Tacubaya is a station on Lines 1, 7 and 9 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo borough, west of the city centre. In 2019, the station had a total average ridership of 85,800 passengers per day, making it the fifth busiest station in the network. From 2023 to 2025, the Line 1 station was closed for modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.
Name and pictogram The station takes its name from the neighborhood it is located in: Tacubaya. The origin of this zone of the city can be traced back to an Aztec settlement, which back then was at the edge of Lake Texcoco. The name Tacubaya is a Spanish barbarism that derived from the Nahuatl Atlacuihuayan, that means "where water joins".
Therefore, the station pictogram represents a water bowl, that also resembles the glyph of the Aztec settlement of Tacubaya found at the Codex Mendoza.
History Service at this station began on 20 November 1970, when Line 1 was expanded westwards from Juanacatlán to Tacubaya. On 22 August 1985, Metro Tacubaya became a transfer station, when the second stretch of Line 7 was inaugurated, from Auditorio to Tacubaya. In 1988, Line 9 was connected to the station as part of the final stretch of Line 9, inaugurated on 29 August 1988, going from Centro Médico to Tacubaya, thus becoming the western terminus of the line.
According to earlier plans for the metro, Line 9 was supposed to be extended towards Observatorio. This is the reason why on Line 9 platforms of Tacubaya signs stating that the station is a provisional terminal can be seen since its opening in 1988. In 2018, the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo announced plans to complete this expansion from Tacubaya to Observatorio. Mexico City government announced shortly after that no works would be done during 2019; and as of early 2020, works still have not been started.
March 2020 train crash
On March 10, 2020, at about 23:37 local time (05:37 GMT), two trains crashed while both were going towards Observatorio station. The first train, No. 38, was parked at Tacubaya's platform when it was hit by another train, No. 33, that came in reverse at . According to official reports, 1 person died and 41 were injured, all inside train No. 33; people in train No. 38 were evacuated moments before the crash. Observatorio, Tacubaya and Juanacatlán stations were closed temporarily for repairs. Authorities from the Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro believe the crash was caused due to a failure in the train systems coupled with a 7-degree slope that propelled train No. 33 for a kilometer (0.62 mi), that occurred after performing a parking maneuver at Observatorio station.
2024 stabbing attack On 19 November 2024, a man stabbed four people at the Line 7 platforms. The attacker was arrested.
General information The station was built on many levels, in order to accommodate the connecting lines. It has a maze of long, wide corridors between the lines' platforms, which are equipped with escalators. This station's exits connect with many zones of Tacubaya neighborhood, such as Parque Lira, a local market and the offices of the Miguel Hidalgo borough administration.
Metro Tacubaya has facilities for the handicapped, four cultural displays, as well as a medical module and a cyber center where users can access internet through a computer; both services are free. The mural Del códice al mural by Guillermo Ceniceros can be found inside the station in Line 1 platforms.
The station serves the neighborhood of the same name. It was in this area of Mexico City where the French pastry chef had his shop that was damaged in 1828, an incident that lead to the Pastry War a decade later.
Ridership
Annual passenger ridership (Line 1) Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref. 2025 627,639 1,719 193/195 2024 0 0 189/195 2023 6,452,370 17,677 68/195 2022 6,208,767 17,010 56/195 2021 7,381,863 20,224 21/195 2020 6,867,731 18,764 32/195 2019 12,369,808 33,889 31/195 2018 12,486,567 34,209 27/195 2017 12,577,366 34,458 29/195 2016 13,018,121 35,568 28/195
Annual passenger ridership (Line 7) Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref. 2025 2,240,669 6,138 173/195 2024 2,253,311 6,156 164/195 2023 1,882,564 5,157 159/195 2022 1,617,125 4,430 163/195 2021 1,144,856 3,136 168/195 2020 1,614,531 4,411 180/195 2019 2,350,325 6,439 179/195 2018 2,383,106 6,529 179/195 2017 2,239,783 6,136 180/195 2016 2,443,127 6,675 177/195
Annual passenger ridership (Line 9) Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref. 2025 21,600,409 59,179 4/195 2024 21,125,323 57,719 4/195 2023 18,176,022 49,797 5/195 2022 16,168,449 44,297 10/195 2021 10,567,781 28,952 13/195 2020 10,533,419 28,779 15/195 2019 16,335,719 44,755 20/195 2018 17,390,292 47,644 18/195 2017 17,542,320 48,061 17/195 2016 18,231,719 49,813 17/195
Nearby Parque Lira, public park. Museo Casa de la Bola, museum. Museo Nacional de Cartografía, museum of cartography. Alameda de Tacubaya, public plaza.
Exits Line 1 Northwest: Castellanos Quinto, Tacubaya Northeast: Av. Parque Lira, Tacubaya Southwest: Av. Jalisco and Rufina, Tacubaya Southeast: Av. Parque Lira, Tacubaya
Line 7 Doctora and Av. Parque Lira, Tacubaya
Line 9 Northwest: Av. Jalisco and Manuel Dublan, Tacubaya Northeast: Av. Jalisco and Iturbide, Tacubaya Southeast: Av. Jalisco and Mártires de la Conquista, Tacubaya
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See also List of Mexico City metro stations 1975 Mexico City Metro train crash
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