Metro Centro Médico

Metro Centro Médico (Spanish: Estación Centro Médico) is an underground metro station on the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.[2] It is a transfer station for both Lines 3 and 9.[2][3]

Centro Médico
STC rapid transit
Line 3 platforms as of November 2018
Coordinates19.406637°N 99.155753°W / 19.406637; -99.155753
Operated bySTC
Platforms4 side platforms
Tracks4
Connections Centro Médico
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened 7 June 1980
26 August 1987
Traffic
Passengers (2018) 7,923,555[1]
5,289,525[1]
Rank 78/195[1]
123/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Hospital General
toward Indios Verdes
 Line 3 Etiopía
toward Universidad
Chilpancingo
toward Tacubaya
 Line 9 Lázaro Cárdenas
toward Pantitlán
Location
Centro Médico
Location within Mexico City Central

General information

The station logo represents the caduceus, a variant of the Rod of Aesculapius, the Greek god of medicine.[2] Its name refers to the Centro Médico Siglo XXI general hospital, located above the metro station.[4][5][6] The station opened along Line 3 on 7 June 1980 when Centro Médico served briefly as the southern terminus of that line.[7] Line 3 service then extended further southward toward Zapata a year later by 25 August 1980.[7] The Centro Médico Siglo XXI was almost destroyed by the 1985 earthquake.[8] The station served as the western terminus of Line 9 (which went east towards Pantitlán) starting on 26 August 1987.[7] Westward service on Line 9 toward Tacubaya started a year later on 29 August 1988.[7]

Metro Centro Médico is directly connected to the main entrance of Centro Médico by a set of escalators. This metro station has facilities for the handicapped, a cultural display, and an information desk.[2]

Metro Centro Médico serves the Roma Sur, Doctores and Buenos Aires neighbourhoods.[2] It is located at the intersection of Avenida Cuauhtemoc and Eje 3 Sur Baja California, just a block north of Viaducto Miguel Alemán, an important east-west highway.[9][10] The southern exits at the Line 3 end of the station are close to the historic Panteón Francés (French Cemetery) in which important civil and military Mexican figures are buried.[9][10][11]

  • Station sign
  • Centro Médico Siglo XXI (Medical Center of the 21st Century) with metro entrance
  • Parque Delta Mall near Metro Centro Médico

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. "Centro Médico" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Centro Médico - Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  4. "CDS Centro Médico" (in Spanish). Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  5. "Localización" (in Spanish). La Unidad Medica de Alta Expecialidad Hospital de Pediatria del Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  6. "::: Hospital de Cardiología CMN S.XXI :::" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 28 March 2012. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  7. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  8. Soberon, Guillermo Julio; Jaime Sepulveda (June 1986). "The Health Care Reform in Mexico: Before and After the 1985 Earthquakes". American Journal of Public Health. 76 (6): 673–680. doi:10.2105/AJPH.76.6.673. PMC 1646758. PMID 3706595.
  9. "Cumulo 11: Centro Médico Siglo XXI" (PDF). Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  10. "Metro Centro Médico". Wikimapia. Retrieved 29 July 2011.
  11. "Panteon Francés". Retrieved 29 July 2011.
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