The San Nicolás Station () is a

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along Line 2 of the

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. It is located near the IMSS Zone Hospital No. 6. The station was opened on 1 October 2008 as part of the extension of the line from Universidad and

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. It is an elevated station built into the median of

Mexican Federal Highway 85 Federal Highway 85 () connects Mexico City with the Mexico–United States border at Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas. Highway 85 runs through Monterrey, Nuevo León; Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas; Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí; and Pachuca, Hidalgo. ...

where it intersects Benito Juárez Avenue. The station's original name was to be Juárez, but was changed to San Nicolás because of its location in the center of the city of

San Nicolás de los Garza San Nicolás de los Garza, sometimes known only as San Nicolás, is a city and coextensive municipalities of Mexico, municipality in the Mexican state of Nuevo León that is part of the Monterrey metropolitan area. It has become primarily a city ...

. The logo for the station depicts the church of the namesake ''Iglesia San Nicolás Tolentino''.

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Metrorrey stations in San Nicolás de los Garza Railway stations in Mexico opened in 2008 {{Mexico-metro-stub