Viaducto is a station on Line 2 of the

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system. It is located in the border of

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and

Iztacalco Iztacalco () is a borough (''demarcación territorial'') in Mexico City. It is located in the central-eastern area and it is the smallest of the city's boroughs. The area's history began in 1309 when the island of Iztacalco, in what was Lake Texco ...

boroughs of

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, south of the city centre on

Calzada de Tlalpan Calzada or La Calzada may refer to: Places Spain *La Calzada de Béjar, a municipality in the province of Salamanca * Calzada de Calatrava, a municipality in the province of Ciudad Real * Calzada de Don Diego, a municipality in the province of Sa ...

. It is a surface station.

General information

It is represented by the stylised

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of a cloverleaf interchange, which represents crossing of Calzada de Tlalpan (a former

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road) and

Viaducto Miguel Alemán Viaducto Miguel Alemán is a crosstown freeway, opened in September 1950, that runs east-west across central Mexico City. In the center of the road is a river encased in cement to control flooding. Metro Viaducto is named after this road. The e ...

, a crosscutting freeway that runs across the middle of the

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which opened in September 1950. The station was opened on 1 August 1970.

Ridership

Train crash

On October 20, 1975, at about 09:40 local time (15:40 GMT), two trains crashed, while both were going towards Tasqueña station. The first was parked at Viaducto station picking up passengers when it was hit by another train that did not stop in time. According to official reports, from 31 to 39 people died, and between 71 and 119 were injured. To date, it is the worst railroad accident recorded in the Mexico City Metro. The driver, Carlos Fernández, was found guilty and sentenced to 12 years in prison. After the crash, automatic

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s were incorporated to all lines.

Exits

*East: Calzada de Tlalpan between Coruña street and Calzada Santa Anita, Colonia

Viaducto Piedad Viaducto Piedad is a colonia in the Iztacalco borough of Mexico City, Mexico. Its name comes from Viaducto Miguel Alemán, a primary thoroughfare in Mexico City, and from the former De la Piedad River, which now runs in a culvert underneath the hi ...

*West: Calzada de Tlalpan between Coruña street and Segovia street, Colonia Álamos

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