Metro Juárez
STC rapid transit | |||||||||||
Entrance to Metro Juarez on Balderas Street | |||||||||||
Location |
Balderas street Centro, Cuauhtémoc Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°25′59″N 99°08′52″W / 19.433167°N 99.147792°WCoordinates: 19°25′59″N 99°08′52″W / 19.433167°N 99.147792°W | ||||||||||
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Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
Disabled access | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 20 November 1970 | ||||||||||
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Metro Juárez is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro.[1][2] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.[1]
General information
The station logo depicts the bust of Benito Juárez (1806-1872), a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as the president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, then 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872 as constitutional president.[1][2] This station's name, along with Metro Guelatao, refers to this Mexican politician[3] and is located close to Juárez Avenue. The station opened on 20 November 1970, and has facilities for the handicapped.[1][4]
Metro Juárez serves the Centro neighbourhood, near the downtown area of the city.[1] It is located on Balderas Avenue,[1] and the walk from the station to the important Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas Avenue has many specialty stores.[5]
Nearby
- Teatro Metropólitan, theatre.
- Museo de Arte Popular, popular art museum.
- Newspaper Milenio headquarters.
Exits
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Juárez" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- 1 2 Archambault, Richard. "Juárez » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ↑ "Guelatao" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ↑ Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert, ed. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ↑ The area south of the station on Balderas is home to the Mercado de Artesanias de la Ciudadela. See: "Mercado de Artesanias" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Mexico City Markets". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Mercado Artesanal de la Ciudadela - Mexico City Shopping". Fodor's Travel Guides. Retrieved 20 August 2011.