Fortuna is a commuter railway station serving the Ferrocarril Suburbano, a

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that connects the

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with

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. The station is located in the municipality of

Azcapotzalco Azcapotzalco ( nci, Āzcapōtzalco , , from ''wikt:azcapotzalli, āzcapōtzalli'' “anthill” + ''wikt:-co, -co'' “place”; literally, “In the place of the anthills”) is a Boroughs of Mexico City, borough (''demarcación territorial'') i ...

in the northern part of

General information

Fortuna station is located in the

municipality in

. It is the second station of the system going northbound from

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and the last one to be located within Mexico City Proper. The station is located a few meters away from Metro Ferrería/Arena Ciudad de México, servicing

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. Therefore, it is possible for users to connect here with the Metro network.

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, an indoor sports and entertainment venue, is also within walking distance from Fortuna station. As with

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, each station of the Ferrocarril Suburbano has a pictogram. Fortuna's pictogram depicts four crosses. According to its designer, Alejandro Sarabia, they represent the several hospitals that are located in the area.

History

Fortuna station opened on 2 June 2008 as part of the first stretch of system 1 of the Ferrocarril Suburbano, going from

to the Lechería station in the

. Fortuna, alongside

, are the only two Ferrocarril Suburbano stations that connect with

. The station connects with

Ferrería/Arena Ciudad de México metro station Ferrería/Arena Ciudad de México (; formerly Ferrería) is a station along Line 6 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Azcapotzalco municipality, in the north of Mexico City. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 23,779 pa ...

through an underground tunnel.

Station layout

References

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Fortuna Fortuna ( la, Fortūna, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche) is the goddess of fortune and the personification of luck in Roman religion who, largely thanks to the Late Antique author Boethius, remained popular through the Middle Ages until at ...

Railway stations opened in 2008 2008 establishments in Mexico