Metro Balderas

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Balderas Mexico City Metro

Cuauhtémoc Line 1 Salto del Agua

Juárez Line 3 Niños Héroes

Metro Balderas is a station on the Mexico City Metro. It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough in the center of Mexico City. It is a transfer station, serving Lines 1 and 3. The station logo depicts the colonial-era cannon preserved on the nearby Plaza de La Ciudadela.

Nearby Metro Balderas are some interesting places, like La Ciudadela market, filled with Mexican handicrafts, the José Vasconcelos Central Library of Mexico City, and facilities of broadcaster Televisa. Next to the library lies a tianguis (street market) full of books old and new, comics, collectibles, etc.

This station has an information desk and facilities for the disabled. It also displays a plaque unveiled on September 19, 2004, celebrating Mexican rock musician Rodrigo "Rockdrigo" González, killed exactly 19 years earlier in the 1985 earthquake and composer of a song titled Metro Balderas.

Although this station is totally underground, cellular phone signals (GSM and TDMA for several providers) are able to reach the platform.