Metro La Raza

La Raza
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Station sign, 16 December 2006
Location Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates 19°28′13″N 99°08′13″W / 19.470153°N 99.136891°W / 19.470153; -99.136891Coordinates: 19°28′13″N 99°08′13″W / 19.470153°N 99.136891°W / 19.470153; -99.136891
Line(s)
  Línea 3
  Línea 5
Services
Preceding station   Mexico City Metro   Following station
towards Indios Verdes
Línea 3
towards Universidad
towards Politécnico
Línea 5
towards Pantitlán

La Raza (literally 'The Race', a reference to the la Raza socio-political concept and movement) is a station on the Mexico City Metro.[1][2][3] It is a combined subway and surface station, located in the Colonia Vallejo and Colonia Héroes de Nacozari neighbourhoods of the Gustavo A. Madero borough, in the north of Mexico City.[1]

The station logo depicts the nearby La Raza Monument, a pyramid-shaped construction erected in honor to Mexico's many native peoples and cultures.[1][2][3]

La Raza is a transfer station that combines underground construction for Line 3 and surface construction for Line 5. The Insurgentes Metrobús bus rapid transit line also has a stop in the vicinity of La Raza station.[1][4] The station opened on 25 August 1978 with service on Line 3 southward towards Tlatelolco.[5] Northward service on Line 3 towards Indios Verdes started 1 December 1979.[5] Southeasterly service along Line 5 towards Consulado started on 1 July 1982, and the northeasterly service towards Politécnico started on 30 August 1982.[5]

This station has the largest cultural display in the entire Metro system, known as "El Túnel de la Ciencia" (The Tunnel of Science).[6] This permanent exhibition was installed by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM) in the extraordinarily long corridor that joins the Line 3 and Line 5 platforms.[6]

La Raza station has also an information desk and office with miscellaneous information about the Metro, science and more, and facilities for the handicapped.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "La Raza" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. 1 2 Archambault, Richard. "La Raza (Line 3) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. 1 2 Archambault, Richard. "La Raza (Line 5) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Metrobús - Ciudad de México: Ficha técnicas" (in Spanish). Mexico City Metrobús. Archived from the original on 7 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  5. 1 2 3 Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert, ed. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  6. 1 2 "El Túnel de la Ciencia" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
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