Politécnico metro station is a Mexico City Metro station in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City. It is an at-grade station with two side platforms that serves as the northern terminus of (the Yellow line). It is followed by Instituto del Petróleo station. Politécnico station serves the colonias (neighborhoods) of Industrial Vallejo and Nueva Industrial Vallejo. The station's pictogram features the logo of the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), a public university in Mexico City, and its name is on account of its proximity to the main campus. Politécnico metro station was opened on 1982, on the first day of the Politécnico–Pantitlán service. The station is partially accessible and there is also a mural inside titled La técnica al servicio de la patria by José Luis Elías Jáuregui. In 2019, the station had an average daily ridership of 34,586 passengers, making it the 28th busiest station in the network and the second busiest of the line, after Pantitlán. Location Politécnico is a metro station located along Eje Central (in the section formerly named 100 Metros Avenue), in Gustavo A. Madero, in northern Mexico City. The station serves the colonias (Mexican Spanish for "neighborhoods") of Industrial Vallejo and Nueva Industrial Vallejo. Within the system, the station is followed by Instituto del Petróleo station. Since September 2005 the area is serviced by (formerly ) of the trolleybus system. It is also serviced by a Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM), a type of transport hub, and by Routes 23 and 103 of the Red de Transporte de Pasajeros network. There were plans to have a Cablebús station inside the National Polytechnic Institute (IPN), a public university near the station. However, it was canceled due to the opposition of students. Exits There are two exits: East: Eje Central (100 Metros Avenue) and Diana Street, Nueva Industrial Vallejo. West: Eje Central (100 Metros Avenue) and Poniente 152 Street, Industrial Vallejo. Landmarks Inside the station, there is a mural painted by José Luis Elías Jáuregui and named La técnica al servicio de la patria (), a reference to the IPN's motto. The mural was inaugurated in 1996 and depicts the history of the IPN, its culture and campus life, the Once TV network logo and the image of Lázaro Cárdenas, the 51st president of Mexico and founder of the university. History and construction of the Mexico City Metro was built by Cometro, a subsidiary of Empresas ICA, and