By June 2008, the station was replaced by the terminus of the Tren Suburbano commuter rail service.
[3] Among the passengers of the inaugural trip was Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada, President of Mexico at the time.
[3] The rail trip took three days due to a number of official presidential events along the route.
The original structure was demolished by Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México in 1958 to construct a new station nearby.
[4] The traffic circle in front of the station holds a statue of Christopher Columbus, which was inaugurated on October 12, 1892, in celebration of the 400-year anniversary of the explorer's discovery of America.