Metro Juárez

Juárez

Mexico City Metro
Hidalgo
Line 3
Balderas

Metro Juárez is a metro station on the Mexico City Metro.[1][2] It is located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City.[1]

The station logo depicts the bust of Benito Juárez (1806-1872), who served as president of Mexico for a long period in the 19th century.[1][2] This station's name, along with Metro Guelatao, refers to this Mexican politician.[3] The station has facilities for the handicapped.[1] The station opened on 20 November 1970.[4]

Metro Juárez serves the Centro neighbourhood, near the downtown of the city.[1] It is located on Balderas avenue,[1] and the walk from the station to the important Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas Avenue is full of specialty stores.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Juárez" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=50. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
  2. ^ a b Archambault, Richard. "Juárez » Mexico City Metro System". http://mexicometro.org/metro/line3/juarez/. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
  3. ^ "Guelatao" (in Spanish). Sistema de Transporte Colectivo. http://www.metro.df.gob.mx/red/estacion.html?id=126. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
  4. ^ Monroy, Marco. "Opening Dates for Mexico City's Subway". In Schwandl, Robert. http://www.urbanrail.net/am/mexi/mex-history.htm. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 
  5. ^ The area south of the station on Balderas is home to the Mercado de Artesanias de la Ciudadela. See: "Mercado de Artesanias" (in Spanish). http://www.laciudadela.com.mx/. Retrieved 20 August 2011.  "Mexico City Markets". http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/df/dfmarkets.html. Retrieved 20 August 2011.  "Mercado Artesanal de la Ciudadela - Mexico City Shopping". Fodor's Travel Guides. http://www.fodors.com/world/mexico-and-central-america/mexico/mexico-city/review-139395.html. Retrieved 20 August 2011. 

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