Nopalera metro station
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Nopalera metro station[lower-alpha 1] 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.
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General information | |||||||||||
Location | Tláhuac Avenue Tláhuac, Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 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] | ||||||||||
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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.