Tasqueña light rail station

Tasqueña
STE light rail
Station platforms, 2022
General information
Location	Calzada de Tlalpan, Calzada Taxqueña and Canal de Miramontes Coyoacán, Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°20′37″N 99°08′26″W / 19.343568°N 99.140485°W / 19.343568; -99.140485
Owned by	Government of Mexico City
Operated by	Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos (STE)
Line(s)	Xochimilco Light Rail (Tasqueña – Xochimilco)
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Connections	Tasqueña Tasqueña South Bus Terminal Routes: 2-A, 17-F, 31-B, 81-A, 111-A, 143, 145-A Lines 1, 7 and 12 Routes: 2-A, 2-F, 5-A, 17-C, 17-H, 17-I
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Status	Out of service
History
Opened	1 August 1986; 39 years ago (1986-08-01)
Rebuilt	2025
Services
Preceding station STE Following station Terminus Xochimilco Light Rail Las Torres toward Xochimilco
Route map Legend Tasqueña Las Torres Ciudad Jardín La Virgen Xotepingo Nezahualpilli Registro Federal Textitlán El Vergel Estadio Azteca former Tlalpan branch former Tlalpan branch Huipulco Periferico Chimalcoyotl Tlalpan Huipulco Xomali Anillo Periférico Periférico/Participación Ciudadana Tepepan La Noria Huichapan Francisco Goitia Xochimilco This diagram: view talk edit
Location Tasqueña Location within Mexico City Area map

Tasqueña light rail station,^[a] alternatively spelled Taxqueña, is a station of the Xochimilco Light Rail in the colonia (neighborhood) of Campestre Churubusco, in the borough of Coyoacán, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with two side platforms serving as the northern terminus of the only light train service in the city. It is followed by Las Torres light rail station.

The station is situated adjacent to the Mexico City Metro station of the same name, which is the southern terminus of Line 2. The name of both stations reference the nearby Calzada Taxqueña, a major avenue in the area. The station's pictogram depicts a crescent moon. Due to its connection with the metro station, the light rail station facilities are accessible to people with disabilities featuring elevators, tactile pavings, braille plates, and wheelchair ramps. Outside, the station has a transport hub servicing local bus routes, the trolleybus system, and the southern intercity bus station. Additionally, there is a bicycle parking station, an Internet café, a women's assistance module, a health center, and a mural.

Tasqueña opened on 1 August 1986, providing southward service toward Estadio Azteca light rail station. It has undergone several renovations, the most recent is undergoing in 2025, to expand its platforms to a Barcelona solution, adding a new central platform in anticipation of increased tourist demand for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, as the line connects to Estadio Azteca.

Tasqueña is an at-grade light rail station situated next to the terminus station of the same name of the Mexico City Metro along Line 2 (the Blue Line). It is located within the CETRAM Tasqueña transportation hub, between Calzada de Tlalpan, Calzada Taxqueña and Canal de Miramontes avenues, in the Campestre Churubusco neighborhood of Coyoacán, south-central Mexico City.^[1]

Outside the railway stations is the CETRAM Tasqueña transportation hub, which conects to multiple local bus routes, bus routes operated by the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros (RTP), the trolleybus system, and the southern intercity bus station. The hub is operated under the Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM) system.^[2]

Tasqueña light rail station opened on 1 August 1986, operating toward Estadio Azteca light rail station.^[3] Within the system, Tasqueña is followed by Las Torres light rail station.^[4]

Since it is connected to Tasqueña metro station, the station indirectly has two exits that connect to Calzada Canal de Miramontes. The northern exit is in the corner of Calle Cerro de Jesús, while the southern one leads to the CETRAM between Avenida Taxqueña and Calzada de Tlalpan. The metro station offers a disabled-accessible service with elevators, wheelchair ramps, tactile pavings and braille signage plates. Other facilities in the metro station building include a bicycle parking station, an Internet café, a women's assistance module, a health center, and a mural titled Elementos by Alberto Castro Leñero [es].^[1]

The name of the metro station comes from Calzada Taxqueña. In turn, the road was named after a woman from Taxco, Guerrero, who owned the land and was known by the denomyn Taxqueña. The station's pictogram depicts the silhouette of a crescent moon, referencing the area's former local name, La Luna ("The Moon"), which came from a bakery once located in the area. According to the metro system, the name distinction between Tasqueña and Taxqueña helps differentiate the station from the avenue.^[1]

Service at Tasqueña light rail station was suspended between 1 July 2019 and 16 January 2020 due to a system refurbishment.^[5][6] Tracks that had been in use since the 1890s, which were once used by the former streetcars before the conversion to light rail, were replaced due to lack of adhesion and misalignments.^[7]

Station layout until 2025

Station layout starting 2026

From 1986 to 2025, the side platforms were relatively small, and expansion plans were proposed for many years. In 2003, the French engineering firm SYSTRA was commissioned to develop a renovation and upgrade project for the metro lines 1, 2 and 3, which indirectly would have affected the light rail station if it had been carried out.^[8][9]

In 2025, in preparation for increased demand due to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, renovation works began at the station to add an additional platform to the light rail station. The Barcelona solution was chosen to allow passengers to disembark onto the side platforms while boarding occurs on the central island platform. The light rail line connects to the Estadio Azteca light rail station, which serves the stadium of the same name.^[10][11]

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  A Concarril train disembarking at Tasqueña in 2014
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  In 2024, station entry ridership ranged from 4,300 to 37,000 passengers.