Chabacano metro station

Chabacano
STC rapid transit
Line 2 platforms, 2005
General information
Location	Calzada de Tlalpan Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°24′33″N 99°08′08″W / 19.40917°N 99.13556°W / 19.40917; -99.13556
Owned by	Government of Mexico City
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Cuatro Caminos – Tasqueña) (Garibaldi / Lagunilla – Constitución de 1917) (Tacubaya – Pantitlán)
Platforms	2 side platforms; 1 island platform each (9 platforms in total)
Tracks	6
Connections	Routes: 2-A, 31-B, 33, 111-A, 145-A Routes: 9-C, 9-E, 14-A, 17-C, 17-H, 17-I Various local service routes
Construction
Structure type	At grade Underground Underground
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	1 August 1970 20 July 1994 26 August 1987
Rebuilt	1987
Passengers
2023	12,558,573[a]  8.53%
Rank	43/195[1] 170/195[1] 132/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station San Antonio Abad toward Cuatro Caminos Line 2 Viaducto toward Tasqueña Obrera toward Garibaldi / Lagunilla Line 8 La Viga toward Constitución de 1917 Lázaro Cárdenas toward Tacubaya Line 9 Jamaica toward Pantitlán
Route map Legend Cuatro Caminos State of Mexico Mexico City Panteones Tacuba Cuitláhuac Popotla Colegio Militar Normal San Cosme Revolución Hidalgo Bellas Artes Allende Zócalo/Tenochtitlan Pino Suárez San Antonio Abad Chabacano Viaducto Xola Villa de Cortés Nativitas Portales Ermita General Anaya Tasqueña Tasqueña yard This diagram: view talk edit Legend Garibaldi / Lagunilla Bellas Artes San Juan de Letrán Salto del Agua Doctores Obrera Chabacano La Viga Santa Anita Coyuya Iztacalco Apatlaco Aculco Escuadrón 201 Atlalilco Iztapalapa Cerro de la Estrella UAM-I Constitución de 1917 This diagram: view talk edit Legend proposed extension Observatorio proposed extension Tacubaya Patriotismo Chilpancingo Centro Médico Lázaro Cárdenas Chabacano Jamaica Mixiuhca Velódromo Ciudad Deportiva Puebla Pantitlán This diagram: view talk edit
Location Chabacano Location within Mexico City Area map and exits

Chabacano metro station^[b] is a Mexico City Metro transfer station in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City. It is a combined underground and at-grade station with two side platforms and one island platform, featuring the Spanish solution layout. It serves Lines 2 (the Blue Line), 8 (the Green Line) and 9 (the Brown Line).

Chabacano metro station 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. It services the colonias (neighborhoods) of Ampliación Asturias, Obrera, and Vista Alegre. The station's pictogram features an apricot and is named after a nearby street that once had several apricot trees.

Chabacano metro station opened on 1 August 1970, initially providing northbound service on Line 2 toward Pino Suárez metro station and southward service toward Tasqueña station. Southeasterly service on Line 8 toward Constitución de 1917 station and northward toward Garibaldi station began on 20 July 1994. Southeastern service on Line 8 began on 20 July 1994, with trains running toward Constitución de 1917 station and northbound toward Garibaldi station. Line 9 service, running west to east from Centro Médico to Pantitlán, commenced on August 26, 1987. The Line 2 platforms had to be rebuilt when the transfer stations were constructed.

The station facilities are accessible to people with disabilities as there are elevators, escalators and wheelchair ramps. Outside, multiple local bus routes service the area. Inside is an Internet café, an information desk, a cultural showcase, a private library, and a mural titled Civilización y Cultura by José de Guimarães. The station served as a film location for the 1990 film Total Recall, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. Javier Álvarez named a composition after the station. In 2019, the station recorded an average of 43,617 daily entries.

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