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Mexico City Metro Line 8
Mexico City Metro Line 8 is one of the twelve rapid transit, metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. Its distinctive color is green. Opened in 1994, it was the tenth line to be built (despite its name being Line 8). With a length of and 19 stations, Line 8 runs through Mexico City from Historic center of Mexico City, downtown to the southeastern Municipalities of Mexico City, municipality of Iztapalapa. History Line 8 construction started in 1991 and finished in 1994. It was inaugurated on 20 July 1994 by President of Mexico Carlos Salinas de Gortari in its entire stretch going from Garibaldi / Lagunilla metro station, Garibaldi to Constitución de 1917 metro station, Constitución de 1917. The next day, Salinas de Gortari drove the first train. In 2018, the Mexico City Metro, Sistema de Transporte Colectivo presented its plan projected to 2030, where an expansion of Line 8 was announced. This would extend the line northbound to La Raza metro station, La Raza, where it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Juan De Letrán Metro Station
San Juan de Letrán is a metro station along Mexico City Metro Line 8, Line 8 of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in Mexico City's Cuauhtémoc, D.F., Cuauhtémoc borough in the city centre, or Historic center of Mexico City, Centro. The station logo depicts the silhouette of the nearby Torre Latinoamericana, and the name San Juan de Letrán is the name of a church in Rome, Italy. San Juan de Letrán was the former name of Mexico City's central avenue, on which the station stands. Another stretch further south was named Avenida Niño Perdido ("Lost Child"). Today its name is Eje Central, Eje Central Lázaro Cárdenas. The station was opened, along with all the others on Line 8, on 20 July 1994. Ridership References External links * Mexico City Metro Line 8 stations Mexico City Metro stations in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City Railway stations located underground in Mexico Railway stations in Mexico opened in 1994 {{Mexico-metro-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Historic Center Of Mexico City
The historic center of Mexico City (), also known as the Centro or Centro Histórico, is the central neighborhood in Mexico City, Mexico, focused on the Zócalo (or main plaza) and extending in all directions for a number of blocks, with its farthest extent being west to the Alameda Central. The Zocalo is the largest plaza in Latin America. It can hold up to nearly 100,000 people. This section of the capital lies in the municipal borough of Cuauhtémoc, has just over nine km2 and occupies 668 blocks. It contains 9,000 buildings, 1,550 of which have been declared of historical importance. Most of these historic buildings were constructed between the 16th and 20th centuries. It is divided into two zones for preservation purposes. Zone A encompasses the pre-Hispanic city and its expansion from the Viceroy period until Independence. Zone B covers the areas all other constructions to the end of the 19th century that are considered indispensable to the preservation of the area's archi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cablebús
The Sistema de Transporte Público Cablebús, simply branded as Cablebús, is an aerial lift transport system that runs in the Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Gustavo A. Madero and Iztapalapa areas of Mexico City. It is operated by Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos, the agency responsible for the operation of all Trolleybuses in Mexico City, trolleybus and Xochimilco Light Rail, light rail services in Mexico City. Line 1 was officially inaugurated on 11 July 2021, going from the Indios Verdes metro station, Indios Verdes station of the Mexico City Metro, STC Metro to the northern neighborhoods of Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Gustavo A. Madero. Line 2 runs from the Constitución de 1917 metro station, Constitución de 1917 to the Santa Marta metro station, Santa Marta STC Metro stations in the southeast of the city. Line 3 runs along the Chapultepec city park. Two additional lines are under planning. History Line 1's construction started in September 2019 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alstom
Alstom SA () is a French multinational rolling stock manufacturer which operates worldwide in rail transport markets. It is active in the fields of passenger transportation, signaling, and locomotives, producing high-speed, suburban, regional and urban trains along with trams. The company and its name (originally spelled Alsthom) was formed by a merger between the electric engineering division of Société Alsacienne de Constructions Mécaniques (Als) and Compagnie Française Thomson-Houston (thom) in 1928. Significant acquisitions later included the Constructions Électriques de France (1932), shipbuilder Chantiers de l'Atlantique (1976), and parts of ACEC (late 1980s). A merger with parts of the British General Electric Company formed GEC Alsthom in 1989. Throughout the 1990s, the company expanded its holdings in the rail sector, acquiring German rolling stock manufacturer Linke-Hofmann-Busch and Italian rail signaling specialist Sasib Railways. In 1998, GEC Alsthom was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City Metro Line A
Mexico City Metro Line A is one of the twelve rapid transit, metro lines operating in Mexico City, Mexico. The line's color is purple. It was the ninth line to be opened. The line was opened in 1983 and it runs from eastern Mexico City southeast into the State of Mexico. Line A has 10 stations and a length of , out of which are for service. It was the second line to service the State of Mexico, after the Cuatro Caminos metro station (Naucalpan), Cuatro Caminos station of the Mexico City Metro Line 2, Line 2, opened in 1984. History Line A was inaugurated on August 12, 1991, by Carlos Salinas de Gortari, List of heads of state of Mexico, President of Mexico from 1988 to 1994, Manuel Camacho Solís, List of heads of government of Mexico City, Head of the Federal District Department from 1988 to 1993, and Ignacio Pichardo Pagaza, Governor of the State of Mexico from 1989 to 1993. Line A was conceived as a Feeder line (network), feeder line, thus, instead of using a number (which, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santa Marta Metro Station
Santa Marta (sometimes spelled Santa Martha) is a station along Line A of the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the ''Colonia Ermita Zaragoza'' neighborhood of the Iztapalapa borough in Mexico City. The logo of the station depicts a silhouette of Saint Martha Martha (Aramaic language, Aramaic: מָרְתָא) is a Bible, biblical figure described in the Gospels of Gospel of Luke, Luke and Gospel of John, John. Together with her siblings Lazarus of Bethany, Lazarus and Mary of Bethany, she is descr ... with a pitcher in her hands. Exits *Northwest: Generalísimo Morelos street and Rocha and Pardiñas streets, Col. Ermita Zaragoza *Northeast: Generalísimo Morelos street and Galeana street, Col. Ermita Zaragoza *Southeast: Calzada Ignacio Zaragoza, Col. Lomas de Zaragoza Ridership References External links * Mexico City Metro Line A stations Railway stations in Mexico opened in 1991 Mexico City Metro stations in Iztapalapa Accessible Mexico City Metro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City Metro Line 5
Line 5, also known as the Yellow Line from its color on the system map, is a rapid transit line of the Mexico City Metro network. It travels along the Boroughs of Mexico City, boroughs of Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Gustavo A. Madero, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, Cuauhtémoc and Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, Venustiano Carranza in northern, northeastern and eastern Mexico City, serving thirteen stations. The line was inaugurated on 19 December 1981, going from Pantitlán metro station, Pantitlán to Consulado metro station, Consulado station. In 1982, the line was expanded twice, first from Consulado to La Raza metro station, La Raza station on 1 July, and later from La Raza to Politécnico metro station, Politécnico station on 30 August. Line 5 was built by Mexican construction company Empresas ICA and it runs At-grade railway, at grade and underground levels. The interchange stations are Instituto del Petróleo metro station, Instituto del Petróleo (Mex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico City Metro Line 3
Mexico City Metro Line 3 is one of the 12 metro lines built in Mexico City, Mexico. Line 3 is the longest line, its color is olive green and it runs from north to south of the city covering almost all of it. It is built under Avenida de los Insurgentes, Guerrero, Zarco, Balderas, Cuauhtémoc, Universidad, Copilco and Delfín Madrigal avenues. It interchanges with Mexico City Metro Line 6, Line 6 at Deportivo 18 de Marzo metro station, Deportivo 18 de Marzo, Mexico City Metro Line 5, Line 5 at La Raza metro station, La Raza, Mexico City Metro Line B, Line B at Guerrero metro station, Guerrero, Mexico City Metro Line 2, Line 2 at Hidalgo metro station, Hidalgo, Mexico City Metro Line 1, Line 1 at Balderas metro station, Balderas, Mexico City Metro Line 9, Line 9 at Centro Médico metro station, Centro Médico. and Mexico City Metro Line 12, Line 12 at Zapata metro station, Zapata. Chronology *20 November 1970: from Tlatelolco metro station, Tlatelolco to Hospital General metro s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Raza Metro Station
La Raza metro station is a Mexico City Metro Interchange station, transfer metro station, station in the borough of Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Gustavo A. Madero, in Mexico City. The station features a combination of underground and At-grade railway, at-grade buildings; each has two side platforms. La Raza serves Lines Mexico City Metro Line 3, 3 (the Olive Line) and Mexico City Metro Line 5, 5 (the Yellow Line). La Raza metro station is located between Potrero metro station, Potrero and Tlatelolco metro station, Tlatelolco stations on Line 3, and between Autobuses del Norte metro station, Autobuses del Norte and Misterios metro station, Misterios stations on Line 5. La Raza metro station opened on 25 August 1978 with service on Line 3 heading south toward Hospital General metro station (Mexico City), Hospital General metro station. North service toward Indios Verdes metro station began on 1 December 1979. Southeasterly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Salinas De Gortari
Carlos Salinas de Gortari (; born 3 April 1948) is a Mexicans, Mexican economist, historían and former politician who served as the 60th president of Mexico from 1988 to 1994. Considered the frontman of Mexican Neoliberalism by formulating, promoting, signing and implementing the North American Free Trade Agreement. Affiliated with the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), earlier in his career he worked in the Secretariat of Programming and Budget, eventually becoming Secretary. He secured the party's nomination for the 1988 Mexican general election, 1988 general election and was elected amid widespread accusations of electoral fraud. An economist, Salinas de Gortari was the first Mexican president since 1946 who was not a Law degree, law graduate. His presidency was characterized by the entrenchment of the Neoliberalism, neoliberal, Free market, free trade economic policies initiated by his predecessor Miguel de la Madrid in observance of the Washington Consensus, mass pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Mexico
The president of Mexico (), officially the president of the United Mexican States (), is the head of state and head of government of Mexico. Under the Constitution of Mexico, the president heads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander in chief of the Mexican Armed Forces. The office, which was first established by the 1824 Constitution of Mexico, federal Constitution of 1824, is currently held by Claudia Sheinbaum, who was sworn in on October 1, 2024. The office of the president is considered to be revolutionary, in the sense that the powers of office are derived from the Mexican Revolution, Revolutionary Constitution of Mexico, Constitution of 1917. Another legacy of the Mexican Revolution is the Constitution's ban on re-election. Mexican presidents are limited to a single six-year term, called a ''sexenio (Mexico), sexenio.'' No one who has held the post, even on a caretaker basis, is allowed to run or serve again. The constitution and the office of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
