Hospital General metro station (Mexico City)

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

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]

Hospital General
STC rapid transit
General information
Location	Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°24′49″N 99°09′14″W / 19.413578°N 99.153886°W / 19.413578; -99.153886
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
2022	3,421,978^[1]  48.31%
Rank	87/195^[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Niños Héroes toward Indios Verdes Line 3 Centro Médico toward Universidad
Route map Legend 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

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.
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]
2013	8,904,046	24,394	65/195	+6.05%	^[14]
2012	8,395,708	22,939	77/195	−6.97%	^[15]
2011	9,024,726	24,725	71/175	+3.93%	^[16]
2010	8,683,096	23,789	54/175	–	^[17]

References

1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2022" [Station traffic per line 2022] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2023. from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
2. (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. (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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
14. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2013" [Station traffic per line 2013] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2014. from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
15. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2012" [Station traffic per line 2012] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2013. from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
16. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2011" [Station traffic per line 2011] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2012. from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
17. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2010" [Station traffic per line 2010] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2011. from the original on 7 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

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