metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the city's boroughs of and . It is an underground railway stop with two side platforms serving Line 5 (Yellow Line), between and . It was opened on 1 July 1982, providing service north toward La Raza and east toward station.
metro station services the (neighborhoods) of and , along . The station's name references the neighborhood, where a paddock formerly existed and agave plants grew, becoming the station's representative pictogram.
Inside metro station, there is an Internet cafe. Outside, there are a few bus services in the area. In 2025, the metro station had an average daily ridership of 3,876 passenger entries, ranking it the 186th busiest stop in the network, making it one of the least-accessed stations in the system.
Location and layout
is an underground metro station on Line 5 below , at the segment. The station is found in the limits of the boroughs of and , in northeastern Mexico City. The station serves the ("neighborhoods") of , , and , . It has two exits leading to : the northern exit serves at the corner of , while the southern exit serves , leading to .
Within the system, metro station lies between and . The area is serviced by Routes and of the city's public bus system, as well as Route 200 of the network.
There is an Internet café inside the station's facilities.
History and construction Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by , a subsidiary of . The section including metro station formed part of a northward extension from metro station, and opened on 1 July 1982, while running eastward toward metro station. During construction, workers uncovered part of a road that connected Tenochtitlan with the Tepeyac hill. The road was built with materials dating back to the Mesoamerican Postclassic Period.
The section between and mesures , while the opposite section toward station emerges to the grade level and is long.
Name and pictogram The pictogram representing metro station is the silhouette of an agave plant. The area where the neighborhood lies was formerly a paddock named La Vaquita, where agave plants grew. It was owned by the Valle Gómez family.
Incidents According to the system authorities, the section between and stations is a common site of copper wire theft, which could potentially cause fires on the tracks. From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the pandemic in Mexico. On 21 February 2021, a train window was ejected in the tunnel between and , causing a short circuit.
Ridership
According to official data, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the station recorded between 4,400 and 4,600 average daily entries from 2016 to 2019. In 2025, it recorded 1,414,821 passenger entries, ranking 186th among the system's 195 stations.
Annual passenger ridership Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref. 2025 1,414,821 3,876 186/195 2024 1,415,483 3,867 178/195 2023 1,451,279 3,976 171/195 2022 1,300,746 3,563 169/195 2021 912,959 2,501 180/195 2020 864,127 2,361 190/195 2019 1,611,907 4,416 189/195 2018 1,662,292 4,554 189/195 2017 1,620,478 4,439 189/195 2016 1,657,884 4,529 188/195
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