Balbuena metro station

Balbuena metro station[lower-alpha 1] is a station of the Mexico City Metro in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms served by Line 1 (the Pink Line) between Moctezuma and Boulevard Puerto Aéreo stations. It serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Jardín Balbuena and Moctezuma 1ª sección, along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza. The station's pictogram features the silhouette of four flowers with four petals each, in reference to the Balbuena Garden, found in the neighborhood of the same name, and from which the station takes its name.

Pictogram of Balbuena metro station. It features the silhouette of four flowers with four petals. Balbuena
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Picture of a sign indicating one of the entrances to Balbuena station.
Station sign, 2012
General information
LocationCalzada Ignacio Zaragoza
Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°25′23″N 99°06′08″W
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 1 (Observatorio – Pantitlán)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
AccessiblePartial
Other information
StatusOut of service
History
Opened4 September 1969
Key dates
11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)Temporarily closed
Passengers
20222,246,042[1] Decrease 28.5%
Rank164/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Moctezuma
toward Observatorio
 Line 1 Boulevard Puerto Aéreo
toward Pantitlán
Location
Balbuena is located in Mexico City
Balbuena
Pictogram of Balbuena metro station. It features the silhouette of four flowers with four petals. Balbuena
Location within Mexico City
Area map and exits

Balbuena station opened on 4 September 1969 with service westward toward Chapultepec and eastward toward Zaragoza. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 13,431 passengers, making it the 133rd busiest station in the network and the second least used on the line. The facilities are partially accessible to people with disabilities as there are escalators and access ramps. Since 11 July 2022, the station has remained closed due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.[2]

Location
Image of a station entrance behind a car.
The northern entrance in 2020

Balbuena is a metro station located along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City.[3] The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Jardín Balbuena and Moctezuma 1ª sección. Within the system, the station lies between Moctezuma and Boulevard Puerto Aéreo.[3] The area is serviced by a Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM), a type of transport hub.[4]

Exits

There are two exits:[3]

  • North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and 17 Street, Moctezuma 1ª sección.
  • South: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and De la Portilla Avenue, Jardín Balbuena.

History and construction

Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro and Cometro, the latter a subsidiary of Empresas ICA.[5] Its first section opened on 4 September 1969, operating from Chapultepec to Zaragoza stations.[6] Balbuena is an underground station[7] that has a partially disabled-accessible service with escalators and access ramps.[3] The station's pictogram features silhouettes of four flowers with four petals each referencing the neighborhood's garden of the same name. In turn, the garden was named after Bernardo de Balbuena, a Spanish poet whose work includes "La grandeza mexicana" ("The Grandeur of Mexico").[3]

The Balbuena–Boulevard Puerto Aéreo tunnel is 595 meters (1,952 ft) long, while the Balbuena–Moctezuma section measures 703 meters (2,306 ft).[8] In 2016, the station received renovation works; these included the addition of antibacterial porcelain sheeting and the installation of LED lighting technology, as well as the sealing of leaks and the replacement of electrical panels.[9]

On 20 January 2021, the station was flooded with sewage following a failure in the sump system attributed to power outages caused by the PCCI fire that occurred two weeks earlier.[10] The station has remained closed since July 2022 for modernization work on the tunnel and technical equipment of the line.[11]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, and before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 12,400 and 15,700 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station had a ridership of 4,902,639 passengers in 2019,[12] which was an increase of 111,634 passengers compared to 2018.[13] Also in 2019, Balbuena metro station was the 133rd busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's second least used.[12]

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank  % change Ref.
20221,606,0164,400164/195−28.50%[1]
20212,246,0426,153131/195−17.85%[14]
20202,734,0087,469125/195−44.23%[15]
20194,902,63913,431133/195+2.33%[12]
20184,791,00513,126130/195+5.27%[13]
20174,551,15312,468132/195−7.92%[16]
20164,942,85013,505125/195−3.00%[17]
20155,095,48913,960118/195−6.38%[18]
20145,442,95914,912109/195−5.16%[19]
20135,738,93915,723109/195−31.61%[20]

Notes
  1. Estación del Metro Balbuena. Spanish pronunciation: [balˈβwena] ⓘ.

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2022" [Station traffic per line 2022] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2023. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. "La L1 del Metro de CDMX cerrará de Pantitlán a Salto del Agua, desde el 11 de julio". La Lista (in Spanish). 27 June 2022. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
  3. "Balbuena" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. "Centros de Transferencia Modal (CETRAM): Alcaldía Venustiano Carranza" [Modal Transfer Centers: Venustiano Carranza Borough] (in Spanish). Órgano Regulador de Transporte. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
  5. "Línea 1, Ciudad de México" [Line 1, Mexico City] (in Spanish). iNGENET Infraestructura. 20 July 2009. Archived from the original on 19 July 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  6. "Los primeros usuarios del Metro" [The first Metro passengers]. El Universal (in Spanish). 5 September 2019. Archived from the original on 25 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  7. Zamarrón, Israel (2 September 2021). "En declive y con 52 años, la Línea 1 del Metro apunta hacia los trenes autónomos" [In decline and 52 years old, Metro Line 1 is aiming for autonomous trains]. Forbes (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  8. "Longitud de estación a estación por línea" [Station-to-station length per line] (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  9. Valdez, Ilich (10 April 2016). "Metro lanza licitación para modernizar 4 estaciones de Línea 1" [Metro publishes bidding for modernization of 4 Line 1 stations]. Milenio (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 January 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  10. Pantoja, Sara (20 January 2021). "La estación Balbuena del Metro se inunda con aguas negras (Video)" [Balbuena metro station floods with sewage (Video)]. Proceso (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 30 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  11. González, Juan Pablo (23 September 2021). "Cerrarán parcialmente la Línea 1 del Metro durante el primer semestre del 2022" [Metro Line 1 will be partially closed during the first half of 2022]. Noticieros Televisa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  12. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  13. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  14. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  15. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  16. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  17. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  18. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  19. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  20. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2013" [Station traffic per line 2013] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2014. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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