Buenavista 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 ...

, in the

Colonia Buenavista Colonia Buenavista is a colonia or neighbourhood in the Cuauhtémoc borough located northwest of the historic center of Mexico City. It has historically been a train terminal, and still is as the southern terminal of the Tren Suburbano commuter ...

neighborhood of the

Cuauhtémoc Cuauhtémoc (, ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler ('' tlatoani'') of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, making him the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle ...

borough. It is the southwestern terminal station of Line B (the green-on-silver line, Buenavista-Ciudad Azteca). It also offers connections to the Insurgentes Metrobús bus rapid transit line. In 2019, the station had an average ridership of 66,804 passengers per day, making it the tenth busiest station in the network.

Name and pictogram

The station logo represents the front of an ALCO type diesel locomotive. Its name comes from the nearby ''Estación Buenavista'' (

Buenavista railway station Buenavista is a commuter railway station in Mexico City. The station provided intercity train services from Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México. Since June 2008, the station serves as the terminus of the Tren Suburbano commuter rail service. Ato ...

) main line railway station, which closed its doors to passenger traffic in 1999, but then reopened for the new

Tren Suburbano The Tren Suburbano () is an electric suburban rail system in Mexico City. It is operated by Ferrocarriles Suburbanos with concessioned trains from Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF). It was designed to complement the extensive ...

in 2008. The metro station was opened on 15 December 1999.

General information

In December 1999, the Buenavista metro station was opened as part of the first stretch of Line B, going from Buenavista to Villa de Aragón. Near Buenavista is the central administrative building of the Cuauhtémoc borough local government, the library ''

Biblioteca Vasconcelos Mexico City's Biblioteca Vasconcelos (''Vasconcelos Library''), also known as Biblioteca Vasconcelos or else ''la Biblioteca Vasconcelos'' or ''la Vasconcelos'' and labeled by the press as the ''Megabiblioteca'' ("megalibrary"), is a library ...

'', and on Saturday mornings only the

Tianguis Cultural del Chopo The Tianguis Cultural del Chopo is a Saturday flea market (''tianguis'' in Mexican Spanish) near Mexico City downtown, known locally as ''El Chopo''. It is named after its original location which was near the Museo Universitario del Chopo, an a ...

, a flea market dedicated to youth culture (mostly music), and

Forum Buenavista Forum Buenavista is a shopping mall built atop the Buenavista Station in central Mexico City, where Avenida de los Insurgentes meets Eje 1 Norte. It was developed by GICSA, opened in 2009, and as of 2015 it was one of the ten largest malls in G ...

shopping mall. As of 2020, Buenavista offers connections with the Ferrocarril Suburbano, a

commuter rail Commuter rail, or suburban rail, is a passenger rail transport service that primarily operates within a metropolitan area, connecting Commuting, commuters to a Downtown, central city from adjacent suburbs or commuter towns. Generally commuter r ...

that has

Cuautitlán Cuautitlán (), is a municipality in the State of Mexico, just north of the northern tip of the Federal District (Distrito Federal) within the Greater Mexico City urban area. The city of Cuautitlán is the municipal seat and makes up most of the ...

in the State of Mexico as final destination. Also, users can connect with Lines 1, 3 and 4 of the Metrobús, a bus rapid transit network.

Ridership

References

External links

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