Metro Balbuena

Balbuena
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Platform and sign at Balbuena, 2 July 2009
Location Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, Venustiano Carranza
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates 19°25′24″N 99°06′08″W / 19.423231°N 99.102302°W / 19.423231; -99.102302Coordinates: 19°25′24″N 99°06′08″W / 19.423231°N 99.102302°W / 19.423231; -99.102302
Line(s) Mexico City Metro Line 1
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 2
Construction
Structure type Underground
Platform levels 1
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Disabled access Yes
History
Opened 4 September 1969
Services
Preceding station   Mexico City Metro   Following station
towards Observatorio
Línea 1
towards Pantitlán

Metro Balbuena is a station along Line 1 of the Mexico City Metro.[1][2] It is located in the Venustiano Carranza borough, to the northeast of the centre of Mexico City and serves the Colonia Jardin Balbuena and Colonia Moctezuma neighborhoods.[1] The station was opened on 5 September 1969.[3]

Iconography

The station logo depicts the flowers of the neighborhood Jardín Balbuena ("Balbuena's Garden"), named after Bernardo de Balbuena (1568–1627), a Spanish poet who wrote the famous poem "La Grandeza Mexicana".[1][2]

Exits

  • North: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Avenida de la Portilla, Jardín Balbuena
  • South: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza and Calle 17 street, Colonia Moctezuma

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Balbuena" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 Archambault, Richard. "Balbuena » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 15 August 2011.
  3. ↑ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert, ed. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 15 August 2011.


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