Martín Carrera is a station on the

Mexico City Metro The Mexico City Metro ( es, Metro de la Ciudad de México) is a rapid transit system that serves the metropolitan area of Mexico City, including some municipalities in Mexico State. Operated by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC), it is ...

. It is located at the borders of the Colonia Martín Carrera, Colonia 15 de Agosto, and Colonia Díaz Mirón districts in the Gustavo A. Madero borough, in the north of

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. The station logo depicts bust of General

Martín Carrera Martín Carrera Sabat (20 December 1806 – 22 April 1871) was a Mexican general, senator, and interim president of the country for about a month in 1855. He was a moderate Liberal. Martin Carrera was a Mexican soldier and politician who brief ...

, a national hero who fought in the

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of 1846–48.

General information

Martín Carrera is both a terminal station and a transfer station, linking Lines 4 and 6, both of which terminate here. Like other terminal stations on the network, this one is multimodal: it connects with suburban bus lines that serve areas including Cerro Gordo, Vía Morelos, and others across the state line of the State of Mexico. The station also connects with

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line "LL", which runs between the San Felipe de Jesús neighbourhood and

Metro Hidalgo Hidalgo is a station on Line 2 and Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro system. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, west of the city center, on Hidalgo Avenue and serves the Colonia Tabacalera, Colonia Guerrero, and Colonia C ...

. The station is near the Basílica de Guadalupe, a

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shrine and place of pilgrimage. The station was opened with the others along the northern portion of Line 4 on 29 August 1981. Service along Line 6 started on 8 July 1986.

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Mexico City Metro Line 4 stations Railway stations opened in 1981 1981 establishments in Mexico Railway stations opened in 1986 1986 establishments in Mexico Mexico City Metro stations in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City Mexico City Metro Line 6 stations {{Mexico-metro-stub