Centro Médico (Spanish: Estación Centro Médico) is an underground metro station on the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.[2] It is a transfer station for both Lines 3 and 9.[2][3]
The station logo represents the caduceus, a variant of the Rod of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine.[2] Its name refers to the Centro Médico Siglo XXI general hospital, located above the metro station.[4][5][6] The station opened along Line 3 on 7 June 1980 when Centro Médico served briefly as the southern terminus of that line.[7] Line 3 service then extended further southward toward Zapata a year later by 25 August 1980.[7] The Centro Médico Siglo XXI was almost destroyed by the 1985 earthquake.[8] The station served as the western terminus of Line 9 (which went east towards Pantitlán) starting on 26 August 1987.[7] Westward service on Line 9 toward Tacubaya started a year later on 29 August 1988.[7]
The station is directly connected to the main entrance of Centro Médico by a set of escalators. This metro station has facilities for the handicapped, a cultural display, and an information desk.[2]
Centro Médico serves the Roma Sur, Doctores and Buenos Aires neighbourhoods.[2] It is located at the intersection of Avenida Cuauhtemoc and Eje 3 Sur Baja California, just a block north of Viaducto Miguel Alemán, an important east-west highway.[9][10] The southern exits at the Line 3 end of the station are close to the historic Panteón Francés (French Cemetery) in which important civil and military Mexican figures are buried.[9][10][11]
| Annual passenger ridership (Line 3) | |||||
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| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2023 | 5,238,788 | 14,352 | 89/195 | +6.65% | [1] |
| 2022 | 4,912,204 | 13,458 | 89/195 | +32.94% | [1] |
| 2021 | 3,695,180 | 10,123 | 81/195 | −13.25% | [12] |
| 2020 | 4,259,395 | 11,637 | 83/195 | −42.41% | [13] |
| 2019 | 7,395,505 | 20,261 | 88/195 | −6.66% | [14] |
| 2018 | 7,923,555 | 21,708 | 78/195 | +1.40% | [15] |
| 2017 | 7,814,324 | 21,409 | 75/195 | −1.28% | [16] |
| 2016 | 7,915,565 | 21,627 | 82/195 | +1.51% | [17] |
| 2015 | 7,797,999 | 21,364 | 81/195 | −0.71% | [18] |
| 2014 | 7,853,706 | 21,517 | 80/195 | −5.43% | [19] |
| Annual passenger ridership (Line 9) | |||||
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| Year | Ridership | Average daily | Rank | % change | Ref. |
| 2023 | 4,696,710 | 12,867 | 100/195 | +8.38% | [1] |
| 2022 | 4,333,424 | 11,872 | 99/195 | +29.43% | [1] |
| 2021 | 3,348,060 | 9,172 | 95/195 | +15.39% | [12] |
| 2020 | 2,901,629 | 7,927 | 121/195 | −43.59% | [13] |
| 2019 | 5,143,782 | 14,092 | 126/195 | −2.76% | [14] |
| 2018 | 5,289,525 | 14,491 | 123/195 | +4.97% | [15] |
| 2017 | 5,039,274 | 13,806 | 123/195 | −3.19% | [16] |
| 2016 | 5,205,246 | 14,221 | 122/195 | +2.73% | [17] |
| 2015 | 5,066,899 | 13,881 | 121/195 | +1.51% | [18] |
| 2014 | 4,991,549 | 13,675 | 116/195 | −0.82% | [19] |
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