Metro División del Norte

Metro División del Norte is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City.[2]

División del Norte
STC rapid transit
LocationMexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°22′48″N 99°09′32″W
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Disabled accessNo
History
Opened25 August 1980
Traffic
Passengers (2018)6,771,499[1]
Rank94/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Eugenia
toward Indios Verdes
 Line 3 Zapata
toward Universidad
Route map
Ticomán workshops
 Indios Verdes
 Deportivo 18 de Marzo
Potrero
 La Raza
Tlatelolco
 Guerrero
Hidalgo
Juárez
 Balderas
Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX
 Hospital General
 Centro Médico
Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
 Eugenia
 División del Norte
 Zapata
Coyoacán
 Viveros / Derechos Humanos
 Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
 Copilco
 Universidad
Location
División del Norte
Location within Mexico City

General information

The station logo represents Revolutionary hero Pancho Villa, leader of the División del Norte of revolutionary soldiers during the Mexican Revolution of 1910.[2][3] Its name is taken from the nearby Avenida División del Norte.[2] The station has a cultural display.[2] The station opened on 25 August 1980.[4]

Until trolleybus service was discontinued on line "O" in 2010,[5] this metro station was served by trolleybus line "O", which runs between Metro Mixcoac and the Central de Abasto wholesale market.[6]

Metro División del Norte serves Del Valle, Letrán Valle, Vertiz Narvarte and Santa Cruz Atoyac neighborhoods. It is located in the crossing between Avenida Universidad, Avenida División del Norte and Avenida Cuauhtemoc, in what used to be "Glorieta del Riviera".[2]

On 16 February 1994, Cuban Mexican vedette Judith Velasco killed herself in this station by jumping to the tracks dying instantly when she was hit by the train.[7]

Nearby
  • Parque de las Arboledas, public park.
  • Parroquia de la Medalla Milagrosa, church designed by Félix Candela.

Exits
  • Northeast: Av. División del Norte and Matías Romero street, Letrán Valle
  • Southeast: Av. División del Norte and Chichen Itzá street, Letrán Valle
  • South: Av. Cuauhtémoc and Av. Universidad, Santa Cruz Atoyac
  • Northwest: Av. División del Norte, Santa Cruz Atoyac
  • Southwest: Matías Romero street, Colonia del Valle

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. "División del Norte" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "División del Norte » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  5. "Servicios.- Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del D.F.: Líneas de Trolebuses" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  6. Page on line O from website of Servicios de Transportes Eléctricos Archived 2011-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Famosos en depresión que acabaron con su vida". Retrieved 18 June 2018.
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