Allende is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Centro district of the Cuauhtémoc municipality of Mexico City, on Tacuba street west of the main square in downtown. In 2019 the station had an average ridership of 28,873 passengers per day.
Name and pictogram The station is named in honor of general Ignacio Allende, one of the principal instigators of the Mexican War of Independence of 1810. This is because the station is located near the intersection of the Tacuba and Allende streets. The station's pictogram depicts the bust of Allende.
General information The station opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba.
The station has the peculiar feature that its platforms are not directly connected underground as it is the case with most stations in the system. In order to change platforms at Allende one has to exit the station and cross the street, thus making it necessary to pay the fare again, a feature only shared with Metro Tezozómoc in Line 6.
From 23 April to 24 June 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 9,738,543 26,680 32/195 2024 9,452,158 25,825 30/195 2023 7,838,402 21,475 44/195 2022 6,166,534 16,894 59/195 2021 4,250,192 11,644 72/195 2020 4,048,169 11,060 90/195 2019 10,538,474 28,872 46/195 2018 10,605,916 29,057 47/195 2017 10,920,111 29,918 42/195 2016 11,425,327 31,216 40/195
Nearby Teatro de la Ciudad, theater. House of the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District Museo Nacional de Arte, national art museum. Palacio de Minería, museum of the Faculty of Engineering of UNAM.
Exits Northeast: Tacuba street, Centro Northwest: Tacuba street, Centro Southeast: Tacuba street and Motolinia street, Centro Southwest: Tacuba street, Centro
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See also List of Mexico City metro stations
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