The Cuauhtémoc Station is a station on the Monterrey Metro

Monterrey Metro

The Monterrey Metro is a fully grade-separated light rail, or metro, system in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico. It is the newest of Mexico's metro systems, with operation beginning in 1991. As of October 2008, the system operated 40 high-floor electric trains along 31 km of routes...

. It is located in the north end of Cuauhtémoc Avenue, in the north side of downtown Monterrey

Monterrey

Monterrey , is the capital city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León in the country of Mexico. The city is anchor to the third-largest metropolitan area in Mexico and is ranked as the ninth-largest city in the nation. Monterrey serves as a commercial center in the north of the country and is the...

. It opened on April 25, 1991.

Cuauhtémoc station is the most important station on the Metrorrey System, as it serves as the only transfer between Line 1 and Line 2. In the transfer point between lines, this station has stores

Retailing

Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...

 that range from clothing to mobile phones, it also features a photo gallery on the advancement of the Line 2 expansion works.

This station is named after Cuauhtémoc Avenue, and its logo represents a stylized headshot of Cuauhtémoc

Cuauhtémoc

Cuauhtémoc was the Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521...

, an important Aztec

Aztec

The Aztec people were certain ethnic groups of central Mexico, particularly those groups who spoke the Nahuatl language and who dominated large parts of Mesoamerica in the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, a period referred to as the late post-classic period in Mesoamerican chronology.Aztec is the...

 ruler.

This station is accessible for people with disabilities.

In October 2008 after the inauguration of the extended Line 2 by President Felipe Calderón

Felipe Calderón

Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa is the current President of Mexico. He assumed office on December 1, 2006, and was elected for a single six-year term through 2012...

 and other dignitaries, ridership on the Monterrey Metro system surged from 260,000 per day to 334,000 per day. Cuauhtémoc, San Nicolás

San Nicolás (Monterrey Metro)

The San Nicolás Station is a metro station along Line 2 of the Monterrey Metro. Located near the IMSS Zone Hospital No. 6, the station was opened on October 1, 2008. It is an elevated station built into the median of Mexican Federal Highway 85 where it intersects Benito Juárez Avenue...

, and Alameda

Alameda (Monterrey Metro)

The Alameda Station is a station on Line 2 of the Monterrey Metro. It is located in the intersection of Aramberri street and Cuauhtémoc Avenue in the Monterrey centre....

 were the stations that saw the greatest increase in passenger use and many riders were delayed before service adjustments could be made.

Line 1

	Station Type	Comments	Photo
	Elevated	The elevated part of the station belongs to the Yellow Line, it's the only station in Line 1 that connects to Line 2 (Green Line). To the west it goes to Central Central (Monterrey Metro) The Central Station is a station on Line 1 of the Monterrey Metro. It is located in the Madero Avenue in the Monterrey Centre. It was opened on April 25, 1991....  station and to the east to Del Golfo Del Golfo (Monterrey Metro) The Del Golfo Station is a station on Line 1 of the Monterrey Metro. This station is located in the Colon Avenue in the northeast side of the Monterrey Centre. It was opened in 1991....  station.

Line 2

	Station Type	Comments	Photo
	Underground	The underground part of the station belongs to the Green Line, it connects to Line 1 (Yellow Line), it has 3 platforms (2 on the sides and 1 in the middle). To the north it goes to General Anaya General Anaya (Monterrey Metro) The General Anaya station is a station on the Monterrey Metro and the former northern terminal station of Line 2. However, since an expansion opened in 2008, Sendero is now the northern terminal station on Line 2...  Terminal station and to the south to Alameda Alameda (Monterrey Metro) The Alameda Station is a station on Line 2 of the Monterrey Metro. It is located in the intersection of Aramberri street and Cuauhtémoc Avenue in the Monterrey centre.... station.