Metro Potrero

Metro Potrero is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro.[2][3] It is located in the Gustavo A. Madero borough, in the northern part of Mexico City.[2]

Potrero
STC rapid transit
Station sign, 21 December 2008
LocationMexico City
Mexico
Coordinates19°28′37″N 99°07′56″W
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Connections Potrero
Construction
Structure typeSurface
History
Opened1 December 1979
Traffic
Passengers (2018)6,269,063[1]
Rank106/195[1]
Services
Preceding station STC Following station
Deportivo 18 de Marzo
toward Indios Verdes
 Line 3 La Raza
toward Universidad
Route map
Ticomán workshops
 Indios Verdes
 Deportivo 18 de Marzo
Potrero
 La Raza
Tlatelolco
 Guerrero
Hidalgo
Juárez
 Balderas
Niños Héroes / Poder Judicial CDMX
 Hospital General
 Centro Médico
Etiopía / Plaza de la Transparencia
 Eugenia
 División del Norte
 Zapata
Coyoacán
 Viveros / Derechos Humanos
 Miguel Ángel de Quevedo
 Copilco
 Universidad
Location
Potrero
Location within Mexico City

Name and iconography

The station logo depicts a colt behind a fence.[2][3] The Spanish word potrero means pasture land used for breeding horses (potros). The name of this station refers to the nearby potreros that existed in the zone in early 20th century.[2]

General information

Metro Potrero stands on Avenida Insurgentes Norte and serves the Guadalupe Insurgentes and Colonia Calputitlan neighbourhoods.[2] The station opened on 1 December 1979[4]

The station also serves the Metrobús stop of the same name.

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References
  1. "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.
  2. "Potrero" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  3. Archambault, Richard. "Potrero » Mexico City Metro System". Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  4. Monroy, Marco. Schwandl, Robert (ed.). "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". Retrieved 14 August 2011.
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