 July 2009. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "Cuántas estaciones tiene la Línea 4 del Metro CdMx y en cuánto tiempo se recorre" [How many stations does Mexico City Metro Line 4 have, and how long does it take to travel it?]. Telediario (in Spanish). Mexico City. 29 August 2024. Archived from the original on 19 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2024.
  10. 1 2 "Longitud de estación a estación por línea" [Length from station to station by line] (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  11. ↑ "Línea 5, Ciudad de México" [Line 5, Mexico City] (in Spanish). iNGENET Infraestructura. 20 July 2009. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  12. ↑ "Baia, Baia, Tacubaya... Las estaciones del metro MÁS y MENOS utilizadas en CDMX" [Well, Well, Well... The MOST and LEAST used stations in Mexico City]. Nación 321 (in Spanish). 4 September 2019. Archived from the original on 15 April 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  13. ↑ Transporte: Seis años de esfuerzo conjunto [Transport: Six years of joint effort] (in Spanish). Vol. I. Government of the Federal District Department. 1987. p. 17.
  14. ↑ Wachauf, Daniela (13 July 2021). "Ya les gustó robar cable en la Línea 5 del Metro" [Thefts have liked stealing cable on Metro Line 5]. 24 Horas (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.
  15. ↑ Hernández, Eduardo (31 July 2018). "Vagones se desprenden de un convoy en la Línea 5 del Metro" [Train's railcards uncoupled at Metro Line 5]. El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 December 2018.
  16. ↑ "Oceanía se vuelve tendencia por ser 'bomba de tiempo' para otro derrumbe en el Metro: FOTOS" [Oceanía station trends as a 'Ticking Time Bomb' for another collapse in the Metro: PHOTOS]. El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 4 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  17. ↑ Hernández, Eduardo (4 May 2021). "Se revisarán denuncias por cuarteaduras en Metro Oceanía y Pantitlán: Sheinbaum" [Complaints about cracks in Oceanía and Pantitlán Stations will be reviewed: Sheinbaum]. El Universal (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
  18. 1 2 3 "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic by line in 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  19. 1 2 "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic by line in 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  20. 1 2 "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic by line in 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  21. 1 2 "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic by line in 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  22. 1 2 "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic by line in 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  23. 1 2 "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic by line in 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
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  • "Metro Consulado". At the Official Guide to Mexico City.
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