Tepalcates is a station on the Line A of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Iztapalapa municipality, to the east of downtown Mexico City. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 19,326 passengers per day.
Name and pictogram The station takes its name from the nearby estate Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates. The name has its roots in the Nahuatl word "teplacatl" used to refer to any pot or vessel made out of clay or mud. The pictogram depicts the side view of a pre-Hispanic pottery bowl of the types made in Puebla and Tlaxcala.
General information The station was opened on 12 August 1991 along the other nine stations of Line A.
Metro Tepalcates connects with the bus rapid transit stop of the same name of the Mexico City Metrobús Line 2; this stop is the eastern terminus of Line 2.
As every Line A station, except for Pantitlán, it is an at grade station in the median of Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza with the entrances on both sides of the road connecting to the station through two pedestrian bridges. Due to the design of the station, it has an island platform where passengers can take trains in both eastbound and westbound directions.
Ridership Annual passenger ridership Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref. 2025 8,386,963 22,977 43/195 2024 9,351,995 25,551 34/195 2023 8,617,224 23,608 37/195 2022 7,449,534 20,409 41/195 2021 5,328,315 14,598 46/195 2020 4,985,092 13,620 58/195 2019 7,054,067 19,326 92/195 2018 6,314,510 17,300 104/195 2017 5,142,008 14,087 122/195 2016 6,241,923 17,054 107/195
Exits North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and General Esteban Baca Calderón street, Colonia Juan Escutia South: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Avenida Telecomunicaciones, Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates
Station layout GStreet LevelExits/EntrancesGPlatformsWestbound← toward Pantitlán Eastbound toward La Paz →
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