Politécnico metro station

Politécnico
STC rapid transit
Station sign, 2006
General information
LocationEje Central
Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°30′03″N 99°08′57″W / 19.50082°N 99.149294°W / 19.50082; -99.149294
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s) (Politécnico – Pantitlán)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
AccessiblePartial
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened30 August 1982
Passengers
20239,487,376 19.74%
Rank28/195
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Terminus Line 5 Instituto del Petróleo
toward Pantitlán
Location
Politécnico
Location within Mexico City
Area map and exits

Politécnico metro station is a Mexico City Metro station in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with two side platforms that serves as the northern terminus of Line 5 (the Yellow line). It is followed by Instituto del Petróleo station. Politécnico station serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Industrial Vallejo and Nueva Industrial Vallejo. The station's pictogram features the logo of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), a public university in Mexico City, and its name is on account of its proximity to the main campus.

Politécnico metro station was opened on 30 August 1982, on the first day of the Politécnico–Pantitlán service. The station is partially accessible and there is also a mural inside titled La técnica al servicio de la patria by José Luis Elías Jáuregui. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 34,586 passengers, making it the 28th busiest station in the network and the second busiest of the line, after Pantitlán.