Chilpancingo () is an underground
metro station along
Line 9 of the
Mexico City Metro.
It is located in the
Cuauhtémoc borough of
Mexico City. It is very close to
Metrobús station of the same name.
In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 49,122 passengers per day, making it the busiest station in Line 9 and the 17th busiest station in the network.
General information
The station is named after the nearby Avenida Chilpancingo, which in turn is named after the city of
Chilpancingo de los Bravo, the capital of the state of
Guerrero.
The station logo is the silhouette of a wasp since Chilpancingo means the place of the
wasps in
Nahuatl
Nahuatl (; ), Aztec, or Mexicano is a language or, by some definitions, a group of languages of the Uto-Aztecan language family. Varieties of Nahuatl are spoken by about Nahua peoples, most of whom live mainly in Central Mexico and have smaller ...
.
When
Line 9 was in planning stage, the name of the station was Condesa, due to the neighborhood it serves, but it was finally changed to Chilpancingo.
The station serves the
Colonia Roma
Colonia Roma, also called La Roma or simply, Roma, is a district located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City just west of the city's historic center, and in fact is no longer a single '' colonia'' (neighbourhood) but now two officially de ...
Sur and
Colonia Condesa
Condesa or La Condesa is an area in the Cuauhtémoc Borough of Mexico City, south of Zona Rosa and 4 to 5 km west of the Zócalo, the city's main square. It is immediately west of Colonia Roma, together with which it is designated as ...
neighbourhoods in the
Cuauhtémoc borough.
It is located at the intersection of
Avenida de los Insurgentes
Avenida de los Insurgentes ( en, Avenue of the Insurgents), sometimes known simply as Insurgentes, is the longest avenue in Mexico City, with a length of on a north-south axis across the city. Insurgentes has its origins in what was during the ...
and Avenida Baja California.
It was opened on 29 August 1988.
In July 2007 a man in his 70s died of a heart attack within the station.
Ridership
See also
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UAM Cuajimalpa - the Avenida Baja California branch is near this station
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Secretariat of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food - a satellite office is located a few blocks southwest of the station
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World Trade Center Mexico City
The World Trade Center Mexico City, commonly known by its former name, Hotel de México, is a building complex located in the wealthy neighborhood of Colonia Nápoles in central Mexico City. Its most famous and recognizable feature is the 50-s ...
- located several blocks southwest of the station
References
External links
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{{Authority control
Chilpancingo
Railway stations opened in 1988
1988 establishments in Mexico
Mexico City Metro stations in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City
Accessible Mexico City Metro stations
Railway stations located underground in Mexico