Metro Barranca del Muerto

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Barranca del Muerto Mexico City Metro

Mixcoac Line 7 None

Metro Barranca del Muerto is a station on the Mexico City Metro, Mexico. It is located in the Álvaro Obregón borough. This station is one of the few that gives service to the south of Mexico City. Its logo represents two eagles, some say buzzards.

Near the metro station is Avenida Barranca del Muerto, that was once a big depression, the same length of the actual avenue (barranca means gully or ravine). During the Mexican Revolution (1910 – 1921) this was a place where revolutionary soldiers dropped many corpses. Eagles and buzzards flew nearby, smelling rotten flesh. Popular imagination refers to the dead people's souls and ghosts restlessly promenading near that big hole. Thus, Barranca del Muerto means something like "Dead Man's Gully".

South of Barranca del Muerto is the famous San Jacinto's Saturday market (Bazar de los sábados de San Jacinto) where artists sell paintings, plants and other handcrafts.

Metro Barranca del Muerto is a provisional terminal. An extension is planned south of Barranca del Muerto, with the following stations:

Metro Tlacopac – Will be located near Carrillo Gil art museum.

Metro San Ángel – Will be placed near Las Palmas microbus base. It also will transfer to Dr. Galvez Metrobus Station.

Metro Estadio Olímpico – Will be in front of the México '68 Olympic Stadium.

Metro Pedregal – Will be near Paseo del Pedregal avenue, and General Hospital #8.

Metro San Jerónimo – The definitive terminal. Will be placed in front of Unidad Independencia residential estate.

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