Cuitláhuac is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Popotla and Colonia San Álvaro districts in the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, to the northwest of the city center. It lies along Line 2. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 18,615 passengers per day.
Name and pictogram The station's name comes from nearby Avenida Cuitláhuac, an avenue named in honor of Cultlahuanctzin (whose name was later changed into Spanish language as "Cuitláhuac"). He was the tenth, and penultimate, Aztec emperor and the one who defeated Hernán Cortés in the Battle of La Noche Triste ("Sad Night") in 1520. The station pictogram depicts an Aztec battle shield.
General information The station was opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.
Metro Cuitláhuac is also close to Avenida México-Tacuba, one of the most important avenues in the city built on the former route of one of Tenochtitlán's three main avenues into the mainland. The station also connects with trolleybus Line "I", which runs between Metro El Rosario and Metro Chapultepec.
The station serves the Popotla and San Álvaro neighborhoods.
Ridership Annual passenger ridership Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref. 2025 4,846,998 13,279 106/195 2024 4,831,060 13,199 102/195 2023 5,244,830 14,369 88/195 2022 4,750,532 13,015 90/195 2021 3,213,123 8,803 103/195 2020 3,796,707 10,373 96/195 2019 6,794,715 18,615 95/195 2018 6,819,391 18,863 92/195 2017 6,732,158 18,444 92/195 2016 7,010,603 19,154 90/195
Exits South: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida Cuitláhuac, Popotla North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Avenida Cuitláhuac, Colonia San Álvaro
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