Eje Central is a station on Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro.

[4] The station receives its name due to being located at the intersection between Eje Central (Lázaro Cardenas) and Avenida Popocatépetl.

The station's pictogram shows the outline of a Mexico City trolleybus, since Line 1 of Mexico City trolleybus service (also known as the Zero Emissions Corridor) runs all the way on the Eje Central.

[5] The station is located south of the city center in the Portales Sur neighborhood in the Benito Juárez borough and it is built underground.

[6] From 23 April to 22 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.