Instituto del Petróleo metro station

Instituto del Petróleo metro station is a Mexico City Metro transfer station in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. It is a combined underground and at-grade station with two side platforms each, along Lines 5 (the Yellow Line) and 6 (the Red Line). Instituto del Petróleo metro station is located between Politécnico and Autobuses del Norte stations on Line 5, and between Vallejo and Lindavista stations on Line 6. It serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Valle del Tepeyac, San Bartolo Atepehuacan, and Nueva Industrial. The station's pictogram depicts an oil derrick, and its name is on account of its proximity to the Mexican Petroleum Institute headquarters.

Instituto del Petróleo
STC rapid transit
Line 5 platforms, 2014
General information
LocationEje Central
Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°29′22″N 99°08′43″W
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s) (Politécnico – Pantitlán)
(El Rosario – Martín Carrera)
Platforms4 side platforms (2 per line)
Tracks4 (2 per line)
Connections
  • Instituto del Petróleo
  • Routes: 23, 103
  • Trolleybus Line 1: Instituto del Petróleo
  • Trolleybus Line 8: Montevideo
Construction
Structure type
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened
  • 30 August 1982
  • 21 December 1983
Passengers
20232,751,601 67.72%
Rank
  • 164/195
  • 178/195
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Politécnico
Terminus
Line 5 Autobuses del Norte
toward Pantitlán
Vallejo
toward El Rosario
Line 6 Lindavista
toward Martín Carrera
Location
Instituto del Petróleo
Location within Mexico City
Area map and exits

Instituto del Petróleo metro station opened on 30 August 1982 with service on Line 5 northward toward Politécnico. West service on Line 6 toward El Rosario started on 21 December 1983. Inside the station, there is a collection of sculptures titled Petróleo, made of oil drums and created by Mexican artist Ernesto Paulsen Camba. In 2019, the station had an overall average daily ridership of 9,309 passengers.

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