metro station is a station of the Mexico City Metro in the city's borough of Gustavo A. Madero. It is an at-grade railway stop with two side platforms serving Line 5 (Yellow Line), between and . It was opened on 30 August 1982, providing service north toward and east toward .

metro station services the (neighborhoods) of and , along Eje Central Avenue. The station's name references the adjacent to Mexico City's Northern Bus Terminal, and its pictogram depicts an intercity bus referencing the terminal. The station offers a limited accessible service with elevators.

In 2025, metro station had an average daily ridership of 17,964 passenger entries, ranking it the 68th busiest stop in the network.

Location and layout

is an at-grade metro station on Line 5 along Avenue, in the ("neighborhoods") of and , in the borough, northern Mexico City. The station serves the Northern Bus Terminal, the largest bus terminal in the country. The Northern Bus Station serves destinations in 27 states, with major cities including Acapulco, Guadalajara, Matamoros, Monterrey, San Miguel de Allende, and Tijuana, among others.

The stop has four exits leading onto : The eastern exit leads to the bus terminal, in . The other three stations lead to . The northweastern exit goes onto , while the southwestern and southeastern exits connect to . The station offers a limited accessible service with elevators.

Within the system, the station is followed by and stations. The metro station is serviced by Line 1 (formerly Line A) of the trolleybus system, by Route 15-A of the city's public bus system, and by Routes 23 and 103 of the network.

History and construction Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by , a subsidiary of . The section including metro station formed part of a northward extension from , and opened on 30 August 1982, while running eastward toward station.

The section between and station measures , while the opposite section toward station is long.

In June 2006, Metro authorities replaced the railroad switches. In 2008, authorities had maintenance work done on the station's roof.

Name and pictogram The pictogram representing metro station is a silhouette of an intercity bus, representing the adjacent bus terminal.

Ridership

According to official data, before the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the station recorded between 22,400 and 23,800 average daily entries from 2016 to 2019. In 2025, it recorded 6,556,986 passenger entries, ranking 68th among the system's 195 stations.

Annual passenger ridership Year Ridership Average daily Rank % change Ref. 2025 6,556,986 17,964 68/195 2024 6,914,785 18,892 55/195 2023 6,974,950 19,109 59/195 2022 6,231,958 17,073 55/195 2021 4,322,667 11,842 69/195 2020 4,478,099 12,235 76/195 2019 8,280,147 22,685 68/195 2018 8,357,253 22,896 69/195 2017 8,211,462 22,497 69/195 2016 8,682,345 23,722 66/195

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