Tlatelolco is a

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along Line 3 of the

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 Lis ...

. It is located in the Tlatelolco neighbourhood of the

Cuauhtémoc Cuauhtémoc (, ), also known as Cuauhtemotzín, Guatimozín, or Guatémoc, was the Aztec ruler ('' tlatoani'') of Tenochtitlan from 1520 to 1521, and the last Aztec Emperor. The name Cuauhtemōc means "one who has descended like an eagle", an ...

borough of

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, to the north of the downtown area. It serves the

Unidad Habitacional Nonoalco-Tlatelolco The Conjunto Urbano Nonoalco Tlatelolco (officially ''Conjunto Urbano Presidente López Mateos'') is the largest apartment complex in Mexico, and second largest in North America, after New York's Co-op City, Bronx, Co-op City. The complex is locate ...

mega apartment complex, famous for its

Plaza de las Tres Culturas The Plaza de las Tres Culturas ("The Three Cultures square") is the main square within the Tlatelolco neighborhood of Mexico City. The name "Three Cultures" is in recognition of the three periods of Mexican history reflected by buildings in ...

square (with buildings from the pre-Hispanic, colonial, and modern eras) and infamous for the 1968 Tlatelolco massacre of demonstrating students. The station logo depicts the tallest building in the nearby Nonoalco-Tlatelolco residential estate, the triangular Torre Insignia, which was formerly a

Banobras Banco Nacional de Obras y Servicios Públicos, SNC (National Works and Public Services Bank) or Banobras is a state owned development bank in Mexico. Its core business is sub national (Municipal and State governments) and project finance. It w ...

building. The tower houses a 47-bell

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– a gift to the Mexican people from the citizens of

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. Metro Tlatelolco is directly connected with the main square of the vast, 1960s residential estate. The station opened on 20 November 1970 with service southward towards Hospital General. Northward service towards Indios Verdes started nearly 8 years later on 25 August 1978.

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{{Authority control Tlatelolco Mexico City Metro stations in Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City Railway stations located underground in Mexico Railway stations in Mexico opened in 1970