Metro Insurgentes
STC rapid transit | |||||||||||
Platforms as of August 2018 | |||||||||||
Location |
Glorieta de los Insurgentes Colonia Roma, Cuauhtémoc Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°25′24″N 99°09′47″W / 19.423292°N 99.163177°WCoordinates: 19°25′24″N 99°09′47″W / 19.423292°N 99.163177°W | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | Yes | ||||||||||
Disabled access | No | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 4 September 1969 | ||||||||||
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Insurgentes is a station on the Mexico City Metro.[1][2] It is located at the crossing of Avenida Insurgentes and Avenida Chapultepec in Mexico City's Cuauhtémoc borough, close to the Zona Rosa shopping and entertainment district.[1]
General information
The station logo depicts the church bell of Dolores Hidalgo, a symbol of the start of the Mexican War of Independence (1810) and the eleven-year-long insurgency that followed.[1][2]
Metro Insurgentes was built in a particular style. Surrounding the station is a circular shopping mall-cum-plaza, called the Glorieta de los Insurgentes.[3][4][5] The station's exterior walls are intended to evoke pre-Hispanic architecture, while the platform walls are decorated with mock-ups of platforms from the Paris Métro and the London Underground. The station was opened on 5 September 1969.[6] Exterior shots of the plaza and metro entrance were used in the 1990 motion picture Total Recall.[7]
This is an important station for bus transfers, connecting with an extensive local network of urban buses (RTP, or Red de Transporte de Pasajeros) that serves zones like Villa Olímpica and Tlalpan, south of the city, and Metro Indios Verdes, north of the city.[8] The Insurgentes Metrobús bus rapid transit line also has a stop in the vicinity of Metro Insurgentes.[9]
The station serves the following neighborhoods: Colonia Juárez and Colonia Roma Norte.
Nearby
- Glorieta de los Insurgentes, roundabout with a small plaza and commerces.
- Zona Rosa, neighborhood known for its shopping, nightlife, gay community and Korean community.
- Plaza Río de Janeiro, square.
- Fuente de Cibeles, replica of the fountain located in the Plaza de Cibeles in Madrid.
Exits
- Southwest: Oaxaca street, Colonia Roma Norte
- Southeast: Avenida de los Insurgentes, Colonia Roma Norte
- South: Jalapa street, Colonia Roma Norte
- Northeast: Avenida Chapultepec, Colonia Juárez
- North: Genova street, Colonia Juárez
- Northwest: Avenida Chapultepec, Colonia Juárez
Gallery
- View of outside entrance of Metro Insurgentes at the Insurgentes Glorieta roundabout.
- Mural depicting the London Underground
- Station platforms
References
- 1 2 3 "Insurgentes" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- 1 2 Archambault, Richard. "Insurgentes » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ↑ Quintero M., Josefina (16 March 2011). "Chocan emos y punks en la Glorieta de Insurgentes; no se reportan heridos". La Jornada (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ↑ "SECTURDF - GLORIETA DEL METRO INSURGENTES". Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ↑ Montes, Rafael (1 March 2011). "Quitan 14 espectaculares en Glorieta de Insurgentes". El Universal. Retrieved 7 March 2011.
- ↑ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert, ed. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ↑ "Film locations for Total Recall". Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ "Circuito Bicentenario" (PDF). Archived from the original (pdf) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- ↑ "Metrobús - Ciudad de México" (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Archived from the original on 23 August 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
External links
Media related to Insurgentes (station) at Wikimedia Commons