Metro Auditorio
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Metro Auditorio is a Mexico City Metro station located in line 7. It is one of the main metro gateways (along with Metro Polanco) to the chic and business-related neighbourhood, Polanco. The entrances to the station are on Paseo de la Reforma, one of the main streets in the whole city.
Its symbol depicts the façade of the Auditorio Nacional National Auditorium, which is just above the station. This auditorium is one of the main venues for concerts, shows and entertainment in the city, so almost every weekend night, this station is used by the attendants to the events.
This station is also frequently used by tourists because of its vicinity with many landmarks of the city, such as Chapultepec. Outside the station, just in front of the Auditorio Nacional, is the main station of the Turibus, a double deck bus that runs a touristic route that goes from Chapultepec Park to the Historic Center along Reforma.
During weekdays, this station is also one of the busiest ones of the network because it is an entrance to the business, office and financial area in Polanco. Outside the station there is also one of the main microbus stops in the area; these microbuses transport people coming from the metro to other business and commercial zones in the city like northern Polanco, Palmas, Santa Fe, Lomas de Chapultepec and Satélite.
During the rush hours, due to the large mass of people taking these buses outside the metro station and to the poor infrastructure of the microbus stops, heavy traffic is originated in this part of Paseo de la Reforma. Criticism has also been made to the layout of this metro station (among others of Line 7) because the heavy flows of people are not well managed; during the rush hours, flows of people walking in different directions often face each other causing a decrease in the speed of the flow. Another problem are the bottlenecks originated in bridges, narrow tunnels, electric and normal stairs due to low volume capacity and the lack of culture of using left side for fast travelers and right side for slower ones.
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