Romero Rubio is an
elevated
An elevated railway or elevated train (also known as an el train for short) is a rapid transit railway with the tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure (usually constructed from steel, cast iron, concrete, or bricks ...
station on
Line B of 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 ...
system.
The station serves the ''Colonia Moctezuma 2a Sección'' and ''Colonia Romero Rubio'' neighborhoods of
Venustiano Carranza
José Venustiano Carranza de la Garza (; 29 December 1859 – 21 May 1920) was a Mexican wealthy land owner and politician who was Governor of Coahuila when the constitutionally elected president Francisco I. Madero was overthrown in a Februa ...
borough in
Mexico City
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.
The logo for the station is a bust of
Manuel Romero Rubio, who was
Secretary of the Interior under President
Porfirio Díaz and a founding member of the
Científico
The ''Científicos'' ( Spanish: "scientists" or "those scientifically oriented") were a circle of technocratic advisors to President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz.
Steeped in the positivist "scientific politics", they functioned as part of his prog ...
s – a group of advisors to the President, as well as Díaz's father-in-law.
The station was opened on 15 December 1999.
From 23 April to 28 June 2020, the station was temporarily closed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico
The COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico is part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, worldwide pandemic of COVID-19, coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by SARS-CoV-2, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().
The virus was confirmed to ha ...
.
Ridership
See also
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Encuentro Oceanía, a shopping mall found next to the station
References
External links
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Romero Rubio
Railway stations opened in 1999
1999 establishments in Mexico
Mexico City Metro stations in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City
Accessible Mexico City Metro stations
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