Velódromo () is a metro station located on Line 9 of the Mexico City Metro. It is named after the nearby Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome, or bicycle-racing venue, built for the 1968 Summer Olympics that were held in Mexico City.
Velódromo is an elevated station built at the portion of Line 9 that branches away from Viaducto Río de La Piedad to follow Eje 3 Sur (Avenida Morelos) when travelling west toward Metro Tacubaya. The station opened on 26 August 1987. The logo for the station shows the silhouette of a bicycle racer. It serves the Jardín Balbuena and the Granjas México neighborhoods.
Local bus service to the station includes trolleybus line S of STE, which runs west to Metro Chapultepec along the arterial thoroughfares known as Eje 2 Sur and Eje 2A Sur and is one of two high-frequency trolleybus lines that STE calls "Zero-Emissions Corridors".Trolleybus Magazine No. 296 (March–April 2011), p. 42. National Trolleybus Association (UK). ISSN 0266-7452.
From 23 April to 15 May 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.
Ridership Annual passenger ridership Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref. 2025 2,872,354 7,869 153/195 2024 12,793,922 34,956 13/195 2023 3,112,426 8,527 131/195 2022 2,548,133 6,981 138/195 2021 1,770,000 4,849 147/195 2020 1,518,406 4,148 165/195 2019 3,288,845 9,010 158/195 2018 3,253,838 8,914 158/195 2017 3,271,933 8,964 156/195 2016 3,401,904 9,294 153/195
Nearby Palacio de los Deportes – nearby sports arena and indoor concert venue Estadio GNP Seguros – nearby baseball stadium and outdoor concert venue (formerly Foro Sol)
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