Pantitlán metro station
Pantitlán metro station is a Mexico City Metro transfer station in the boroughs of Iztacalco and Venustiano Carranza, in Mexico City. The station features a combination of underground, at-grade, and elevated buildings. It has six island platforms and two side platforms, serving Lines 1 (Pink Line), 5 (Yellow Line), 9 (Brown Line), and A (Purple Line). Pantitlán metro station is the only quadra-line interchange station in the system. It serves as the terminal station for all lines and is followed by Zaragoza (Line 1), Hangares (Line 5), Puebla (Line 9), and Agrícola Oriental (Line A) metro stations.
Pantitlán metro station opened on 19 December 1981 providing service northwest toward Consulado on Line 5; westward service toward Observatorio on Line 1 began on 22 August 1984; service west toward Centro Médico on Line 9 started on 26 August 1987; and southeastward service toward La Paz on Line A commenced on 12 August 1991. The station services the colonias (neighborhoods) of Ampliación Adolfo López Mateos, Aviación Civil, and Pantitlán, and is named after the last one, along Avenida Miguel Lebrija and Avenida Río Churubusco. The station's pictogram features the silhouettes of two flagpoles with blank flags, reflecting the meaning of "Pantitlán", which in Nahuatl means "between flags".
The station facilities offer partial accessibility for people with disabilities as there are elevators, wheelchair ramps, tactile pavings, and braille signage plates. Inside, there is a cultural display, an Internet café, a women's defense module, a public ministry office, a health module, a mural, and a bicycle parking station. Outside, the station includes a transportation hub servicing local bus routes. Pantitlán is the busiest station in the system. In 2019, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station recorded a ridership of 132,845,471 passengers. In comparison, Cuatro Caminos metro station, which ranked second, had 39,378,128 passengers. As of 2025, Pantitlán recorded a ridership of 55,089,833 passengers following multiple reconstruction works carried out in previous years.
The station area has experienced subsidence since at least the 1990s, primarily due to the extraction of groundwater to meet the demands of the large population in eastern Mexico City and the metropolitan area. From July 2022 to October 2023, the Line 1 station was closed for upgrades to the tunnel and technical equipment. Between December 2023 and September 2024, the Line 9 station was closed for re-leveling of the elevated viaduct due to continued subsidence.