Located in the nearby Parque Mestizaje, these statues are collectively known as the Monumento a los Indios Verdes, and their silhouettes are depicted in the pictogram.
The station facilities are accessible to people with disabilities featuring tactile pavings and braille signage plates.
Indios Verdes is an at-grade metro station located along Avenida de los Insurgentes in the colonias ("neighborhoods") of Residencial Zacatenco and Santa Isabel Tola, in Gustavo A. Madero, in northern Mexico City.
[6][7] The area is serviced by a Centro de transferencia modal (CETRAM), a transportation hub covering 91,785 square meters (987,970 sq ft).
[9][11] The station facilities offer accessibility for people with disabilities, featuring elevators, escalators and tactile pavings.
It also aimed to reorganize the bus hub and facilitate connections between the stations through a series of pedestrian bridges linking them to the Cablebús, Metrobús Line 7, and Mexicable services.
[24] The station is named after the verdigris statues of two Aztec rulers, Tlatoque Itzcoatl and Ahuitzotl, collectively known as the Monumento a los Indios Verdes (Green Indians Monument).
[5] In April 2023, Adriana Espinosa de los Monteros, a representative for the National Regeneration Movement (MORENA) party in the Congress of Mexico City, proposed renaming the metro station to Estación Emperadores Mexicas (lit. transl.
[26] Around 7:30 in the morning on 12 April 2013, an explosion was heard on the stairs leading to CETRAM's I platform, with no injuries or damage reported.
[27] Authorities stated that a box containing explosives, cables, pellets, a battery, and a watch was allegedly left on the steps leading to exit I by a man assisted by an accomplice acting as a lookout.