Gómez Farías metro station
Gómez Farías () is a station of the Mexico City Metro in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. It is an underground station with two side platforms served by Line 1 (the Pink Line) between Boulevard Puerto Aéreo and Zaragoza stations. It serves the "colonias" (neighborhoods) of Federal and Gómez Farías; the station receives its name from the latter, which in turn is named after Valentín Gómez Farías, the 7th president of Mexico (he served intermittently from 1833 to 1847). The pictogram depicts a representation of the Mexican Constitution of 1857, which was promoted by Gómez Farías during his  tenure as the president of the Congress. Gómez Farías station opened on 4 September 1969 with service westward toward Chapultepec and eastward toward Zaragoza. The facilities are partially accessible for the disabled as it has escalators. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 28,385 passengers, making it the 48th busiest station in the network and the 11th busiest of the line. Location. Gómez Farías is a metro station located along Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. The station serves the "colonias" (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Federal and Gómez Farías. Within the system, the station  lies between Boulevard Puerto Aéreo and Zaragoza. Exits. There are two exits: History and construction. Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro and Cometro, the last one a subsidiary of Empresas ICA. Its first section opened on 4 September 1969, operating from Chapultepec to Zaragoza stations. Gómez Farías is an underground station; the Gómez Farías–Zaragoza tunnel is long, while the Gómez Farías–Boulevard Puerto Aéreo section measures . The station's pictogram features a silhouette of a representation of the Mexican Constitution of 1857, which was promoted by Valentín Gómez  Farías during his tenure as the president of the Congress. It has a partially disabled-accessible service with escalators. The station will be closed during 2022 for modernization work on the tunnel and technical equipment of the line. Ridership. According to the data provided by the authorities since the 2000s, commuters have averaged per year (excepting 2020) between 28,200 and 42,300 daily entrances. In 2019, the station had a ridership of 10,360,851 passengers, which was a decrease of 1,800,444 passengers compared to 2018. In the same year, Gómez Farías was the 48th busiest station of the system's 195 stations , and it was the line's 11th busiest.