# Ciudad Azteca metro station

Ciudad Azteca metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro along Carlos Hank González Avenue (otherwise known as Central Avenue), in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, in the metropolitan area of Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with two island platforms that serves as the northern terminus of Line B (the Green-and-Gray Line). It is followed by Plaza Aragón metro station. It serves the colonia (neighborhood) of Ciudad Azteca (es), from which the station takes its name. It is also adjacent to the north end of Mexico's busiest mall (as of 2018), Multiplaza Aragón. The station's pictogram features the silhouette of the neighborhood's glyph.
Ciudad Azteca metro station opened on 30 November 2000 with service southwestward toward Buenavista metro station. In 2019, Ciudad Azteca metro station had an average daily ridership of 58,658 passengers, making it the 12th busiest station in the network and the second-most used on the line. The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates. The station is served by the Terminal Multimodal Azteca Bicentenario [es] (also known as Mexipuerto Ciudad Azteca), a shopping mall and transport hub that connects with local routes and the Mexibús Line I, a bus rapid transit line that connects Mexico City to the Felipe Ángeles International Airport.

## Location and layout

Ciudad Azteca is a metro station located along Carlos Hank González Avenue (also known as Central Avenue), in Ecatepec de Morelos, State of Mexico, a municipality bordering Mexico City. The station serves the colonia (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhood") of Ciudad Azteca (es). Within the system, Plaza Aragón is the next station.
There are four exits (to the north, northeast, south and southeast of the station) all serving Carlos Hank González Avenue and De los Guerreros Boulevard. The exits connect to the Terminal Multimodal Azteca Bicentenario [es] (also known as Mexipuerto Ciudad Azteca), a five-story shopping mall and transport hub (locally known as an Estación de transferencia modal [ETRAM]) that connects the area with local routes (known as peseros) and the Mexibús Line I, a bus rapid transit line that connects Mexico City to the Felipe Ángeles International Airport, in Zumpango, State of Mexico. Opened in 2009, and as of 2015, the hub had no crime reports and had 30 transportation routes operating with an average ridership of 180,000 daily users. Ciudad Azteca metro station is adjacent to the north end of Multiplaza Aragón, the country's busiest mall in 2018.
Ciudad Azteca station has a disabled-accessible service with elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates.

## History and construction

Line B of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA; Ciudad Azteca metro station opened on 30 November 2000, on the first day of the Ciudad Azteca–Buenavista service. The station was built at-grade level. The Ciudad Azteca–Plaza Aragón section is 574 m (1,883 ft) long. The station's pictogram features the silhouette of the neighborhood's glyph, which depicts a typical Aztec building. The line's workshop and the respective railyard are located after the station.

## 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 57,100 and 65,800 daily entrances between 2013 and 2019; the station ridership was 21,410,326 passengers in 2019, which was an increase of 66,504 passengers compared to 2018. Also in 2019, Ciudad Azteca metro station was the 12th busiest station of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's second-most used, after Buenavista.
Annual passenger ridership :
| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change |
| 2023 | 13,502,086 | 36,992 | 12/195 | −4.69% |
| 2022 | 14,166,172 | 38,811 | 11/195 | +29.34% |
| 2021 | 10,952,831 | 30,007 | 12/195 | −10.98% |
| 2020 | 12,303,341 | 33,615 | 11/195 | −42.54% |
| 2019 | 21,410,326 | 58,658 | 12/195 | +0.31% |
| 2018 | 21,343,822 | 58,476 | 12/195 | +2.31% |
| 2017 | 20,861,402 | 57,154 | 12/195 | −7.59% |
| 2016 | 22,574,939 | 61,680 | 11/195 | −2.98% |
| 2015 | 23,268,879 | 63,750 | 11/195 | +2.53% |
| 2014 | 22,693,910 | 62,175 | 11/195 | −5.44% |