Moctezuma metro station

Moctezuma
STC rapid transit
Entrance and sign for Moctezuma, 2020
General information
LocationCalzada Ignacio Zaragoza
Venustiano Carranza
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°25′38″N 99°06′37″W / 19.427218°N 99.110305°W / 19.427218; -99.110305
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s) (Observatorio - Pantitlán)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened4 September 1969
Key dates
11 July 2022 (2022-07-11)Temporarily closed
29 October 2023 (2023-10-29)Reopened
Passengers
2023700,729 77.4%
Rank183/195
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
San Lázaro Line 1 Balbuena
toward Pantitlán
Location
Moctezuma
Location within Mexico City
Area map

Moctezuma is a station on Line 1 the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Moctezuma and Colonia Balbuena neighborhoods of the Venustiano Carranza borough, to the northeast of the centre of Mexico City.

The station logo portrays a stylised drawing of the feathered headdress of Moctezuma II Xocoyotzin, the penultimate Aztec emperor, for whom the station is named. The station also boasts a display containing a reproduction of the feathered headdress, the original of which is currently held by the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna, Austria. The station was opened on 4 September 1969.

This station runs under Avenida Ignacio Zaragoza. Back when trolleybus line "F" was still running this metro station connected with it, and the trolleybus ran between Nueva Atzacoalco neighbourhood, north of the city, and Villa Coapa, south of the city. From July 2022 to October 2023, the station was closed due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.