Moctezuma is a station on Line 1 the

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. It is located in the Colonia Moctezuma and Colonia Balbuena neighborhoods of the

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, to the northeast of the centre of

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. The station logo portrays a stylised drawing of the feathered headdress of Moctezuma II Xocoyotzin, the penultimate

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emperor, for whom the station is named. The station also boasts a display containing a reproduction of the feathered headdress, the original of which is currently held by the Museum of Ethnology in

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. The station was opened on 4 September 1969. This station runs under Avenida Ignacio Zaragoza. Back when

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line "F" was still running this metro station connected with it, and the trolleybus ran between Nueva Atzacoalco neighbourhood, north of the city, and Villa Coapa, south of the city.Line "F" is no longer in service. See: From July 2022 to October 2023, the station was closed due to modernization works on the tunnel and the line's technical equipment.

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* Moctezuma Railway stations in Mexico opened in 1969 Mexico City Metro stations in Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City Accessible Mexico City Metro stations {{Mexico-metro-stub