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| Location | Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza Venustiano Carranza,Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°24′59″N99°05′25″W / 19.416472°N 99.09035°W /19.416472; -99.09035 | ||||||||||
| System | STCrapid transit | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Government of Mexico City | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC) | ||||||||||
| Line |  (Observatorio –Pantitlán) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Partial | ||||||||||
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| Status | In service | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 5 September 1969; 56 years ago (1969-09-05) | ||||||||||
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| 11 July 2022 (2022-07-11) | Temporarily closed | ||||||||||
| 29 October 2023 (2023-10-29) | Reopened | ||||||||||
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| 2024 | 5,557,948[1][a]  571% | ||||||||||
| Rank | 82/195[1][a] | ||||||||||
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Gómez Farías metro station[b] is astation of theMexico City Metro in the city's borough ofVenustiano Carranza. It is an underground stop with twoside platforms servingLine 1 (Pink Line) betweenBoulevard Puerto Aéreo andZaragoza. It was inaugurated on 4 September 1969, and opened the following day, providing service west towardChapultepec and service east toward Zaragoza.
Gómez Farías metro station services thecolonias (neighborhoods) ofFederal and Gómez Farías along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza. The station was named after the neighborhood of the same name, which itself honorsValentín Gómez Farías, the seventhpresident of Mexico (serving intermittently from 1833 to 1847). The station'spictogram depicts a representation of the1857 Mexican Constitution, a document promoted by Gómez Farías during his tenure as president of Congress.
The station facilities offeraccessibility for people with disabilities, featuringescalators andtactile pavings. It was closed from July 2022 to October 2023 due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment. In 2024, Gómez Farías metro station had an average daily ridership of 15,185 passengers, ranking it the 82nd busiest station in the network.
Gómez Farías is an undergroundmetro station located along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, in theVenustiano Carranza borough ofMexico City.[2][3] The stop serves twoColonias (neighborhoods),Federal and Gómez Farías, from which it takes its name. The station'spictogram depicts a silhouette representing theMexican Constitution of 1857, which was promoted byValentín Gómez Farías during his tenure as president of Congress.[2]
Gómez Farías station is located betweenBoulevard Puerto Aéreo andZaragoza metro stations on the line.[2] Gómez Farías metro station has two exits leading to Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza. The north exit is near Calle Relaciones Exteriores in Colonia Federal and the south one close to Calle 31 in Colonia Gómez Farías. The building offersaccessible service for people with disabilities withescalators andtactile pavings.[2][4][5]
Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro and Cometro, the last one a subsidiary ofEmpresas ICA.[6] Its first section, where Gómez Farías metro station is located, was inaugurated on 4 September 1969, operating fromChapultepec to Zaragoza metro stations, and opened to the general public the following day.[7] The tunnel between Gómez Farías and Zaragoza spans 762 meters (2,500 ft), while the section towards Boulevard Puerto Aéreo measures 611 meters (2,005 ft).[8]
The station was closed on 11 July 2022 for modernization work on the tunnel and technical equipment of the line.[9][10] After fifteen months of renovations, authorities reopened Gómez Farías station on 29 October 2023.[11]Excélsior reported in July 2024 that all the modernized stations had leaks of varying dimensions, with water filtrations detected in the walls of Gómez Farías station, resulting in constant runoff into the drains. This issue left damp marks and affected the facilities. Authorities had previously stated that these leaks would be sealed during the 2022 modernization works.[12]
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According to the data provided by the authorities, before theimpact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, commuters averaged per year between 28,300 and 42,100 daily entrances between 2015 and 2019. The station had a ridership of 5,557,948 passengers in 2024 following its reopening. In the same year, Gómez Farías metro station ranked as the 82nd busiest station out of the system's 195 stations.[1]
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| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2024 | 5,557,948 | 15,185 | 82/195 | +571.00% | [1] |
| 2023 | 828,313 | 2,269 | 180/195 | −81.84% | [1] |
| 2022 | 4,560,126 | 12,493 | 94/195 | −37.85% | [1] |
| 2021 | 7,337,725 | 20,103 | 22/195 | −3.93% | [13] |
| 2020 | 7,637,970 | 20,868 | 24/195 | −26.28% | [14] |
| 2019 | 10,360,851 | 28,385 | 48/195 | −14.80% | [15] |
| 2018 | 12,161,295 | 33,318 | 32/195 | +1.87% | [16] |
| 2017 | 11,938,118 | 32,707 | 33/195 | −15.75% | [17] |
| 2016 | 14,170,037 | 38,715 | 23/195 | −6.34% | [18] |
| 2015 | 15,129,911 | 41,451 | 20/195 | −1.44% | [19] |
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