Pino Suárez metro station

ConstructionStructure typeUndergroundAccessibleYesOther informationStatusIn serviceHistoryOpened 4 September 1969
1 August 1970Key dates11 July 2022 (2022-07-11) Temporarily closed29 October 2023 (2023-10-29) ReopenedPassengers2023Total: 14,046,863
3,800,443^[1]
12,440,452^[2]  16.07%Rank 167/195^[1]
15/195^[2] Services

Preceding station	Mexico City Metro			Following station
Isabel la Católica toward Observatorio		Line 1		Merced toward Pantitlán
Zócalo toward Cuatro Caminos		Line 2		San Antonio Abad toward Tasqueña

Route map

Legend Observatorio yard Observatorio Tacubaya Juanacatlán Chapultepec Sevilla Insurgentes Cuauhtémoc Balderas Salto del Agua Isabel la Católica Pino Suárez Merced Candelaria San Lázaro Moctezuma Balbuena Boulevard Puerto Aéreo Gómez Farías Zaragoza Zaragoza workshops Pantitlán This diagram: view talk edit Legend Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo/Tenochtitlan Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard This diagram: view talk edit

Location
Pino Suárez Location within Mexico City
Area map

Pino Suárez is a station on Line 1 and Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system.^[3][4][5] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, on the southern part of the city center.^[3] From July 2022 to October 2023, the Line 1 station was closed due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.^[6][7]

Name and pictogram

The station is named after José María Pino Suárez, Vice President of Mexico during the term of Francisco I. Madero (1911–1913).^[3] However, the station logo depicts a pyramid dedicated to Ehecatl, the Aztec god of wind.^[3][4][5] This pyramid was discovered in the early construction of the station and it can be seen on display along the main transfer corridor.^[3]

General information

The station is located at the intersection of José María Pino Suárez and José María Izazaga avenues in downtown Mexico City, a few blocks from the Zócalo.

The Ehecatl pyramid was found during the construction of the station in 1967. While excavating was unearthed a round-shaped altar and was decided to let the pyramid remains and allow the National Institute of Archeology and History (INAH) to preserve and maintain it.^[8]

This pyramid is the smallest archaeological zone in Mexico and is thought to have been part of a larger ceremonial center. The Ehecatl pyramid has 4 structural construction stages and it counts on a circular base that functioned as a pedestal for the deity placed at the top. Inside the pyramid have been found a few offerings.

Pino Suárez was opened on 5 September 1969.^[9] The station is an important link to the centre of the city. It was the first transfer station of the network and it connects the two busiest lines. Pino Suárez has many corridors, the most notable among them being the Pasaje Zócalo–Pino Suárez that connects with Metro Zócalo at the north side, filled with bookstores and a mini-cinema; other corridors have cultural displays and temporary exhibitions. The station also has an information desk.^[3]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership (Line 1)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	1,606,411	4,401	167/195	−57.73%	[2]
2022	3,800,443	10,412	115/195	−57.06%	[2]
2021	8,849,949	24,246	18/195	+10.21%	[10]
2020	8,030,147	21,940	22/195	−29.90%	[11]
2019	11,456,022	31,386	37/195	+2.94%	[12]
2018	11,129,108	30,490	40/195	−9.21%	[13]
2017	12,258,193	33,584	30/195	−1.51%	[14]
2016	12,445,853	34,005	31/195	+0.74%	[15]
2015	12,354,196	33,847	32/195	+0.63%	[16]
2014	12,276,607	33,634	32/195	−2.61%	[17]

Annual passenger ridership (Line 2)
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	12,440,452	33,083	15/195	+49.85%	[2]
2022	8,301,870	22,744	30/195	+146.58%	[2]
2021	3,366,820	9,224	93/195	−41.64%	[10]
2020	5,768,921	15,762	46/195	−39.53%	[11]
2019	9,540,733	26,138	54/195	+4.51%	[12]
2018	9,128,760	25,010	56/195	−0.30%	[13]
2017	9,155,813	25,084	52/195	−4.60%	[14]
2016	9,597,356	26,294	52/195	+2.19%	[15]
2015	9,391,308	25,729	53/195	−1.97%	[16]
2014	9,579,924	26,246	55/195	−8.43%	[17]

Exits

Line 1

• North: Av. José María Izazaga and Av. José María Pino Suárez, Col. Centro
• West: Av. José María Izazaga and Av. José María Pino Suárez, Col. Centro

Line 2

• South: San Lucas street and Av. Fray Servando Teresa de Mier, Col. Centro
• North: Av. José María Izazaga and Calzada San Antonio Abad, Col. Centro

Gallery

• 
  Entry sign for Metro Pino Suárez
• 
  One entrance to Metro Pino Suarez
• 
  Altar dedicated to the god Ehécatl, located in the middle of Metro Pino Suárez. This altar was unearthed during construction of the station in 1967 where it remains to this day surrounded by the passageway between Lines 1 and 2
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  Line 1 platforms

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations

References

External links

• Media related to Pino Suárez (station) at Wikimedia Commons
• "Pyramid of Ehécatl". Atlas Obscura.
• Pyramid of Pino Suarez, "Mexican Routes" [mexicanroutes.com]