Metro Juárez

Metro Juárez is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.[2]

Juárez
STC rapid transit
Entrance to Metro Juarez on Balderas Street
LocationBalderas street
Centro, Cuauhtémoc
Mexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°25′59″N 99°08′52″W
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Connections Juárez
Juárez
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
ParkingNo
Bicycle facilitiesNo
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened20 November 1970
Traffic
Passengers (2018)6,400,618[1]
Rank102/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Hidalgo
toward Indios Verdes
 Line 3 Balderas
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
Juárez
Location within Centro Histórico

Name and iconography

The station logo depicts the bust of Benito Juárez (1806-1872), a Mexican lawyer and politician of Zapotec origin from Oaxaca who served five terms as the president of Mexico: 1858–1861 as interim, then 1861–1865, 1865–1867, 1867–1871 and 1871–1872 as constitutional president.[2][3] This station's name, along with Metro Guelatao, refers to this Mexican politician[4] and is located close to Juárez Avenue. The station opened on 20 November 1970, and has facilities for the handicapped.[2][5]

General information

Metro Juárez serves the Centro neighbourhood, near the downtown area of the city.[2] It is located on Balderas Avenue,[2] and the walk from the station to the important Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas Avenue has many specialty stores.[6]

Nearby

Exits
  • East: Balderas street and Art. 123 street, Centro
  • West: Balderas street and Avenida Independencia, Centro

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. "Juárez" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Juárez » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  4. "Guelatao" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  5. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  6. The area south of the station on Balderas is home to the Mercado de Artesanias de la Ciudadela. See: "Mercado de Artesanias" (in Spanish). Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Mexico City Markets". Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011. "Mercado Artesanal de la Ciudadela - Mexico City Shopping". Fodor's Travel Guides. Retrieved 20 August 2011.


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