Metro Pantitlán

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Pantitlán Mexico City Metro

Zaragoza Line 1 None

Hangares Line 5 None

Puebla Line 9 None

None Line A Agrícola Oriental

Metro Pantitlán is a station on the Mexico City Metro, Mexico. It is located in the Iztacalco borough, to the east of downtown Mexico City city centre.

The station logo is the silhouette of two flags; this is because Pantitlán means "land of flags" in the Aztec language Nahuatl.

Pantitlán station is the most important transfer station on the Mexico City Metro. It is the terminal for Lines 1, 5, 9 and A and has the highest user-traffic of the whole metro system. It is also one of the largest stations in the world, connecting four Metro lines, a trolley line, and around a hundred bus lines. Because of its large size and improvised design, it is important to follow the signs to the different platforms. The link with Line A allows Mexico State (Estado de México) inhabitants to travel to Mexico City faster and cheaper than by bus or other kinds of transportation.

Some curiosities are that all "numbered" Metro lines, and Line B, use pneumatic traction and gather electricity from a third rail; trains on Line A use traditional rail traction, and gather electricity with a pantograph. In addition, scenes for the 1990 motion picture Total Recall were filmed in the corridors and platforms of Metro Pantitlán.