Deportivo 18 de Marzo is astation on theMexico City Metro.[2][3][4] It is located inMexico City'sGustavo A. Madero borough.[2]
The name of the station refers to the adjacentDeportivo 18 de Marzo sports complex, and its logo represents a player of apre-Columbian ball game.[2][3][4]

This station was previously known asMetro Basílica.[2] Its logo and name were taken from theBasílica de GuadalupeRoman Catholic shrine, located one kilometer east of this station. When the Metro authorities changed the name ofMetro La Villa toMetro La Villa-Basílica (a station that is only two blocks farBasílica de Guadalupe) they also changed the name ofMetro Basílica.
Metro Deportivo 18 de Marzo was originally to be named Metro Montevideo (from nearby Avenida Montevideo), according to early plans for Line 3, so this station has changed its name twice.[citation needed]
This station serves theTepeyac Insurgentes andLindavista neighbourhoods.[2] It offers a connection to Line 1 of theMexico City Metrobús.[2][5] Service to this metro station along Metro Line 3 opened on 1 December 1979.[6] Service along Line 6 at the station started on 8 July 1986.[6]
| Annual passenger ridership (Line 3) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2024 | 9,453,739 | 25,829 | 29/195 | −1.26% | [1] |
| 2023 | 9,574,583 | 26,231 | 27/195 | +13.07% | [1] |
| 2022 | 8,468,149 | 23,200 | 28/195 | +42.64% | [1] |
| 2021 | 5,936,737 | 16,265 | 36/195 | −11.49% | [7] |
| 2020 | 6,707,415 | 18,376 | 35/195 | −49.14% | [8] |
| 2019 | 12,397,054 | 33,964 | 30/195 | −5.99% | [9] |
| 2018 | 13,187,272 | 36,129 | 25/195 | +1.22% | [10] |
| 2017 | 13,028,092 | 35,693 | 25/195 | −2.58% | [11] |
| 2016 | 13,373,725 | 36,540 | 27/195 | −7.77% | [12] |
| 2015 | 14,499,789 | 39,725 | 21/195 | −3.64% | [13] |
| Annual passenger ridership (Line 6) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2024 | 475,357 | 1,298 | 188/195 | +17.67% | [1] |
| 2023 | 460,241 | 1,260 | 186/195 | +13.92% | [1] |
| 2022 | 403,991 | 1,106 | 175/195 | +24.76% | [1] |
| 2021 | 323,811 | 887 | 194/195 | +11.20% | [7] |
| 2020 | 291,197 | 795 | 195/195 | −62.39% | [8] |
| 2019 | 644,226 | 1,765 | 195/195 | −5.45% | [9] |
| 2018 | 681,350 | 1,866 | 195/195 | +2.74% | [10] |
| 2017 | 663,193 | 1,816 | 195/195 | −0.56% | [11] |
| 2016 | 666,926 | 1,822 | 195/195 | −26.60% | [12] |
| 2015 | 908,647 | 2,489 | 185/195 | −7.26% | [13] |