Metro Candelaria

Metro Candelaria is a Mexico City Metro rail station.[2][3][4] It is located in Venustiano Carranza borough east of downtown Mexico City.[2] It lies along Lines 1 and 4.[2][3][4]

Candelaria
STC rapid transit
Distinctive thin shell ceiling inside the entranceway of Candeleria by Félix Candela
LocationCandelaria de los Patos, Venustiano Carranza
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19.428837°N 99.119511°W / 19.428837; -99.119511
Platforms4 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections Cecilio Robelo
Construction
Structure type Underground
Surface
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Disabled accessNo
History
Opened 4 September 1969
29 August 1981
Traffic
Passengers (2018) 8,484,051[1]
2,863,399[1]
Rank 66/195[1]
167/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Merced
toward Observatorio
 Line 1 San Lázaro
toward Pantitlán
Morelos
toward Martín Carrera
 Line 4 Fray Servando
toward Santa Anita
Location
Candelaria
Location within Mexico City Central

Name and iconography

The station logo depicts a swimming duck.[2][3][4] Its name and logo come from the surrounding neighbourhood of La Candelaria de los Patos (the Spanish word pato means "duck") where, only a few decades ago, many duck species lived and were bred and sold in a local market.[2]

General information

Metro Candelaria has a subsidiary name, Metro Palacio Legislativo ("Legislative Palace"), because of its proximity to the Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro used by the Chamber of Deputies (Cámara de diputados), the lower house of the Mexican Congress.

Candelaria is a transfer station, with Line 1 running underground and Line 4 on an elevated surface viaduct. The station features an in-corridor cultural display.[2] The Line 1 platform for the station was opened on 5 September 1969, and the Line 4 platform was opened on 29 August 1981.[5] Service from Candeleria to Santa Anita started on 25 May 1982.[5]

This station has the only "Lost and Found" office in the entire Metro system. It displays the architecture of Félix Candela, who designed the Candelaria station and many buildings in Mexico, such as the San Lázaro metro station and the Palacio de los Deportes, which served as a venue during the 1968 Summer Olympics.[6]

Nearby
  • Palacio Legislativo de San Lázaro, main seat of the legislative power of the Mexican government.

Exits

Line 1
  • North: Avenida Candelaria de los Patos, Candelaria de los Patos
  • South: Avenida Candelaria de los Patos, Candelaria de los Patos

Line 4
  • East: Avenida Congreso de la Unión and Sidar y Rovirosa street, Colonia El Parque
  • West: Avenida Congreso de la Unión and General Anaya street, Candelaria de los Patos
  • Entrance to the station
  • An NM-73B at the Line 4 platforms
  • Entry sign

References
  1. "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
  2. "Candelaria" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Candelaria (Line 1) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  4. Archambault, Richard. "Candelaria (Line 4) » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  6. "Felix Candela (1910-1997)". Structurae. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
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