Since it was planned, Tláhuac metro station has had multiple conflicts and incidents, including protests from the previous owners of the land lots, a 20-month closure in 2014 due to structural faults found in the elevated section of the line, and the subsequent collapse of the track near Olivos station. The facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates. Additionally, there is a bicycle parking station, an Internet café, and a bus terminal. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 56,831 passengers, making it the 14th busiest station in the network and the busiest of the line.
Tláhuac is serviced by a bus terminal, whose tender process for its construction started in September 2010 and required an investment of 280 million pesos. Although the bus terminal was built along with the station, the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM), a type of transport hub, was officially opened until January 2014. The delay was caused by a conflict between the representatives of 108 concessionary transport routes.[5] The area is serviced by Routes 141, 148, and 149 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network.[6]
To build Tláhuac metro station and Line 12's rail yard,[7] the Government of Mexico City expropriated a place called Terromotitla in November 2008,[8] and 126 parcels of the ejido San Francisco Tlaltenco in April 2009.[9] According to the then-General Director of the Metro, Francisco Bojórquez, all the parcels were legally purchased at 600 pesos per square meter.[9] However, both expropriations were protested by ejidatarios, who considered them to have been illegally acquired.[8][9]
Since 2010, the Superior Auditor of the Federation has audited Line 12 several times and has reported several faults—like cracks and detachments—along the line, including some inside the Tláhuac metro station, the Tlaltenco–Tláhuac interstation, and at Tláhuac's rail yard.[15][16]
From 12 March 2014[17] to 29 November 2015,[18] Tláhuac was closed due to technical and structural faults in the Atlalilco–Tláhuac stretch.[19][20] After the 19 September 2017 earthquake damaged the Line 12 tracks, Tláhuac remained closed until 30 October 2017.[21][22] The earthquake damaged a CETRAM's elevated walkway, which separated 5 centimeters (2.0 in) from the stairs and had subsidence of 10 centimeters (3.9 in) from the lobby.[23] On 13 September 2020, a sixteen-year-old woman gave birth inside the station, the second of the year in the network.[24]
According to the data provided by the authorities, the Tláhuac metro station has been one of the busiest stations of the system's 195 stations. Except for the years when the station was closed for several months, commuters have averaged per year between 34,000 and 57,000 daily entrances. In 2019, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 20,743,670 passengers,[30] an increase of 2,118,568 passengers compared to 2018.[31] In the same year, Tláhuac was the 14th busiest of the system and it was the busiest of the line.[30]
^Estación del Metro Tláhuac. Spanish pronunciation: [ˈtlawak]ⓘ. The etymology comes from the Nahuatl language. There are different interpretations for "Tláhuac", including "land that emerges",[3] "land where it is cultivated or sown",[4] "place where the Tlatoani sings",[4] among others.
^ abc"Afluencia de estación por línea 2023" [Station traffic per line 2023] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2024. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
^ abcde"Tláhuac" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
^Velázquez, Alma Sofía (5 May 2021). "ASF detectó 11 mil fallas en Línea 12 del Metro" [ASF detected 11 thousand faults on Metro's Line 12]. Noticieros Televisa (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^López, Jonás (13 September 2020). "Nace bebé en estación Tláhuac del Metro" [Baby is born in Tláhuac metro station]. Excélsior (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 17 September 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2020.
^Lorenzana, Israel (5 May 2021). "Usuarios buscan rutas por suspensión de L12" [Riders look for routes after Line 12 suspension]. Siete24 (in Spanish). Mexico City. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
^ ab"Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
^"Afluencia de estación por línea 2022" [Station traffic per line 2022] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2023. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
^"Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
^"Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
^"Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^"Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
^"Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
^"Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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