Hospital General metro station (Mexico City)

"Metro Hospital General" redirects here. For metropolitan general hospitals, see General hospital.

Hospital General
STC rapid transit
General information
Location	Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°24′49″N 99°09′14″W
Line(s)	(Indios Verdes - Universidad)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Hospital General
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Accessible	Partial
History
Opened	20 November 1970
Passengers
2023	5,642,524[1]  11.18%
Rank	80/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Niños Héroes toward Indios Verdes Line 3 Centro Médico toward Universidad
Route map Ticomán workshops Indios Verdes Deportivo 18 de Marzo Potrero La Raza Tlatelolco Guerrero Hidalgo Juárez Balderas Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX Hospital General Centro Médico Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia Eugenia División del Norte Zapata Coyoacán Viveros / Derechos Humanos Miguel Ángel de Quevedo Copilco Universidad This diagram: view talk edit
Location Hospital General Location within Mexico City Area map

Hospital General is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.[2]

General information

This station transfers to the "S" trolleybus line, which runs between ISSSTE Zaragoza and Chapultepec.[2][4]

Hospital General serves passengers in the Colonias (neighborhoods) of Doctores and Roma.[2] The station opened on 20 November 1970 when it served as the southern terminus of Line 3.[5] Service southward towards Centro Médico started 10 years later on 7 June 1980.[5]

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  Entrance to Metro Hospital General, almost completely obscured by sidewalk vendors
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  Hospital General de Mexico for which the station is named

Name and iconography

The station logo represents the symbol of International Red Cross.[2][3] Its name refers to the General Hospital of Mexico, which is located above the station.[2]

Ridership

Annual passenger ridership
Year	Ridership	Average daily	Rank	% change	Ref.
2023	5,642,524	15,458	80/195	+11.18%	[1]
2022	5,075,058	13,904	87/195	+48.31%	[1]
2021	3,421,978	9,375	91/195	−16.17%	[6]
2020	4,082,080	11,153	89/195	−45.42%	[7]
2019	7,478,953	20,490	87/195	−5.12%	[8]
2018	7,882,229	21,595	81/195	−1.90%	[9]
2017	8,035,005	22,013	73/195	−4.91%	[10]
2016	8,449,620	23,086	73/195	−1.36%	[11]
2015	8,566,280	23,469	66/195	−2.82%	[12]
2014	8,815,281	24,151	62/195	−1.00%	[13]

References

1. "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.
2. "Hospital General" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
3. Archambault, Richard. "Hospital General - Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
4. "Servicios.- Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del D.F.: Línea:  S  LINEA S CORREDOR CERO EMISIONES EJE 2-2A SUR" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
6. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
7. "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.
8. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 8 April 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
9. "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.
10. "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.
11. "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.
12. "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.
13. "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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