Metro Instituto del Petróleo


Metro Instituto del Petróleo is a station along Line 5 and Line 6 of the metro of Mexico City serving the Colonia Valle del Tepeyac, Colonia San Bartolo Atepehuapan, and Colonia Nueva Industrial neighborhoods of the Gustavo A. Madero municipality of Mexico City. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 4,584 passengers per day.

Name and pictogram

The station was named after the nearby Mexican Institute of Petroleum, a public research organization. For this reason, the station pictogram represents an oil derrick.

General information

The station was opened for service along Line 5 on 30 August 1982. Service along Line 6 towards El Rosario started 21 December 1983, and towards Martín Carrera on 8 July 1986.

Nearby

Line 5