Metro Santa Anita

Santa Anita
Mexico City Metro
STC rapid transit
Stairs leading from the southbound platform of Line 8 to Line 4, showing mosaic of men in boats.
Location Santa Anita, Iztacalco
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates 19°24′10″N 99°07′18″W / 19.40273°N 99.121699°W / 19.40273; -99.121699Coordinates: 19°24′10″N 99°07′18″W / 19.40273°N 99.121699°W / 19.40273; -99.121699
Line(s) Mexico City Metro Line 4 Mexico City Metro Line 8
Platforms 4
Tracks 4
Construction
Structure type Mexico City Metro Line 4 Elevated
Mexico City Metro Line 8 Underground
Parking No
Bicycle facilities No
Disabled access No
History
Opened Mexico City Metro Line 4 26 May 1982
Mexico City Metro Line 8 20 July 1994
Services
Preceding station   Mexico City Metro   Following station
Línea 4Terminus
Línea 8

Metro Santa Anita is a station on the Mexico City Metro. Located in Mexico City's Iztacalco borough, the station is the current terminal of Line 4.

General information

The station logo depicts a man sailing a canoe. This is because in the early 20th century, in the area where the station now stands, was the Santa Anita canal – a place used for chinampa-based agriculture. Today the canal has long since vanished, but the name Santa Anita is still used by the surrounding neighbourhood.

Metro Line 4 was originally projected to end in the Villa Coapa neighbourhood, in the southern borough of Coyoacán. Since the inauguration of Line B, however, no more lines have been constructed or extended, so Metro Santa Anita – and other stations, such as Metro Barranca del Muerto – officially remain provisional terminals. Metro Santa Anita is the least busy station on the Mexico City Metro, with only 621,867 passenger boardings in 2008. [1]

Metro Santa Anita was originally to be named Metro Plutarco E. Calles, in honour of President Plutarco Elías Calles, according to early plans for Line 4.

Exits

Line 4

Line 8

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2014-12-08.


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