Guelatao metro station

Guelatao
Station platform, 2008
General information
LocationCalzada Ignacio Zaragoza
Iztapalapa, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°23′07″N 99°02′09″W / 19.385162°N 99.03574°W / 19.385162; -99.03574
SystemMexico City Metro
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line (PantitlánLa Paz)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections
  • Routes: 162-B, 163, 163-A, 163-B, 164, 166, 167
  • Route: 9-D
Construction
Structure typeAt grade
Other information
StatusIn service
History
Opened12 August 1991 (1991-08-12)
Passengers
20256,270,222  2.65%
Rank72/195
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Tepalcates
toward Pantitlán
Line A Peñón Viejo
toward La Paz
Location
Guelatao
Location within Mexico City
Area map and layout

Guelatao metro station is a Mexico City Metro station in the city's borough of Iztapalapa. It is an at-grade stop that serves Line A (Purple Line) between Tepalcates and Peñón Viejo, servicing the colonias (neighborhoods) of Ejército de Oriente and Voceadores. The station provides access to the Facultad de Estudios Superiores (FES) Zaragoza of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Guelatao metro station is named after the town of San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, where Benito Juárez, the 26th president of Mexico, was born. Its pictogram depicts the sculpture on top of the Museo Cabeza de Juárez, found near the station. The stop opened on 12 August 1991 providing service northwest toward Pantitlán and southeast toward La Paz. In 2025, the station had an average daily entrance of 17,178 passengers.