Santa Anita is a

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on the

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. Located in

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borough, the station is the current terminal of Line 4.

General information

The station logo depicts a man sailing a canoe. This is because in the early 20th century, in the area where the station now stands, was the Santa Anita canal – a place used for ''

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''-based agriculture. Today the canal has long since vanished, but the name Santa Anita is still used by the surrounding neighborhood. Metro Line 4 was originally projected to end in the

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neighborhood, in the southern borough of

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. Since the inauguration of Line B, however, no more lines have been constructed or extended, so Metro Santa Anita – and other stations, such as

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– officially remain provisional terminals. Metro Santa Anita is the least busy station on the Mexico City Metro, with only 621,867 passenger boardings in 2008. Santa Anita was originally to be named "Plutarco E. Calles", in honor of

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, according to early plans for Line 4.

Ridership

Exits

Line 4

*Avenida Congreso de la Unión between Canal Nacional street and Viaducto Miguel Alemán, Colonia Santa Anita

Line 8

*East: Avenida Coyuya and Viaducto Miguel Alemán, Colonia Santa Anita *West: Avenida Coyuya and Viaducto Miguel Alemán, Colonia Santa Anita

References

External links

* Santa Anita Railway stations opened in 1982 1982 establishments in Mexico Railway stations opened in 1994 1994 establishments in Mexico Mexico City Metro stations in Iztacalco Mexico City Metro Line 8 stations Railway stations located underground in Mexico {{Mexico-metro-stub