Tacubaya is astation on Lines1,7 and9 of theMexico City Metro system.[2][3] It is located in theMiguel Hidalgoborough, west of the city centre.[2] In 2019, the station had a total average ridership of 85,800 passengers per day, making it the fifth busiest station in the network.[4] From 2023 to 2025, the Line 1 station was closed for modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.[5]
The station takes its name from the neighborhood it is located in:Tacubaya. The origin of this zone of the city can be traced back to anAztec settlement, which back then was at the edge ofLake Texcoco. The name Tacubaya is a Spanish barbarism that derived from theNahuatlAtlacuihuayan, that means "where water joins".[2]
Therefore, the station pictogram represents a water bowl, that also resembles the glyph of the Aztec settlement of Tacubaya found at theCodex Mendoza.[2]
Service at this station began on 20 November 1970, whenLine 1 was expanded westwards fromJuanacatlán to Tacubaya.[6] On 22 August 1985, Metro Tacubaya became a transfer station, when the second stretch ofLine 7 was inaugurated, fromAuditorio to Tacubaya.[7] In 1988,Line 9 was connected to the station as part of the final stretch of Line 9, inaugurated on 29 August 1988, going fromCentro Médico to Tacubaya, thus becoming the western terminus of the line.[8]
According to earlier plans for the metro, Line 9 was supposed to be extended towardsObservatorio. This is the reason why on Line 9 platforms of Tacubaya signs stating that the station is a provisional terminal can be seen since its opening in 1988. In 2018, theSistema de Transporte Colectivo announced plans to complete this expansion from Tacubaya to Observatorio.[9] Mexico City government announced shortly after that no works would be done during 2019; and as of early 2020, works still have not been started.[10]
On March 10, 2020, at about 23:37 local time (05:37 GMT), two trains crashed while both were going towardsObservatorio station. The first train, No. 38, was parked at Tacubaya's platform when it was hit by another train, No. 33, that came in reverse at 70 kilometers per hour (43 mph).[11] According to official reports, 1 person died and 41 were injured,[12] all inside train No. 33; people in train No. 38 were evacuated moments before the crash.[11] Observatorio, Tacubaya andJuanacatlán stations were closed temporarily for repairs.[13] Authorities from the Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro believe the crash was caused due to a failure in the train systems coupled with a 7-degree slope that propelled train No. 33 for a kilometer (0.62 mi),[14] that occurred after performing a parking maneuver at Observatorio station.[11]
On 19 November 2024, a man stabbed four people at the Line 7 platforms.[citation needed] The attacker was arrested.
The station was built on many levels, in order to accommodate the connecting lines. It has a maze of long, wide corridors between the lines' platforms, which are equipped with escalators. This station's exits connect with many zones of Tacubaya neighborhood, such as Parque Lira, a local market and the offices of the Miguel Hidalgo borough administration.[15]
Metro Tacubaya has facilities for the handicapped, four cultural displays, as well as a medical module and a cyber center where users can access internet through a computer; both services are free. The muralDel códice al mural by Guillermo Ceniceros can be found inside the station in Line 1 platforms.[2]
The station serves theneighborhood of the same name. It was in this area of Mexico City where the French pastry chef had his shop that was damaged in 1828, an incident that lead to thePastry War a decade later.
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