Metro Hospital General

Metro Hospital General is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.[2]

This article is about the metro station in Mexico City. For metropolitan general hospitals, see General hospital.
Hospital General
STC rapid transit
LocationMexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°24′49″N 99°09′14″W
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Hospital General
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened20 November 1970
Traffic
Passengers (2018)7,882,229[1]
Rank81/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Niños Héroes
toward Indios Verdes
 Line 3 Centro Médico
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
Hospital General
Location within Mexico City Central

Name and iconography

The station logo represents the symbol of International Red Cross.[2][3] Its name refers to the General Hospital of Mexico, which is located above the station.[2]

General information

This station transfers to the "S" trolleybus line, which runs between ISSSTE Zaragoza and Metro Chapultepec.[2][4]

Metro Hospital General serves passengers in the Colonias (Neighborhoods) of Doctores and Roma.[2] The station opened on 20 November 1970 when it served as the southern terminus of Line 3.[5] Service southward towards Centro Médico started 10 years later on 7 June 1980.[5]

  • Entrance to Metro Hospital General, almost completely obscured by sidewalk vendors
  • Hospital General de Mexico for which the station is named

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. "Hospital General" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Hospital General - Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  4. "Servicios.- Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del D.F.: Línea:  S  LINEA S CORREDOR CERO EMISIONES EJE 2-2A SUR" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Archived from the original on 6 August 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
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