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Mexico City Metro Line 2
Line 2 is one of the 12 lines of the Mexico City Metro. The 2 Line is the second oldest in the network, identified by the color blue and runs from West to East and then North to South, turning at the city center. It starts at the border of the city with Estado de México and ends South of the city. General information Line 2 connects with Line 7 at Tacuba, Line 3 at Hidalgo, Line 8 at Bellas Artes, Line 1 at Pino Suárez, Lines 8 and 9 at Chabacano and Line 12 at Ermita. It is linked with the Mexico City Light Rail to Xochimilco at the Tasqueña terminal. It used to be served by NC-82 and some NM-83 trains. It runs under the following roads: Calzada San Bartolo Naucalpan in the stretch from Cuatro Caminos to Panteones, Calzada México-Tacuba from Panteones to Normal, Av. Ribera de San Cosme, Av. México - Tenochtitlan from Revolución to Hidalgo, Av. Hidalgo from Hidalgo to Bellas Artes, Tacuba street, República de Guatemala street, José María Pino Suárez street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasqueña Metro Station
Tasqueña (sometimes also spelled Taxqueña) is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Campestre Churubusco neighborhood, within the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City, directly south of the city centre on Avenida Tasqueña and Canal de Miramontes. It is a surface station and the southern terminus of the line. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 83,463 passengers per day, making it the seventh busiest station in the network. General information The station's name comes from Avenida Tasqueña, which in turn was taken from Taxco, Guerrero, an important silver mining town during the colonial period. The station icon represents a crescent moon. Tasqueña connects Line 2 with the Xochimilco Light Rail line, which runs from this station to the borough of Xochimilco. It also connects with two trolleybus lines: route A, running between Tasqueña and Metro Autobuses del Norte, north of the city, and route K, running between Ciudad Univer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City Metro Line 3
Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 12 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico. Line 3 is the longest line, its color is olive green and it runs from north to south of the city covering almost all of it. It is built under Avenida de los Insurgentes, Guerrero, Zarco, Balderas, Cuauhtémoc, Universidad, Copilco and Delfín Madrigal avenues. It interchanges with Mexico City Metro Line 6, Line 6 at Deportivo 18 de Marzo metro station, Deportivo 18 de Marzo, Mexico City Metro Line 5, Line 5 at La Raza metro station, La Raza, Mexico City Metro Line B, Line B at Guerrero metro station, Guerrero, Mexico City Metro Line 2, Line 2 at Hidalgo metro station, Hidalgo, Mexico City Metro Line 1, Line 1 at Balderas metro station, Balderas, Mexico City Metro Line 9, Line 9 at Centro Médico metro station, Centro Médico. and Mexico City Metro Line 12, Line 12 at Zapata metro station, Zapata. Chronology *20 November 1970: from Tlatelolco metro station, Tlatelolco to Hospital General metro s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Antonio Abad Metro Station
San Antonio Abad is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Tránsito and Colonia Obrera neighborhoods of the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, to the south of the city centre, in the median of Calzada San Antonio Abad. General information The station logo depicts Saint Anthony the Great, after the monastery dedicated to him that was established in the area after the Spanish conquest of Tenochtitlán. The section of the avenue on which the station sits is also called after him, but due south it later becomes Calzada de Tlalpan. Metro San Antonio Abad is the first street-level station on the southern section of Line 2. The station opened on 1 August 1970. Ridership Exits *East: Avenida San Antonio Abad and Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera street, Colonia Tránsito *West: Avenida San Antonio Abad between Manuel M. Flores street and José Joaquín Arriaga street, Colonia Obrera Colonia Obrera is an administrative neighborhood of the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zócalo/Tenochtitlan Metro Station
Zócalo/Tenochtitlan metro station is a metro station, station of the Mexico City Metro in the historic center of Mexico City, historic center of the city, in the Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Cuauhtémoc Boroughs of Mexico City, borough. It is an underground station with two side platforms, served by Mexico City Metro Line 2, Line 2 (the Blue Line). It lies between Allende metro station, Allende and Pino Suárez metro station, Pino Suárez metro stations. The station's pictogram features the coat of arms of Mexico and it receives its name from the Plaza de la Constitución, commonly known as Zócalo, Mexico City's Town square, main square located above the station. The station was opened on 14 September 1970, on the first day of the service Tasqueña metro station, Tasqueña–Tacuba metro station, Tacuba. The station facilities are partially Accessible tourism, accessible for people with disabilities as there is an elevator; there is an Internet café, an information des ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tacuba Street
Tacuba is a municipality in the Ahuachapán department of El Salvador. Church Of Tacuba It is located in Villa of Tacuba. It is head of the municipality of the same name in the department of Ahuachapán, at about 14 Kilometers of the city of Ahuachapán and at 700 meters over the sea level. It was built in the 16th century or at the beginning of the 17th century by the officer Juan Clemente and his son Juan. Its facade is of wooden type and it has a Baroque style with a front of three bodies. The interior is decorated with four Solomon columns and two arched niches in the half body. The niches house images of entablature; it also possesses an opening for the illumination of the interior. The superior body is decorated with Solomon columns, where it can be appreciated, since it was partially destroyed by the earthquake of 1773. It happened in Guatemala, and created destruction in the city of Antigua, Guatemala. Of the church itself, only the facade of a lateral wall and a section ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolución Metro Station (Mexico City)
Revolución is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Colonia Tabacalera and Colonia Buenavista districts in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, on Avenida México - Tenochtitlan. It was first opened to the public on 14 September 1970. General information The station logo and name come from the nearby Monumento a la Revolución, which opened in 1938. The station is also near Avenida de los Insurgentes, one of the city's most important thoroughfares. The Insurgentes Metrobús bus rapid transit line has a stop in the vicinity of Revolución. Ridership Nearby *Monumento a la Revolución, monument commemorating the Mexican Revolution. *Museo Nacional de San Carlos, art museum devoted to European art. Exits *South: México - Tenochtitlan street, Colonia Tabacalera *Northeast: México - Tenochtitlan street and B. de Sahagún street, Colonia Buenavista *Northwest: México - Tenochtitlan street, Colonia Buenavi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normal Metro Station
Normal is a station on Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Miguel Hidalgo municipality of Mexico City, northwest of the city centre, near the Calzada México-Tacuba. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 35,260 passengers per day. Name and pictogram The station name refers to the nearby Escuela Normal de Maestros, an academy for elementary school teachers, often referred to simply as Normal, hence the station designation as Normal. The station pictogram depicts a stylized design of the tower of the Normal main building inaugurated in 1947 by Jaime Torres Bodet, then Minister of Education of Mexico. History The station opened on 14 September 1970 as part of the second stretch of Line 2, from Pino Suárez to Tacuba. Corpus Christi Massacre On 10 June 1971, riot police and students who were protesting against the Mexican government, clashed in the vicinity of the metro station. Nearly 120 protesters were killed, among them a fourteen- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calzada México-Tacuba
Calzada or La Calzada may refer to: Places Spain *La Calzada de Béjar, a municipality in the province of Salamanca *Calzada de Calatrava, a municipality in the province of Ciudad Real * Calzada de Don Diego, a municipality in the province of Salamanca * Calzada de Oropesa, a municipality in the province of Toledo *Calzada de Valdunciel, a municipality in the province of Salamanca *Calzada de los Molinos, a municipality in the province of Palencia * Calzada del Coto, a municipality in the province of León * Cabezabellosa de la Calzada, a municipality in the province of Salamanca *Puebla de la Calzada, a municipality in the province of Badajoz * Rabé de las Calzadas, a municipality in the province of Burgos *Santo Domingo de la Calzada, a municipality in La Rioja *Torrejón de la Calzada, a municipality in the Community of Madrid * Valdelacalzada, a municipality in the province of Badajoz Latin America *Calzada (mountain), a mountain in the Bolivian Andes *Calzada, Maunabo, Puert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Panteones Metro Station
Panteones is a station serving Line 2 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Colonia Argentina district of the Miguel Hidalgo borough of the Mexican Federal District. Panteón means "cemetery" in Spanish; the station's name and logo come from the nearby graveyards. The station was opened as part of a westward extension of Line 2 on 22 August 1984. From 23 April to 24 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico The COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Mexico in February 2020. Howe .... Ridership Nearby *Panteón Español, a graveyard *Panteón Sanctorum, a graveyard Gallery Image:Metro Panteones.jpg, Metro Station Panteones, 9 April 2009 References External links Panteones Railway stations opened in 1984 1984 establishments in Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xochimilco
Xochimilco (; nci, Xōchimīlco, ) is a borough (''demarcación territorial'') of Mexico City. The borough is centered on the formerly independent city of Xochimilco, which was established on what was the southern shore of Lake Xochimilco in the precolonial period. Today, the borough consists of the 18 , or neighborhoods, of this city along with 14 , or villages, that surround it, covering an area of . The borough is in the southeastern part of the city and has an identity that is separate from the historic center of Mexico City, due to its historic separation from that city during most of its history. Xochimilco is best known for its canals, which are left from what was an extensive lake and canal system that connected most of the settlements of the Valley of Mexico. These canals, along with artificial islands called chinampas, attract tourists and other city residents to ride on colorful gondola-like boats called around the of canals. This canal and chinampa system, as a ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City Light Rail
The Xochimilco Light Rail (locally known as el Tren Ligero and known by the government as Tren ligero de la Ciudad de México) is a light rail line that serves the southern part of Mexico City. It connects to, but is not considered a part of, the Mexico City Metro. Rather, it is operated by the ''Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos'' (STE), the authority that operates Mexico City's electric trolleybus system and formerly operated the municipal electric tram system. History Many of Mexico City's original tram lines were abandoned in the 1960s and 1970s. The original Xochimilco tramline had been in operation since 1910, but the Xochimilco tramway's section between Avenida Tasqueña and the city centre was replaced by a new metro line in 1970.Morrison, Allen (2003)The Tramways of Mexico City, Part 4.Retrieved 2010-05-05.May, Jack (1994). "Mexico Says Sí to LRT: Light Rail South of the Border". ''1994 Light Rail Annual & User's Guide'', pp. 2–5. Pasadena, CA (US): Pentrex. . With ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City Metro Line 12
Line 12, also known as the Golden Line from its color on the system map, is a temporarily closed rapid transit line of the Mexico City Metro network. It travels along the Boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs of Benito Juárez, Mexico City, Benito Juárez, Iztapalapa and Tláhuac in southwestern, central-southern and southeastern Mexico City, serving twenty stations. The line was inaugurated on 30 October 2012, going from Tláhuac metro station, Tláhuac to Mixcoac metro station, Mixcoac station. In 2016, work to expand it to Observatorio metro station, Observatorio station started. Line 12 was built by Mexican construction company Empresas ICA in association with Alstom, Alstom Mexicana and Grupo Carso. It runs at At-grade railway, grade, Elevated railway, overground and underground levels. The interchange stations are Mixcoac (Mexico City Metro Line 7, Line 7), Zapata metro station, Zapata (Mexico City Metro Line 3, Line 3), Ermita metro station, Ermita (Mexico Cit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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