Popotla metro station

Popotla is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Popotla neighborhood of the Miguel Hidalgo borough of Mexico City, northwest of the city center, on the Calzada México-Tacuba. In 2019 the station had an average ridership of 10,000 passengers per day, making it the least used station on Line 2.

Name and pictogram

The name of the station comes from the neighborhood it serves: Popotla. The logo depicts an ahuehuete tree, referring to the Árbol de la Noche Triste – the "tree of the sad night" – where Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés stopped his retreat from Tenochtitlán and cried after being defeated by Cuitláhuac in the Battle of Noche Triste. The actual tree survived until the 20th century, when it was destroyed by a fire. There is a commemorative plaque on the site where the tree used to be.

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 Popotla serves the neighborhood of the same name.

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.
2023	2,804,236	7,682	136/195	Template:Change
2022	2,484,958	6,808	140/195	Template:Change
2021	1,390,202	3,808	159/195	Template:Change
2020	1,438,795	3,931	172/195	Template:Change
2019	3,650,212	10,000	154/195	Template:Change
2018	3,679,693	10,081	153/195	Template:Change
2017	3,672,167	10,060	150/195	Template:Change
2016	3,766,005	10,289	147/195	Template:Change
2015	3,857,093	10,567	135/195	Template:Change
2014	3,729,954	10,219	136/195	Template:Change

Nearby

• Universidad del Ejército y Fuerza Aérea, university of the Mexican Army and the Air Force

Entrances

• North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Callejón de la Zanja, Popotla
• North: Calzada México-Tacuba and Colegio Militar street, Popotla

See also

• List of Mexico City metro stations