Metro División del Norte
Metro División del Norte is a metro station along Line 3 of the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Benito Juárez borough of Mexico City.[2]
STC rapid transit | |||||||||||
Location | Mexico City Mexico | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°22′48″N 99°09′32″W | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Bicycle facilities | No | ||||||||||
Disabled access | No | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 25 August 1980 | ||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||
Passengers (2018) | 6,771,499[1] | ||||||||||
Rank | 94/195[1] | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Location | |||||||||||
División del Norte Location within Mexico City |
General information
The station logo represents Revolutionary hero Pancho Villa, leader of the División del Norte of revolutionary soldiers during the Mexican Revolution of 1910.[2][3] Its name is taken from the nearby Avenida División del Norte.[2] The station has a cultural display.[2] The station opened on 25 August 1980.[4]
Until trolleybus service was discontinued on line "O" in 2010,[5] this metro station was served by trolleybus line "O", which runs between Metro Mixcoac and the Central de Abasto wholesale market.[6]
Metro División del Norte serves Del Valle, Letrán Valle, Vertiz Narvarte and Santa Cruz Atoyac neighborhoods. It is located in the crossing between Avenida Universidad, Avenida División del Norte and Avenida Cuauhtemoc, in what used to be "Glorieta del Riviera".[2]
On 16 February 1994, Cuban Mexican vedette Judith Velasco killed herself in this station by jumping to the tracks dying instantly when she was hit by the train.[7]
Nearby
- Parque de las Arboledas, public park.
- Parroquia de la Medalla Milagrosa, church designed by Félix Candela.
Exits
- Northeast: Av. División del Norte and Matías Romero street, Letrán Valle
- Southeast: Av. División del Norte and Chichen Itzá street, Letrán Valle
- South: Av. Cuauhtémoc and Av. Universidad, Santa Cruz Atoyac
- Northwest: Av. División del Norte, Santa Cruz Atoyac
- Southwest: Matías Romero street, Colonia del Valle
References
- "Afluencia de estación por línea 2018" (in Spanish). Sistema Transporte Colectivo Metro. 2019. Archived from the original on 6 June 2019. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- "División del Norte" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- Archambault, Richard. "División del Norte » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
- "Servicios.- Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos del D.F.: Líneas de Trolebuses" (in Spanish). Servicio de Transportes Eléctricos. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- Page on line O from website of Servicios de Transportes Eléctricos Archived 2011-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
- "Famosos en depresión que acabaron con su vida". Retrieved 18 June 2018.