Английская Википедия:Barranca del Muerto metro station

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Barranca del Muerto is the southern terminus of Line 7 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Álvaro Obregón borough. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 45,703 passengers per day, making it the busiest station in Line 7.

Name and pictogram

The metro station is named after Avenida Barranca del Muerto, which was once a big depression, the same length as the actual avenue (barranca means gully or ravine). During the Mexican Revolution (1910–1921) this was a place where revolutionary soldiers dropped many corpses. Eagles and buzzards flew nearby, smelling rotten flesh. Popular imagination refers to the dead people's souls and ghosts restlessly promenading near that big hole. Thus, Barranca del Muerto means "Canyon of the Dead".

The station's pictogram depicts two eagles, some say buzzards.

History

Metro Barranca del Muerto was opened on 19 December 1985 together with the whole Шаблон:Convert long extension stretch of Line 7 from Tacubaya.

This station was supposed to be a provisional terminal. According to original plans, Line 7 would be extended south and reach as far as San Jerónimo. Nevertheless, such plans never materialized and Barranca del Muerto has been Line 7 southern terminus since.

Recently, in 2017, mayors from the Álvaro Obregón and Magdalena Contreras municipalities, have asked Mexico City's government to pick up the project again and continue with the southern expansion of the line to San Jerónimo, that would benefit around 500,000 inhabitants of both municipalities.

General information

Metro Barranca del Muerto is located at the intersection of Avenida Revolución and Avenida Barranca del Muerto, on the border of the Álvaro Obregón and Benito Juárez municipalities.

The station has two separated platforms, one used for arriving trains and another one for departing trains. The exit is at the middle of the platforms. There are two exits, located at the intersection of Avenida Revolución (which leads further to San Ángel), Macedonio Alcala, and Calle Alfonso Caso.

South of Barranca del Muerto, there is a Saturday market at the famous San Jacinto square (Bazar de los sábados de San Jacinto) where artists sell paintings, plants and other handcrafts.

Metro Barranca del Muerto, like many stations in the Metro network, has a cyber center, where users can access internet through a computer; the service is free. The station also has a cultural display and the sculptural mural Visión del Mictlán by Luis Y. Aragón, which is located right outside the east access to the station.

The station serves the Guadalupe Inn and Los Alpes neighborhoods.

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2022	8,739,839	23,944	27/195	Шаблон:Change
2021	7,331,623	20,086	23/195	Шаблон:Change
2020	8,238,512	22,509	21/195	Шаблон:Change
2019	16,681,529	45,702	19/195	Шаблон:Change
2018	16,085,373	44,069	19/195	Шаблон:Change
2017	15,078,243	41,310	21/195	Шаблон:Change
2016	14,508,378	39,640	21/195	Шаблон:Change
2015	13,694,853	37,520	25/195	Шаблон:Change
2014	13,282,149	36,389	27/195	Шаблон:Change
2013	13,802,760	37,815	26/195	Шаблон:Change
2012	11,918,034	32,562	34/195	Шаблон:Change
2011	14,713,409	40,310	24/175	Шаблон:Change
2010	11,678,844	31,996	31/175	–

Exits

• West: Av. Revolución and Condor, Col. Los Alpes
• East: Av. Revolución and Gustavo Campa, Col. Guadalupe Inn

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Ticket windows/Fare control
B2	Шаблон:Small
	Northbound	Шаблон:0 Шаблон:R-I Шаблон:R-I toward El Rosario Шаблон:Small →
	Southbound	← Шаблон:R-I Шаблон:R-I termination track
	Шаблон:Small

Gallery

• Entrance to the station

  Entrance to the station

• Platforms

  Platforms