Talismán is a
station
Station may refer to:
Agriculture
* Station (Australian agriculture), a large Australian landholding used for livestock production
* Station (New Zealand agriculture), a large New Zealand farm used for grazing by sheep and cattle
** Cattle statio ...
along
Line 4 of the
Mexico City Metro, located in
Gustavo A. Madero
Gustavo Adolfo Madero González (16 January 187518 February 1913), born in Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila, Mexico, was a participant in the Mexican Revolution against Porfirio Díaz along with other members of his wealthy family. He was als ...
borough.
General information
The station logo depicts a stylised image of a
mammoth, with raised trunk and tusks.
During the construction of this station, the fossilised remains of a mammoth
(''
Mammuthus meridionalis
''Mammuthus meridionalis'', or the southern mammoth, is an extinct species of mammoth native to Europe and Central Asia from the Gelasian stage of the Early Pleistocene, living from 2.5–0.8 mya.
Taxonomy
The taxonomy of extinct elephant ...
'') were dug up by an excavation crew.
The fossil is now exhibited in a display in the station.
The station was opened on 29 August 1981.
''Talismán'' also means "amulet", and an elephant with a raised trunk is considered a good luck symbol.
This metro station, like others on Line 4, stands on Avenida Congreso de la Unión.
The western exit is on the same block as
Procter & Gamble Mexico's Talismán Plant, where
soap products including
Camay and
Safeguard are produced. Trucks delivering
tallow and
olive oil
Olive oil is a liquid fat obtained from olives (the fruit of ''Olea europaea''; family Oleaceae), a traditional tree crop of the Mediterranean Basin, produced by pressing whole olives and extracting the oil. It is commonly used in cooking: f ...
(raw materials for soap) are a common sight around the station.
Talisman is served by several
Pesero routes to
Potrero,
Tepito and Merced. It is also served by RTP Bus services on Avenida Congreso de la Unión.
From 23 April to 14 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico.
Ridership
Exits
*East: Avenida Congreso de la Unión and Oriente 171 street, Colonia Ampliación Aragón
*West: Avenida Congreso de la Unión and Avenida Talismán, Colonia Granjas Modernas
References
External links
*
Mexico City Metro Line 4 stations
Railway stations opened in 1981
1981 establishments in Mexico
Mexico City Metro stations in Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City
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