Mixcoac Metro Station
Mixcoac is a station on Line 7 and Line 12 of the Mexico City Metro. The station serves both lines as a transfer station and as the northwestern terminus of Line 12. In 2019, the station had an average total ridership of 54,963 passengers per day. History The station opened on 19 December 1985 as part of the third stage of Line 7. In 2012, with the inauguration of Line 12, Mixcoac became a transfer station, as well as the temporary terminus of the mentioned line. An extension of Line 12 from Mixcoac to Observatorio is under construction, projected to be finished by 2020. By that time, Mixcoac will no longer work as the western terminus of Line 12. General information The station runs deep under Avenida Revolución, a main thoroughfare in Mexico City. It serves the Mixcoac area of the city. There are two main entrances to the station: one in the west sidewalk of the aforementioned avenue and the other in a small plaza between Avenida Revolución, Avenida Patriotismo, Eje 7 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Metro Mixcoac Pictogram
Metro may refer to: Geography * Metro City (Indonesia), a city in Indonesia * A metropolitan area, the populated region including and surrounding an urban center Public transport * Rapid transit, a passenger railway in an urban area with high capacity and frequency * The public transport operator of city or metropolitan area * The transportation authority of city or metropolitan area * The urban rail transit system of a city or metropolitan area Rail systems Africa * Algiers Metro in Algiers, Algeria * Cairo Metro in Cairo, Egypt * Lagos Rail Mass Transit in Lagos, Nigeria Asia * Busan Metro, Republic of Korea (South Korea) * Daegu Metro, Republic of Korea (South Korea) * Dhaka Metro, Bangladesh * Doha Metro, Qatar * Dubai Metro, United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) * Kaohsiung Rapid Transit, Taiwan * Lahore Metro, Pakistan * Manila Metro Rail Transit System, the Philippines * New Taipei Metro, Taiwan * Osaka Metro, Japan * Riyadh Metro, Saudi Arabia * Seoul Metropolitan Subway, Rep ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Metro Observatorio
Observatorio is an under-reconstruction Mexico City Metro, station on Mexico City Metro Line 1. It is located in the Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City, Álvaro Obregón borough of Mexico City, west of the city centre. When operational it is the western terminus of Line 1. Before its shutdown for reconstruction, the station had an average ridership of 72,296 passengers per day, making it the eighth busiest station in the network. The station will become the terminal station of Mexico City Metro Line 12, Line 12. The station will also connect with Observatorio railway station of the El Insurgente commuter rail system. Since 9 November 2023, part of the Line has remained closed for modernization work on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment. Observatorio metro station was mostly demolished by December 2023. The station will be reconstructed to facilitate the access between the Line 1, Line 12 and the El Insurgente stations. Name and iconography The station logo represents the s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mexico City Metro Stations In Benito Juárez, Mexico City
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mexico City Metro Line 12 Stations
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundary, maritime boundaries with the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the southeast, and the Gulf of Mexico to the east. Mexico covers 1,972,550 km2 (761,610 sq mi), and is the List of countries by area, thirteenth-largest country in the world by land area. With a population exceeding 130 million, Mexico is the List of countries by population, tenth-most populous country in the world and is home to the Hispanophone#Countries, largest number of native Spanish speakers. Mexico City is the capital and List of cities in Mexico, largest city, which ranks among the List of cities by population, most populous metropolitan areas in the world. Human presence in Mexico dates back to at least 8,000 BC. Mesoamerica, considered a cradle ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Atlas Obscura
''Atlas Obscura'' is an United States, American-based travel and exploration company. It was founded in 2009 by author Joshua Foer and documentary filmmaker/author Dylan Thuras. It catalogs unusual and obscure travel destinations via professional and user-generated content, operates group trips to destinations around the world, produces a daily podcast, as well as books, TV and film. The brand covers a number of topics including history, science, food, and obscure places. History Thuras and Foer met in 2007, and soon discussed ideas for a different kind of atlas, featuring places not commonly found in guidebooks. They hired a web designer in 2008 and launched ''Atlas Obscura'' in 2009. Annetta Black was the site's first senior editor. In 2010, the site organized the first of the international events known as Obscura Day. Thuras has stated that one of the site's main goals is "Creating a real-world community who are engaging with us, each other and these places and getting away ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colonia Insurgentes Mixcoac
Colonia Insurgentes Mixcoac, or simply Insurgentes Mixcoac, is a neighborhood located in Benito Juárez, D.F., Benito Juárez, Mexico City. Location Colonia Insurgentes Mixcoac is located in the Benito Juárez, D.F., Benito Juárez Municipalities of Mexico City, borough in southern Mexico City. The neighborhood is bordered by: *Empresa street on the north, across which is Colonia Extremadura Insurgentes and Colonia San Juan *Av. Revolución on the west, across which is Mixcoac *Av. Río Mixcoac on the south, across which is San José Insurgentes *Avenida de los Insurgentes, Avenida de los Insurgentes Sur on the east, across which is Colonia del Valle, Colonia del Valle Sur and Colonia Actipan Trivia The Augusto Rodin street was used as a location in the 1982 Costa-Gavras film Missing (1982 film), Missing, that was shot through different locations of Mexico City, used to depict the post-1973 Chilean coup d'état, 1973 coup d'état Chile. Culture The neighborhood houses the Centr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Colonia San Juan
Colonia San Juan is a neighborhood in Benito Juárez, Mexico City. Location Colonia San Juan is located in the Benito Juárez borough, in southern Mexico City. The neighborhood is bordered by: * Eje 6 Sur Holbein on the north, across which is Santa María Nonoalco and Ciudad de los Deportes *Av. Revolución on the west, across which is Santa María Nonoalco *Empresa street on the south, across which is Colonia Insurgentes Mixcoac *Augusto Rodin street on the east, across which is Colonia Noche Buena and Colonia Extremadura Insurgentes Description The neighborhood is mainly a residential zone, with some small shops and businesses such as convenience stores, tailor shops, restaurants and tortillerías. The colonia has one public plaza, the Plaza Valentín Gómez Farías, that dates back to the 17th century. The former house of Mexican president Valentín Gómez Farías, where he was even buried some years after his death in 1858, is located on one of the sides of the plaza. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mixcoac
Mixcoac is an area of southern Mexico City which used to be a separate town and municipality within the Mexican Federal District until it was made part of Mexico City proper (the '' Departamento Central'' at the time) in 1928. Mixcoac consists of the '' colonias'' (official neighborhoods) of Nonoalco, San Juan, Extremadura Insurgentes, Mixcoac, and Insurgentes Mixcoac and is part of the borough of Benito Juárez. It is bounded by Avenida de los Insurgentes to the east and the Periférico freeway to the west, south of Colonia Nápoles and San Pedro de los Pinos. It is a designated ''Barrio Mágico'' ("magical neighborhood") of Mexico City. History The name "Mixcoac" comes from the Nahuatl language mixtli (cloud), coatl (serpent), co (in), and means "Place of the Cloud Serpent", alluding to the Milky Way and the god Mixcóatl. Before the Spanish conquest there was a small settlement on the edge of Lake Texcoco, the lake that surrounded the island city of Tenochtitlan, to ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mexico City Metro Line 12
Line 12, also known as the Golden 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 Benito Juárez, Mexico City, Benito Juárez, Iztapalapa and Tláhuac in southwestern, central-southern and southeastern Mexico City, serving twenty stations. The line was inaugurated on 30 October 2012, going from Tláhuac metro station, Tláhuac to Mixcoac metro station, Mixcoac station. In 2016, work to expand it to Observatorio metro station (Mexico City), Observatorio station started. All the stations are Accessible tourism, accessible to people with disabilities as they have elevators, tactile pavings and braille signage plates. Line 12 was built by Mexican construction company Empresas ICA in association with Alstom, Alstom Mexicana and Grupo Carso. It runs at At-grade railway, grade, Elevated railway, overground and underground levels. The interchange stations are Mixcoac (Mexico ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mexico City Metro
The Mexico City Metro () is a rapid transit system that serves Greater Mexico City, the metropolitan area of Mexico City, including some municipalities in the State of Mexico. Operated by the Sistema de Transporte Colectivo (STC), it is the List of North American rapid transit systems by ridership, second largest metro system in North America after the New York City Subway. The inaugural STC Metro line was long, serving 16 stations, and opened to the public on 4 September 1969. The system has expanded since then in a series of fits and starts. , the system has 12 lines, serving 195 stations, and of route. Ten of the lines are rubber-tired metro, rubber-tired. Instead of traditional steel wheels, they use pneumatic traction, which is quieter and rides smoother in Mexico City's unstable soils. The system survived the 1985 Mexico City earthquake. Of the STC Metro's List of Mexico City metro stations, 195 stations, 44 serve two or more lines (''correspondencias'' or Transfer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |