Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro was built by
Empresas ICA, in association with
Alstom Mexicana and
Grupo Carso. Tlaltenco and Tláhuac stations were built
at grade, and the track goes from the street level to the
overground level between the Tlaltenco–Zapotitlán interstation; the Tlaltenco–Tláhuac section is long, while the Tlaltenco–Zapotitlán stretch measures . The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of the
Mixcoac–Tláhuac service. The facilities are
accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators,
tactile pavings and
braille signage plates. The
pictogram represents a stone gateway located in the town. From 12 March 2014 to 29 November 2015, Tlaltenco was closed due to technical and structural faults in the stretch
Atlalilco–Tláhuac. On 28 August 2017, a passenger jumped to the tracks and survived. He was in a state of
intoxication and was fined $400,000
pesos. After the
19 September 2017 earthquake damaged Line 12 tracks, Tlaltenco remained closed until 30 October 2017. The earthquake derailed a train in the Tlaltenco–Zapotitlán overpass. From 23 April to 28 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico. On 3 May 2021, Tlaltenco metro station was closed after a portion of Line 12's elevated railway
collapsed near
Olivos station.
Ridership According to the data provided by the authorities, the Tlaltenco metro station has been one of the least busy 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 2,100 and 3,500 daily entrances. In 2019, before the
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 1,274,784 passengers, which was an increase of 155,870 passengers compared to 2018. In the same year, Tlaltenco was the 192nd busiest of the system and it was the least used of the line. ==Gallery==