[2][3] It is located in the Iztapalapa municipality, to the east of downtown Mexico City.

[4] The station takes its name from the nearby estate Unidad Habitacional Tepalcates.

The name has its roots in the Nahuatl word "teplacatl" used to refer to any pot or vessel made out of clay or mud.

The pictogram depicts the side view of a pre-Hispanic pottery bowl of the types made in Puebla and Tlaxcala.

Due to the design of the station, it has an island platform where passengers can take trains in both eastbound and westbound directions.