Olivos metro station

Olivos metro station[lower-alpha 1] is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the colonias (neighborhoods) of Ampliación Los Olivos and Granjas San Jerónimo, in Tláhuac, Mexico City. It is an elevated station with two side platforms, served by Line 12 (the Golden Line), between Tezonco and Nopalera stations. The station's pictogram features an olive branch, as it references the area's reputation for olive oil production during the Colonial period. The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of service between Tláhuac and Mixcoac metro stations.

This article is about the Mexico City Metro station. For the Buenos Aires railway station, see Mitre Line.
Pictogram of Olivos metro station. It features the silhouette of a six-leaved olive plant. Olivos
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Picture of an entrance to the station, which is a metallic fence. The turnstiles can be seen in the background.
Entrance to the station, 2012
General information
LocationTláhuac Avenue
Tláhuac, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19.304275°N 99.059385°W / 19.304275; -99.059385
Owned byGovernment of Mexico City
Operated bySistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)Mexico City Metro Line 12 (Observatorio – Tláhuac)
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections
  • Olivos stop (temporary)
  • Routes: 162, temporary Line 12 service
  • Olivos stop (temporary)
Construction
Structure typeElevated
Bicycle facilitiesBicycle parking-only
AccessibleYes
Other information
StatusOut of service
History
Opened30 October 2012 (2012-10-30)
Previous namesLos Olivos
Key dates
12 March 2014 (2014-03-12)Temporarily closed
29 November 2015 (2015-11-29)Reopened
3 May 2021 (2021-05-03)Temporarily closed
Passengers
20220[1] Decrease 100%
Rank176/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station
Tezonco
toward Observatorio
 Line 12 Nopalera
toward Tláhuac
Location
Olivos is located in Mexico City urban area
Olivos
Pictogram of Olivos metro station. It features the silhouette of a six-leaved olive plant. Olivos
Location within Mexico City
Area map and layout

The facilities are accessible for people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates and there is a bicycle parking station. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 17,846 passengers, making it the seventh busiest station on the line. The station was closed for 20 months due to structural faults found in the line in 2014. In May 2021, a portion of the station's overhead track collapsed while a train was on it. The track fell onto cars and pedestrians below it, killing 26 and injuring 98.

Location

Olivos is a metro station along Tláhuac Avenue, located in the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhood") of Ampliación Los Olivos and Granjas San Jerónimo, in the Tláhuac borough, in southeastern Mexico City. Within the system, the station lies between Tezonco and Nopalera metro stations.[2] The area is serviced by Route 162 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network.[3]

Exits

There are two exits:[2]

  • North: Tláhuac Avenue (between Pino Driveway and Del Panal Street), Ampliación Los Olivos.
  • South: Tláhuac Avenue and Olivos Street, Granjas San Jerónimo.

History and construction
Multiple concrete columns and steel girders are under construction.
Steel girders near Olivos station in 2010

Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Empresas ICA, in association with Alstom Mexicana and Grupo Carso.[4] Olivos is an elevated station;[5] the Olivos–Tezonco interstation is 490 meters (1,610 ft) long, while the Olivos–Nopalera section measures 1,360 meters (4,460 ft).[6] The station was opened on 30 October 2012, on the first day of the Mixcoac–Tláhuac service.[7] The facilities are accessible for people with disabilities as there are elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates and there is a bicycle parking station.[2][8] The pictogram depicts an olive branch, as the area was known for olive oil production during the Colonial period.[2] Originally, the station was projected to be named "Los Olivos".[9]

Incidents
Multiple crosses and candles are located at the entrance of the metro station.
Olivos station in November 2021. The entrance is covered with altars in memory of those who died on 3 May 2021.

From 12 March 2014 to 29 November 2015,[10][11] Olivos station was closed due to technical and structural faults in the stretch between Atlalilco and Tláhuac.[12][13]

After the 19 September 2017 earthquake damaged Line 12 tracks, Olivos metro station was temporarily closed,[14] but three days, later it was reopened and served as the provisional terminal station for one month.[15][16] According to the official report provided by the Metro system, steel diaphragms were placed in the Tezonco–Olivos section, to provide further support as the beams and headers were affected by the earthquake.[17] The Olivos–Nopalera overpass was secured[18] as Column 69 had a flexo-compression failure at the lower end. To repair it, weight was released, epoxy resins were injected, additional reinforcement was placed, and the column was enlarged to its maximum stress zone.[19]

On 3 May 2021, a section of the elevated line between Olivos and Tezonco metro stations collapsed as a train traversed it. 26 people died and 98 others were injured.[20] After the 2017 earthquake, the Superior Auditor of the Federation (Auditoría Superior de la Federación) made observations of damage to the collapsed section that were not resolved.[17]

On 26 August 2022, the line repair team began the dismantling of a girder located 200 m (660 ft) away from the collapse site (in the same interstation section) after finding that its girder could collapse even with the reinforcements that will be installed on the elevated section.[21]

Ridership

According to the data provided by the authorities, except for the years when Olivos metro station was closed for several months, commuters have averaged per year between 10,000 and 18,500 daily entrances. In 2019, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on public transport, the station's ridership totaled 6,513,862 passengers,[22] which represented an increase of 537,987 passengers compared to 2018.[23] In the same year, Olivos was the 102nd busiest of the system's 195 stations, and it was the line's 7th busiest.[22]

Annual passenger ridership
Year Ridership Average daily Rank  % change Ref.
202200176/195−100.00%[1]
20211,105,9813,030170/195−72.04%[24]
20203,955,54010,80791/195−39.28%[25]
20196,513,86217,846102/195+9.00%[22]
20185,975,87516,372110/195−11.48%[23]
20176,750,63318,49491/195+40.95%[26]
20164,789,23613,085128/195+1,183.70%[27]
2015373,0811,022193/195−59.14%[28]
2014913,0542,501189/195−80.80%[29]
20134,755,27213,028128/195+672.33%[30]
2012615,7011,682181/195–[31]

Notes
  1. Estación del Metro Olivos. Spanish pronunciation: [oˈli.βos] ⓘ. The name of the station literally means "Olives" in Spanish.

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2022" [Station traffic per line 2022] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2023. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. "Olivos" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 25 February 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  3. "Red de Rutas" [Routes network] (in Spanish). Red de Transporte de Pasajeros. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  4. "¿Quién construyó la línea 12 del Metro?" [Who built Line 12?]. Expansión (in Spanish). 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  5. Rodríguez G., Luis Bernardo; Soria C., Bardomiano (2 April 2019). "La Ingeniería Civil en la línea 12 del metro de la Ciudad de México" [The Civil Engineering of Mexico City's Metro Line 12]. Vector (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 13 September 2019.
  6. "Longitud de estación a estación por línea" [Station-to-station length per line] (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo Metro. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  7. "Que no se te vaya el tren" [Don't let the train go]. Chilango (in Spanish). 30 October 2020. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  8. "12 datos de la 'La línea dorada' del Metro inaugurada este martes" [12 facts about Metro's 'Golden line' inaugurated this Tuesday] (in Spanish). Aristegui Noticias. 30 October 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  9. "Convocatoria a la licitación pública nacional de servicios relacionados con la obra pública, utilizando el mecanismo de puntos y porcentajes, para su contratación a precio alzado" [Invitation for national public bidding for services related to public works, using the mechanism of points and percentages, for contracting on a lump sum basis] (PDF) (in Spanish). Secretariat of Communications and Transportation. 2009. p. 32. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  10. "Línea 12 del metro cierra 12 estaciones por seis meses" [Metro Line 12 closes 12 stations for six months] (in Spanish). Animal Político. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  11. Rodea, Felipe (29 November 2015). "Mancera reabre Línea 12 del Metro" [Mancera reopens Metro's Line 12]. El Financiero (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  12. "Caos en primer día de cierre en 12 estaciones de la Línea Dorada del Metro" [Chaos on the first day of closure of 12 stations in the Metro's Golden Line]. Proceso (in Spanish). Mexico City. 12 March 2012. Archived from the original on 4 July 2020. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  13. "¿Por qué el GDF cerró la Línea 12 del Metro?" [Why the Mexico City Government closed Metro Line 12] (in Spanish). Aristegui Noticias. 11 March 2014. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  14. Hernández, Eduardo (21 September 2017). "Vecinos temen colapso de Línea 12 del Metro por sismo" [Neighbors fear collapse of Metro Line 12 due to earthquake]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. Archived from the original on 24 September 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  15. Notimex (22 September 2017). "Metro reanuda servicio en Tezonco y Olivos de la Línea 12" [Metro resumes service in Tezonco and Olivos from Line 12]. La Crónica de Hoy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 September 2019.
  16. "Metro reabre tramo dañado de Línea 12" [Metro reopens the damaged section of Line 12]. El Heraldo de México (in Spanish). 30 October 2017. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  17. "Reportaron errores y daños antes y después del sismo de la Línea 12 del Metro" [Errors and damage reported before and after the earthquake on Metro] (in Spanish). Mexico City: Canal 44. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  18. "Estación Olivos: Temían en 2017 colapso de Línea 12 del Metro tras el sismo" [Olivos Station: Feared collapse of Metro Line 12 after the earthquake in 2017]. El Universal (in Spanish). Mexico City. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  19. Montes, Rafael; López Méndez, Rafael; Ríos, Cecilia (5 May 2021). "Línea 12 del Metro: mal hecha, dañada por el sismo, sin mantenimiento..." [Metro Line 12: poorly built, damaged by the earthquake, no maintenance...]. Milenio. Mexico City. Archived from the original on 5 May 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  20. Piña, Jessica (2 May 2022). "A un año del accidente de la Línea 12 del metro" [A year after Metro Line 12's accident]. MVS Noticias. Archived from the original on 2 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  21. Aranas, Laura (26 August 2022). "Inicia desmontaje de tramo gemelo en L12" [Start of disassembly of twin section on L12]. El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 6 October 2022.
  22. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2019" [Station traffic per line 2019] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2020. Archived from the original on 3 July 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  23. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" [Station traffic per line 2018] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  24. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2021" [Station traffic per line 2021] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2022. Archived from the original on 7 March 2022. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
  25. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2020" [Station traffic per line 2020] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 June 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  26. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2017" [Station traffic per line 2017] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  27. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2016" [Station traffic per line 2016] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2017. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  28. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2015" [Station traffic per line 2015] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2016. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
  29. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2014" [Station traffic per line 2014] (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2015. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
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