Revolución 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 ...

on Line 2 of the

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

system. It is located in the Colonia Tabacalera and Colonia Buenavista districts in the

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

borough of

Mexico City Mexico City is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city of Mexico, as well as the List of North American cities by population, most populous city in North America. It is one of the most important cultural and finan ...

, northwest of the city centre, on Avenida México - Tenochtitlan. It was first opened to the public on 14 September 1970.

General information

The station logo and name come from the nearby

Monumento a la Revolución The Monument to the Revolution () is a memorial arch commemorating the Mexican Revolution. It is located in the Plaza de la República, near the heart of the major thoroughfares Paseo de la Reforma and Avenida de los Insurgentes in downtown M ...

, which opened in 1938. The station is also near

Avenida de los Insurgentes Avenida de los Insurgentes (), sometimes known simply as Insurgentes, is the longest avenue in Mexico City, with a length of on a north-south axis across the city. Insurgentes has its origins in what was during the early 20th century known as ...

, one of the city's most important thoroughfares. The Insurgentes Metrobús bus rapid transit line has a stop in the vicinity of Revolución.

Ridership

Nearby

, monument commemorating the

Mexican Revolution The Mexican Revolution () was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its ...

. *

Museo Nacional de San Carlos The Museo Nacional de San Carlos () is a Mexican national art museum devoted to European art, located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in Mexico City. The museum is housed in the Palace of the Count of Buenavista, a neoclassical building at Puente de A ...

, art museum devoted to European art.

Exits

*South: México - Tenochtitlan street,

Colonia Tabacalera Colonia Tabacalera is a colonia (Mexico), colonia or neighborhood in the Cuauhtémoc, D.F., Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City, on the western border of the historic center of Mexico City, city's historic center. It was created in the late 19th cen ...

*Northeast: México - Tenochtitlan street and B. de Sahagún street, Colonia Buenavista *Northwest: México - Tenochtitlan street, Colonia Buenavista

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