Consulado metro station

Consulado
STC rapid transit
Line 4 platforms, 2006
General information
LocationRío Consulado Avenue and Congreso de la Unión Avenue
Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°27′28″N 99°06′50″W / 19.457893°N 99.113932°W / 19.457893; -99.113932
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s) (Martín CarreraSanta Anita)
(PolitécnicoPantitlán)
Platforms4 side platforms (2 per line)
Tracks4 (2 per line)
Connections
Construction
Structure type
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened
  • 29 August 1981 (1981-08-29)
  • 19 December 1981 (1981-12-19)
Passengers
20232,818,133 8.72%
Rank
  • 175/195
  • 166/195
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Bondojito Line 4 Canal del Norte
Valle Gómez Line 5 Eduardo Molina
toward Pantitlán
Location
Consulado
Location within Mexico City
Area map and exits

Consulado metro station is a transfer station of the Mexico City Metro in Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City. The station features a combination of elevated and at-grade buildings; each has two side platforms. Consulado serves Lines 4 (the Aqua Line) and 5 (the Yellow Line). Consulado metro station is located between Bondojito and Canal del Norte stations on Line 4, and between Valle Gómez and Eduardo Molina stations on Line 5.

Consulado metro station opened on 29 August 1981 with service on Line 4 heading north toward Martín Carrera station and southward toward Candelaria station. Westerly service on Line 5 toward Pantitlán metro station began on 1 July 1982. The station serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of 7 de Noviembre, 20 de Noviembre, Felipe Ángeles, and Mártires de Río Blanco.

The station is named after the Consulado River, which runs below Avenía Río Consulado. Its pictogram depicts a water duct, symbolizing the ducted part of the river. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 9,337 passengers, making it one of the least-accessed transfer stations in the network.