Chabacano metro station

Chabacano is a transfer metro station, located in the Cuauhtémoc borough, in central Mexico City. It is situated along Calzada de Tlalpan (Line 2), beneath Calle Juan A. Mateos (Line 8) and beneath Eje 3 Sur – Calzada Chabacano (Line 9). The station serves three (neighborhoods) of Ampliación Asturias, Obrera, and Vista Alegre. The station is named after the avenue of the same name, which once had several apricot trees, and its pictogram features the silhouette of its fruit. Chabacano metro station serves as an interchange for three lines. It is located between San Antonio Abad and Viaducto stations on Line 2, between Obrera and La Viga stations on Line 8, and between Lázaro Cárdenas and Jamaica stations on Line 9. Several bus routes serve the station. The (RTP) bus system includes Routes 2-A, 31-B, 33, 111-A, and 145-A, while the public bus system includes Routes 9-C, 9-E, 14-A, 17-C, 17-H, and 17-I. Chabacano metro station has multiple exits serving its various lines. For Line 2, there are two exits: the eastern exit is located between Calle Juan A. Mateos, Calzada Chabacano, and Avenida San Antonio Abad in Colonia Vista Alegre, while the western exit is located between Calle Manuel Caballero, Calle Antonio Solís, and Avenida San Antonio Abad in Colonia Obrera. ==History and construction==

Line 2 The line was built by Ingeniería de Sistemas de Transportes Metropolitano, Electrometro and Cometro, the latter being a subsidiary of Empresas ICA. Chabacano station opened on 1 August 1970, as part of the inaugural Pino Suárez–Tasqueña service. The station was built at grade level with a design similar to other stations in the at-grade section, including an island platform. The section between Chabacano and San Antonio Abad is long, while the section between Chabacano and Viaducto measures . When construction of Lines 8 and 9 began, the station was rebuilt to improve passenger boarding and alighting. The Spanish solution was implemented across all platforms, whereby alighting passengers use the central platform, while boarding passengers use the side platforms on the opposite side of the train. Line 8 ICA built the line, whose first and only section opened on 20 July 1994, running from Garibaldi to Constitución de 1917. Chabacano is an underground station; the tunnel between Chabacano and Obrera is long, while the section between Chabacano and La Viga measures . Chabacano is an underground station; the tunnel to Lázaro Cárdenas is long, while the tunnel toward Jamaica measures long. Incidents On 28 December 2010, an elderly passenger attempting to help two people who had dropped their belongings onto the tracks fell onto the rails and was struck and killed by an approaching Line 2 train. On 4 June 2018, a law student was arrested for attempting to access the Benito Juárez library inside the station after the station manager denied him entry, stating that it was reserved for metro personnel. The public prosecutor’s office declined to pursue charges, deeming the restriction unjustified under the City Libraries Code, as the facility is located in a public space. Metro authorities later clarified that the library is open to the general public upon registration. On 12 September 2020, the station was vandalized by feminists protesting reported cases of harassment and restrictions on street vendors within the metro system. Following the collapse of a bridge on Line 12, which resulted in 26 deaths, demonstrators vandalized the station again and assaulted metro staff, whom they held responsible for the accident. On 1 April 2022, a woman slipped on an escalator, triggering a chain reaction that knocked down seven other people, all of whom sustained minor injuries. ==Landmarks, cultural events and popular culture==

The station includes an Internet café, an information desk, a cultural display, Due to its size, Chabacano metro station has held cultural programs in its lobby. The station has hosted mini-concerts featuring musicians such as Trans-X, Ji-Hae Park, and the Orquesta Sinfónica de Yucatán. Scenes from the 1990 film Total Recall were filmed at the station at night. Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and set in the year 2084. The film depicts a future in which humanity has colonized Mars. In one scene on Earth, Douglas Quaid, a secret agent with erased memories, escapes from attackers by entering a subway station and leaping through the window of an outbound train. During filming, Schwarzenegger accidentally cut his wrist when the crew failed to detonate the window on time. To transform the building for the scene, the film crew painted the walls and a train in cement gray, covered the signage, and added monitors throughout the station. Mexican composer Javier Álvarez named one of his compositions after the metro station. It was played live by the Cuarteto Latinoamericano at the station during an exhibition in September 1991. By 2020, the station and its surrounding area had become a popular location for buying and selling used and vintage clothing, particularly on weekends. ==Ridership==

According to official data, Line 2 records higher usage than Lines 8 and 9, which are among the least accessed in the system. Prior to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic the station recorded a total ridership of 15,920,404 passengers in 2019, averaging 43,584 daily entries. In 2025, when considered individually among the system's 195 stations, the Line 2 station ranked 47th busiest; the Line 8 station ranked 188th in the system, while the Line 9 station ranked 155th. ==Notes==