The facilities are
accessible for people with disabilities as there are elevators,
tactile pavings and
braille signage plates and there is a
bicycle parking station. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 23,131 passengers, making it the fourth-busiest station on the line. The station was closed for 20 months due to structural faults found in the line in 2014. In May 2021, a portion of the station's overhead track
collapsed while a train was on it. The track fell onto cars and pedestrians below it, killing 26 and injuring 98.
There are two exits: the northern one on the corner of Tláhuac and Zacatlán Avenues, in the town of San Lorenzo Tezonco, and the second on the opposite side of Tláhuac Avenue, between Ignacio Ma. Barrera and Ambrosio del Pino Streets, in the colonia of Granjas San Jerónimo.[3] Tezonco metro station has three levels: the station's
platforms, the
mezzanine and an
access lobby.[5] The area is serviced by Route 162 of the
Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network.[6]
History and construction
Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro was built by
Empresas ICA, in association with
Alstom Mexicana and
Grupo Carso.[7] Tezonco is an
elevated station;[8] the Tezonco–Periférico Oriente interstation is 1,545 meters (5,069 ft) long, while the Tezonco–Olivos section measures 490 meters (1,610 ft).[9] The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of the
Mixcoac–
Tláhuac service.[10] The
pictogram depicts a
calavera, as San Lorenzo Tezonco is known for its
Day of the Dead celebrations.[3] Originally, the station was projected to be named "San Lorenzo Tezonco" and "San Lorenzo".[11][12]
Incidents
From 12 March 2014[13] to 29 November 2015,[14] Tezonco was closed due to technical and structural faults on the segment between
Atlalilco and Tláhuac.[15][16]
After the
19 September 2017 earthquake damaged Line 12 tracks, Tezonco was temporarily closed for assessments;[17] the station reopened three days later.[18] According to the official report provided by the Metro system, steel
diaphragms were placed in the area to provide further support, as the
beams and
headers were affected.[19]
On 3 May 2021, a section of the elevated line between Tezonco and Olivos metro stations
collapsed as a train traversed it. In total, 26 people died and 98 others were injured.[20][21] After the 2017 earthquake, the
Superior Auditor of the Federation (Auditoría Superior de la Federación) made observations of damage to the affected section that were not resolved.[19] On 26 May 2021, the
Mexico City Metrobús started a free, temporary route from Tláhuac to Atlalilco station,[22] with a halfway stop at Tezonco station.[23] On 26 August 2022, the line repair team began the dismantling of a girder located 200 m (660 ft) away from the collapse site (in the same interstation section) after finding that its girder could collapse even with the reinforcements that will be installed on the elevated section.[24]
Ridership
According to the data provided by the authorities, except for the years when Tezonco metro station was closed for several months, commuters have averaged per year between 14,700 and 23,200 daily entrances. In 2019, before the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 8,443,023 passengers,[25] which was an increase of 559,995 passengers compared to 2018.[26] In the same year, Tezonco was the 62nd busiest of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's 4th busiest.[25]
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^"Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017.
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