Tacubaya is a station on Lines 1, 7 and 9 of the

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system. It is located in the

Miguel Hidalgo Don Miguel Gregorio Antonio Ignacio Hidalgo y Costilla y Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor (8 May 1753 – 30 July 1811), more commonly known as Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla or Miguel Hidalgo (), was a Catholic priest, leader of the Mexican ...

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, west of the city centre. In 2019, the station had a total average ridership of 85,800 passengers per day, making it the fifth busiest station in the network.

Name and pictogram

The station takes its name from the neighborhood it is located in:

Tacubaya Tacubaya is a working-class area of west-central Mexico City, in the borough of Miguel Hidalgo, consisting of the '' colonia'' Tacubaya proper and adjacent areas in other colonias, with San Miguel Chapultepec sección II, Observatorio, Daniel Ga ...

. The origin of this zone of the city can be traced back to an

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settlement, which back then was at the edge of

Lake Texcoco Lake Texcoco ( es, Lago de Texcoco) was a natural lake within the "Anahuac" or Valley of Mexico. Lake Texcoco is best known as where the Aztecs built the city of Tenochtitlan, which was located on an island within the lake. After the Spanish con ...

. The name Tacubaya is a Spanish barbarism that derived from the

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''Atlacuihuayan'', that means "where water joins". Therefore, the station pictogram represents a water bowl, that also resembles the glyph of the Aztec settlement of Tacubaya found at the

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History

Service at this station began on 20 November 1970, when Line 1 was expanded westwards from

Juanacatlán Juanacatlán () is a town and ''municipio'' (municipality) in the central region of the Mexican state of Jalisco. Origin of name Juanacatlán gets its name from the Nahuatl word "Xonacatlan", which means ''place abundant in onions'' or ''onion p ...

to Tacubaya. On 22 August 1985, Metro Tacubaya became a transfer station, when the second stretch of Line 7 was inaugurated, from Auditorio to Tacubaya. In 1988, Line 9 was connected to the station as part of the final stretch of Line 9, inaugurated on 29 August 1988, going from Centro Médico to Tacubaya, thus becoming the western terminus of the line. According to earlier plans for the metro, Line 9 was supposed to be extended towards Observatorio. This is the reason why on Line 9 platforms of Tacubaya signs stating that the station is a provisional terminal can be seen since its opening in 1988. In 2018, the

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announced plans to complete this expansion from Tacubaya to Observatorio. Mexico City government announced shortly after that no works would be done during 2019; and as of early 2020, works still have not been started.

March 2020 train crash

On March 10, 2020, at about 23:37 local time (05:37 GMT), two trains crashed while both were going towards Observatorio station. The first train, No. 38, was parked at Tacubaya's platform when it was hit by another train, No. 33, that came in reverse at . According to official reports, 1 person died and 41 were injured, all inside train No. 33; people in train No. 38 were evacuated moments before the crash. Observatorio, Tacubaya and

stations were closed temporarily for repairs. Authorities from the Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro believe the crash was caused due to a failure in the train systems coupled with a 7-degree slope that propelled train No. 33 for a kilometer (0.62 mi), that occurred after performing a parking maneuver at Observatorio station.

General information

The station was built on many levels, in order to accommodate the connecting lines. It has a maze of long, wide corridors between the lines' platforms, which are equipped with escalators. This station's exits connect with many zones of Tacubaya neighborhood, such as Parque Lira, a local market and the offices of the Miguel Hidalgo borough administration. Metro Tacubaya has facilities for the handicapped, four cultural displays, as well as a medical module and a cyber center where users can access internet through a computer; both services are free. The mural ''Del códice al mural'' by Guillermo Ceniceros can be found inside the station in Line 1 platforms. The station serves the neighborhood of the same name. It was in this area of Mexico City where the French pastry chef had his shop that was damaged in 1828, an incident that lead to the

Pastry War The Pastry War ( es, Guerra de los pasteles; french: Guerre des Pâtisseries), also known as the First French Intervention in Mexico or the First Franco-Mexican War (1838–1839), began in November 1838 with the naval blockade of some Mexican po ...

a decade later.

Ridership

Nearby

* Parque Lira, public park. *Museo Casa de la Bola, museum. *Museo Nacional de Cartografía, museum of cartography. *Alameda de Tacubaya, public plaza.

Exits

Line 1

*Northwest: Castellanos Quinto,

*Northeast: Av. Parque Lira,

*Southwest: Av. Jalisco and Rufina,

*Southeast: Av. Parque Lira,

Line 7

*Doctora and Av. Parque Lira,

Line 9

*Northwest: Av. Jalisco and Manuel Dublan,

*Northeast: Av. Jalisco and Iturbide,

*Southeast: Av. Jalisco and Mártires de la Conquista,

Gallery

Image:Metro CDMX IMG 0192 (25926009301).jpg, Line 9 platforms, the "provisional terminal" sign can be seen. Image:MetroTacubaya-Linea9.JPG, Line 9 at Tacubaya. Image:MuralMetroTacubayaMask.JPG, Mural of stone mask in the Line 1 section of Metro Tacubaya, at entrance to line leading towards Pantitlán. Image:StairwayMural1MetroTacubaya.JPG, Part of stairway mural at Metro Tacubaya, Line 1 section Image:Stairwaymural2MetroTacubaya.JPG, Murals covering the passageway to a stairwell in the Line 1 section of Metro Tacubaya Image:Metro_Tacubaya_Line_7_Platforms.jpg, Line 7 platforms

References

External links

* * {{MxMetro

Mexico City Metro stations in Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City Railway stations opened in 1970 1970 establishments in Mexico Railway stations opened in 1985 1985 establishments in Mexico Railway stations opened in 1988 1988 establishments in Mexico Mexico City Metro Line 7 stations Mexico City Metro Line 9 stations Accessible Mexico City Metro stations Railway stations located underground in Mexico