Eduardo Molina metro station^{[lower-alpha 1]} is a Mexico City Metro station within the limits of Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, in Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with one island platform, served by Line 5 (the Yellow Line), between Consulado and Aragón stations. Eduardo Molina station serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of 20 de Noviembre and Malinche. The station is named after Eduardo Molina Arévalo, an engineer who helped to solve the problem of water scarcity in the Valley of Mexico in the mid-20th century, and its pictogram represents two hands holding water, as featured on the mural El agua, origen de la vida (lit. transl. Water, Origin of Life), painted by Mexican muralist Diego Rivera in the Cárcamo de Dolores, in Chapultepec, Mexico City. Eduardo Molina metro station was opened on 19 December 1981, on the first day of the Consulado–Pantitlán service. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 6,811 passengers, making it the 176th busiest station in the network and the ninth busiest of the line.

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Eduardo Molina
STC rapid transit
Station sign, 2012
General information
Location	Río Consulado Avenue Gustavo A. Madero and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Mexico
Coordinates	19°27′05″N 99°06′20″W
Owned by	Government of Mexico City
Operated by	Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC)
Line(s)	(Politécnico – Pantitlán)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Connections	Río Consulado Route: 200 Route: 20-B
Construction
Structure type	At grade
Other information
Status	In service
History
Opened	19 December 1981 (1981-12-19)
Key dates
23 April 2020 (2020-04-23)	Temporarily closed
15 June 2020 (2020-06-15)	Reopened
Passengers
2023	1,873,834[1]  16.5%
Rank	153/195[1]
Services
Preceding station Mexico City Metro Following station Consulado toward Politécnico Line 5 Aragón toward Pantitlán
Route map Legend Politécnico Instituto del Petróleo Autobuses del Norte La Raza Misterios Valle Gómez Consulado Eduardo Molina Aragón Oceanía Terminal Aérea Hangares Pantitlán This diagram: view talk edit
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Eduardo Molina Location within Mexico City
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Eduardo Molina is a metro station located on Río Consulado Avenue, in northeastern Mexico City.^[2] The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of 20 de Noviembre, in Venustiano Carranza,^[3] and Malinche, in Gustavo A. Madero.^[4] Within the system, the station lies between Consulado and Aragón stations.^[2]

The area is serviced by Line 5 of the Metrobús system at Río Consulado bus station, a few blocks away,^[2] as well as by Route 200 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network,^[5] and by Route 20-B of the city's public bus system.^[6]

Line 5 of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA,^[7] and its first section was opened on 19 December 1981, operating from Pantitlán to Consulado stations.^[8] Eduardo Molina is an at-grade station;^[9] the Eduardo Molina–Aragón interstation is 860 meters (2,820 ft) long, while the Eduardo Molina–Consulado section measures 815 meters (2,674 ft).^[10] The station is named after Eduardo Molina Arévalo [es],^[2] a Mexican engineer who helped to solve the problem of water scarcity in the Valley of Mexico in the mid-20th century through the Lerma River system,^[11][12] and the station's pictogram features two hands holding water, a reference to a fragment of the mural El agua, origen de la vida (lit. transl. Water, Origin of Life),^[2] painted by Diego Rivera inside the main building of the Cárcamo de Dolores, a hydraulic sump structure in Chapultepec, Mexico City.^[13][14]

• Eduardo Molina station lies next to the Río Consolado Avenue
• Eduardo Molina station's pictogram features a fragment of the mural El agua, origen de la vida (detail pictured) by Diego Rivera