metro station is a Mexico City Metro station in the city's borough of . It is an at-grade stop that serves Line A (Purple Line) between and , servicing the (neighborhoods) of and . The station provides access to the () of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
metro station is named after the town of , Oaxaca, where Benito Juárez, the 26th president of Mexico, was born. Its pictogram depicts the sculpture on top of the , found near the station. The stop opened on 12 August 1991 providing service northwest toward and southeast toward . In 2025, the station had an average daily entrance of 17,178 passengers.
Location and layout
is an at-grade metro station along , in (neighborhoods) of and , in , eastern Mexico City.
metro station has two exits along . The northern exit is at the corner of in and the southern one is at in . The station provides access to the () of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
The station is located between and stations on the line. The area is serviced by Route 9-D of the city's public bus system and by Routes 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, and 167 of the network.
History and construction Line A of the Mexico City Metro was built by . The line was opened on 12 August 1991, operating from to , located in the municipality of the same name of the State of Mexico. The stretch between and spans , while the segment toward measures , the longest interstation section of the system.
Name and pictogram The station's pictogram features the silhouette of the sculpture atop the nearby museum. The artwork depicts the head of Benito Juárez, who served as president of Mexico from 1858 to 1872. Juárez was born in the town of , in Guelatao Municipality, Oaxaca; the word means "enchanted lagoon" in Zapotec.
Incidents The area that follows , toward La Paz, floods frequently during heavy rain.
Ridership
According to official data, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the station recorded between 10,500 and 21,700 average daily entries from 2016 to 2019. In 2025, it recorded 6,270,222 passenger entries, ranking 72nd among the system's 195 stations.
Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref. 2025 6,270,222 17,178 72/195 2024 6,108,164 16,688 70/195 2023 6,802,967 18,638 62/195 2022 5,190,309 14,220 84/195 2021 3,840,759 10,522 78/195 2020 3,883,863 10,611 93/195 2019 7,898,506 21,639 78/195 2018 6,852,441 18,773 91/195 2017 6,469,026 17,723 102/195 2016 6,836,208 18,678 95/195
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