metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the city's boroughs of and . It is an at-grade railway stop with one island platform serving Line 5 (Yellow Line), between and . It was opened on 19 December 1981, providing service west toward Consulado and east toward station.
metro station services the (neighborhoods) of and , along . The station is named after , an engineer who helped solve the problem of water scarcity in the Valley of Mexico during the 1960s. The station's pictogram represents two hands holding water, as featured on the mural El agua, origen de la vida, painted by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera in the Cárcamo de Dolores, located in Chapultepec.
Outside, there are a few bus services in the area. In 2025, the metro station had an average daily ridership of 5,997 passenger entries, ranking it the 175th busiest stop in the network, making it one of the least-accessed stations in the system.
Location and layout
is an at-grade metro station on Line 5 along , 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 .
Within the system, metro station lies between and . The area is serviced by Routes of the city's public bus system, as well as Route 200 of the network. The Río Consulado bus stop on Line 5 of the Metrobús rapid transit system is located a few blocks away.
History and construction Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by , a subsidiary of . Its first section, which includes metro station, opened on 19 December 1981, running from to stations.
The section between and mesures , while the opposite section toward is long.
Name and pictogram
The station is named after , a Mexican engineer who helped address water scarcity in the Valley of Mexico during the 1960s through the Lerma River system. The station's pictogram features two hands holding water, referencing a fragment of the mural (), painted by Diego Rivera inside the main building of the Cárcamo de Dolores, a hydraulic sump structure in Chapultepec, Mexico City.
Incidents Eduardo Molina metro station was temporarily closed for repairs after the 2015 Oceanía metro station train crash. From 23 April to 15 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the pandemic in Mexico.
Ridership
According to official data, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the station recorded between 6,800 and 7,100 average daily entries from 2016 to 2019. In 2025, it recorded 2,189,174 passenger entries, ranking 175th among the system's 195 stations.
Annual passenger ridership Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref. 2025 2,189,174 5,997 175/195 2024 2,302,701 6,291 162/195 2023 2,183,048 5,980 153/195 2022 1,873,834 5,133 155/195 2021 1,293,750 3,544 161/195 2020 1,288,544 3,520 177/195 2019 2,486,165 6,811 176/195 2018 2,561,895 7,018 175/195 2017 2,437,928 6,979 173/195 2016 2,558,663 7,010 174/195
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