Barranca del Muerto
Station platforms
General information
Location	Avenida Revolución Los Alpes,Álvaro Obregón Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°21′38″N99°11′25″W / 19.360648°N 99.190149°W /19.360648; -99.190149
System	STCrapid transit
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line	(El Rosario - Barranca del Muerto)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Bicycle facilities	No
Accessible	Partial
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	19 December 1985; 39 years ago (1985-12-19)
Passengers
2023	8,739,839[1]  21.47%
Rank	20/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Mixcoac towardEl Rosario Line 7 Terminus
Route map Legend El Rosario workshops El Rosario Aquiles Serdán Camarones Refinería Tacuba San Joaquín Polanco Auditorio Constituyentes Tacubaya San Pedro de los Pinos San Antonio Mixcoac Barranca del Muerto This diagram: view talk edit
Location Barranca del Muerto Location within Mexico City Area map

Barranca del Muerto is the southern terminus ofLine 7 of theMexico City Metro. It is located in theÁlvaro Obregónborough. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 45,703 passengers per day, making it the busiest station in Line 7.^[2]

The metro station is named after Avenida Barranca del Muerto, which was once a big depression, and is the same length as the actual avenue(barranca means gully or ravine). During theMexican Revolution (1910–1921) this was a place where revolutionary soldiers dropped many corpses. Eagles and buzzards flew nearby, smelling rotten flesh. Popular imagination refers to the dead people's souls and ghosts restlessly promenading near that big hole. Thus, Barranca del Muerto means "Canyon of the Dead".^[3]

The station's pictogram depicts two eagles, although some say buzzards.^[3]

Metro Barranca del Muerto was opened on 19 December 1985, together with the whole 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) long extension stretch of Line 7 fromTacubaya.^[4]

This station was supposed to be a provisional terminal. According to original plans, Line 7 would be extended south and reach as far asSan Jerónimo. Nevertheless, such plans never materialized, and Barranca del Muerto has been Line 7 southern terminus since.^[5]

Recently, in 2017, mayors from theÁlvaro Obregón andMagdalena Contreras municipalities, have asked Mexico City's government to pick up the project again and continue with the southern expansion of the line to San Jerónimo, that would benefit around 500,000 inhabitants of both municipalities.^[6]

Metro Barranca del Muerto is located at the intersection ofAvenida Revolución and Avenida Barranca del Muerto, on the border of theÁlvaro Obregón andBenito Juárez municipalities.^[3]

The station has two separate platforms, one used for arriving trains and another one for departing trains. The exit is at the middle of the platforms. There are two exits located at the intersection of Avenida Revolución (which leads further toSan Ángel), Macedonio Alcala, and Calle Alfonso Caso.

South of Barranca del Muerto, there is a Saturday market at the famous San Jacinto square (Bazar de los sábados de San Jacinto) where artists sell paintings, plants and other handcrafts.^[7][8]

Metro Barranca del Muerto, like many stations in the Metro network, has a cyber center, where users can access the internet through a computer; the service is free. The station also has a cultural display and the sculptural muralVisión del Mictlán by Luis Y. Aragón, which is located right outside the east access to the station.^[3]

The station serves theGuadalupe Inn andLos Alpes neighborhoods.

• West: Av. Revolución and Condor, Col.Los Alpes
• East: Av. Revolución and Gustavo Campa, Col.Guadalupe Inn

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Ticket windows/Fare control
B2	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Northbound	→ towardEl Rosario(Mixcoac) →
	Southbound	← termination track
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

• 
  Entrance to the station
• 
  Platforms

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